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Toothsome

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Delicious; luscious: a toothsome pie. See Synonyms at delicious.

adj. Pleasant; attractive: a toothsome offer.

adj. Sexually attractive or exciting.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Delicious.

adj. Sexually attractive.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Grateful to the taste; palatable.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Palatable; pleasing to the taste; relishing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

adj. having strong sexual appeal

adj. acceptable to the taste or mind

Word Usage

"Kev's roasted root-veg dish (above) is a huge hit, as is Bryan's goat cheese ravioli, and it's a battle of the short ribs for their meat courses: B's comes fig-glazed and flavorful, while K's ropy - sorry, "toothsome" - presentation with polenta is slightly less well-received."

Equivalent

tasty sexy

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

palatable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

savory palatable tasty succulent digestible nutritive fattest indigestible delectable tempt