om nom nom
Playful chewing sounds
Om nom nom is an onomatopoeia for enthusiastic eating, representing exaggerated chewing or munching sounds.
It originated in internet culture, often accompanying images of animals or people devouring food with comic gusto: Om nom nom, these cookies are amazing.
The phrase suggests gleeful, unselfconscious consumption.
Chewing food steadily
- chompingChewing loudly or eagerly
- chewingCrushing food orally
- gobblingEating fast and messily
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
nibbling · snacking · nomming · scarfing · wolfing · slurping · crunching · gnawing
Wanting to eat
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- peckishMildly hungry
hankering · drooling · gimme · want · need · must-have · craving · longing
Informally delectable
- deliciousHighly pleasing to taste
- tastyGood to eat
- scrumptiousExtremely pleasing to taste
- mouthwateringExtremely appealing to eat
savoring · relishing · lip-smacking · finger-licking · drooling · mmm · foodgasm · heavenly
Eating fast and messily
- hoggingTaking more than fair
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
- gluttonExcessive, voracious eater
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
seconds · thirds · more · hoarding · greedy · voracious · bottomless · can't stop
munching
Chewing food steadily
devouring · nibbling · snacking · nomming · scarfing · wolfing · slurping · crunching · gnawing · gulping
hungry
Wanting to eat
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
peckish · hankering · drooling · gimme · want · need · must-have · craving · longing · tempted
yummy
Informally delectable
- deliciousHighly pleasing to taste
- tastyGood to eat
- scrumptiousExtremely pleasing to taste
mouthwatering · savoring · relishing · lip-smacking · finger-licking · drooling · mmm · foodgasm · heavenly · divine
gobbling
Eating fast and messily
insatiable · seconds · thirds · more · hoarding · greedy · voracious · bottomless · can't stop
om nom nomloss of appetite
Reduced urge to eat
anorexic · fasting · food aversion · not hungry · meh
om nom nomfine dining
Elegant restaurant experience
prim and proper · etiquette · nibbling · picking at food · restrained