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fatty

fatty

69 2.3
Containing a lot of oil, usually in food
  • adjective
  • /ˈfæti/
: graso
  • The steak was marbled with fatty layers that made it incredibly flavorful.
  • fatty foods
  • fatty acid
  • fatty fish

I was consuming a lot of coconut oil, fatty meats, chicken, beef.

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Examples

  • So this is very nonspecific, but it means the liver is sick, and the most likely cause of your liver sickness is a fatty liver.

  • Green leafy vegetables, nuts, fatty fish and fruits.

  • And if you can see right here, it's kind of more fatty on the center.

  • You know, people like their high fatty foods, man.

  • This is the ground up fatty liver of a goose.

  • Short rib is very, like, tender and fatty and really like, good.

  • So it turns out people who have more fatty diet also feel sleepy.

  • Omegas are usually found in fatty fish, also in flax.

  • Dairy products, alcohol, caffeine, and fatty foods can also make it worse.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The duck is gamey, meaty, fatty and rich.

Synonyms

fat
vsfatty
80 1.0

Containing a large amount of oil or soft tissue

is the everyday adjective for high oily content rather than formal language
adipose
vsfatty
  • Specialized
4 7.7

A body tissue that stores fat

is the general term for high oily content, not limited to animal tissue
lipomatous
vsfatty
  • Specialized
9.8

Containing or made of body fat

focuses on high oily content generally rather than clinical resemblance to tissue

Antonyms

140 2.5

Thin with little extra fat or money

18 1.6

A food that has no fat, like milk or yogurt

Compounds

fatty acid
  • Specialized
24 3.3

A long acid made of carbon and hydrogen atoms found in fats and oils

omega-3 fatty acid
  • Specialized
8 3.7

A healthy fat in fish and some plants that helps the heart

fatty tissue
  • Specialized
4 3.7

A part of the body that stores fat for energy and helps keep you warm

fatty liver
  • Specialized
2 3.8

A condition where extra fat builds up in the liver and can make it not work well

omega-6 fatty acid
  • Specialized
2 4.2

A type of fat in foods the body must get from the diet

trans fatty acid
  • Specialized
1 4.0

An unhealthy fat that forms when food makers change oil during processing

1 2.1

Food that has more fat than is healthy

fatty oil
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A liquid from plants or animals that does not evaporate quickly and is used for cooking and skin care

1 3.6

A type of fat found mainly in animal foods that has no double bonds in its chain

1 4.4

A type of fat in fish and some vegetable oils that can help your heart

1 3.5

A type of oil-like fat with one double bond found in olive oil and avocados

1 3.7

A fat with double bonds in its carbon chain

A piece of meat with a lot of fat

9.9

A lively, extravagant event like a party with loud music and bright lights

How Greasy

lardy
  • UK
1 6.7
greasy
108 1.0
oily
40 1.0
fatty
69 2.3
dry
885 1.0

Surface Forms

fatty positive
fattier comparative
fattest superlative

Morphology

fatty = fat (transparent) = fat + y

Formed by the clear addition of the adjectival suffix '-y' to 'fat', so the meaning 'containing fat' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Fatty comes from the simple word fat plus the ending -y, which means 'full of', so fatty describes something 'containing a lot of fat', like a piece of meat or fish.