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APPETISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appetising mean? 

APPETISING (adjective)
  The adjective APPETISING has 1 sense:

1. appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aromaplay

  Familiarity information: APPETISING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


APPETISING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma

Synonyms:

appetising; appetizing

Similar:

mouth-watering; savory; savoury (pleasing to the sense of taste)

Also:

palatable; toothsome (acceptable to the taste or mind)

tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)

Attribute:

appetisingness; appetizingness (the property of stimulating the appetite)

Derivation:

appetisingness (the property of stimulating the appetite)


 Context examples 


The odour which now filled the refectory was scarcely more appetising than that which had regaled our nostrils at breakfast: the dinner was served in two huge tin-plated vessels, whence rose a strong steam redolent of rancid fat.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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