palatable
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4.9
- adjective
- /ˈpælətəbl/
:
aceptable
- The chef prepared a delicious sauce to make the vegetables more palatable for the children.
- more palatable
- less palatable
- make it palatable
We'll be middle of the road, mediocre, average, palatable, but not definable.
- We'll be middle of the road, mediocre, average, palatable, but not definable.
- I give them information in palatable little spoonfuls.
- And so my whole goal is to make things very palatable for people.
- When you're dieting and you're not having crazy hyper palatable foods, anything tastes amazing.
- It's just me really just trying to mask to become palatable to you.
- It was just we didn't have such crazy access to hyper palatable, extremely energy dense foods, right?
- Finding a recipe that would be palatable.
- It's not like it's unjustified, it's just not palatable.
- And you have a fire hose of cheap, readily available, hyper processed, hyper palatable foods, energy dense.
- You take hyper palatable, ultra convenient relative to income, super cheap food.
- They're always at arm's reach and and they're designed to be hyper palatable.
- If I don't like it, I I just leave that and go to something that I find more palatable.
- What I will say is that as you have pointed out, you've got it will be more palatable.
- And in all honesty, even though it's gotten a little bit taller, a tad bit more bitter, it's still palatable even as is.
- Taking the far more socially palatable and sellable stance of forgiveness becomes a better story to tell.
Examples
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But resistance to the project was made palatable by the support from the administration.
Academic text (2015) -
I give them information in palatable little spoonfuls.
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And so my whole goal is to make things very palatable for people.
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MARTIN: Just make it more palatable, really.
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I say, do you have anything palatable to eat on this boat?
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Well, there are plenty of palatable wines in this country.
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In this way, the negative qualities became palatable, acceptable, and for some, perhaps, even valued.
Academic text (1994) -
So the Freedom Front is supposed to be, I want this to be something that's palatable to most Americans, to mainstream America.
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How can the study of theory be made more relevant and palatable for education majors and practicing teachers?
Academic text (1996) -
But they also have a bigger goal, not just making school meals, but using fresh ingredients and serving the kids fresh, appealing, palatable foods that they like and will eat.
Synonyms
419
1.0
Very pleasant to taste
314
1.0
Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment
175
1.0
Food or drink with a pleasant flavor that people enjoy
106
6.1
Very tasty and pleasant to eat
34
3.5
Causing a feeling of enjoyment or happiness
31
3.5
Able to be put up with though not very good
18
2.3
Having a strong, pleasant taste
18
1.0
Pleasant to be with or to experience
12
5.1
Very pleasant to taste, especially of food or drink
1
8.5
Attractive in a way that may seem sexual
A food or drink with a nice taste that people enjoy
Having a good taste that makes you want to eat it
Easy to accept or believe even if unpleasant
Antonyms
How Acceptable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Palatable comes from the same root as palate, the part of the mouth used for tasting. So something palatable is 'pleasant to taste', and by extension 'acceptable' or easy to accept.