appetizing
16
3.5
- adjective
- /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋ/
:
apetitoso
- She prepared a colorful salad that looked appetizing and healthy.
- look appetizing
- appetizing smell
- appetizing food
That just doesn't sound appetizing, so scientists found a workaround.
- That just doesn't sound appetizing, so scientists found a workaround.
- Not the most appetizing, you know, looking thing, but OK.
- If you have a cake that's too dry, it's like not even appetizing.
- So the word sauce is a French word and it means to make our food appetizing.
- You know, she's, she's part of the cobble that serves up that stuff on the menu that, you know, some people find appetizing.
Examples
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The freshly baked bread had an appetizing aroma that filled the kitchen.
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The slaw was also the culprit in making the bread very soggy, not an appetizing combination.
Blog text (29) -
Not the most appetizing, you know, looking thing, but OK.
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You look very, very appetizing tonight, my dear.
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Chicken or no chicken, the Little Fellow looks appetizing to Big Jim.
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The idea is to bring something more appetizing than airline food.
Blog text (16) -
Besides, she was starved, and Chinese food sounded particularly appetizing to her.
Fiction book (1991) -
But they're a lot more appetizing than a can of beans.
Blog text (32) -
It smells pretty appetizing, smells salty.
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In the large, snow-covered yard, appetizing bear and deer meat was being boiled in pots over open fires.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
5
3.9
So pretty it looks like you could eat it
5
2.7
Food that looks, smells, or tastes so good you want to eat it
4
3.2
So good in smell or look that you want to eat it
2
8.7
Very attractive and pleasing to see or enjoy
Having a good taste that makes you want to eat it
Antonyms
How Appetizing
88
3.8
4
3.2
175
1.0
16
3.5
208
1.0
4
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
appetizing = appetize (transparent) = appetize + ing
Formed from the verb 'appetize' with the adjectival/participle suffix '-ing'; the meaning is directly derived and predictable for learners.
Etymology
Appetizing comes from appetite, which comes from an old root pet meaning 'to seek' or 'desire'. So something appetizing makes your appetite grow and makes you want to eat.