| 单词 | toothsome |
| 释义 | toothsome (once / 13664 pages) adj Toothsome describes something that's absolutely delicious, like a bite of your famous flourless chocolate cake. You can use the adjective toothsome when you need a new way to say "yummy" or "scrumptious" or "tasty." It's a word that seems to come up often in restaurant reviews: "The hamburger was overcooked, but the accompanying French fries were quite toothsome." This is the earliest meaning of toothsome, from the 1560's — later it came to also be used for describing a pretty girl. WORD FAMILYtoothsome: toothsomely, toothsomeness USAGE EXAMPLESThe fine, yellow, delicate beads of the pike caviar were particularly toothsome, both briny and fatty. New York Times(Jul 26, 2016) “Toothsome”: Your teeth are more sentient than the rest of ours, sir. Seattle Times(Jul 06, 2016) Marked by notes of red and black fruit and spice, it has a juicy midpalate and a truly toothsome acidity. Wall Street Journal(Jun 13, 2016) 1adj extremely pleasing to the sense of taste Syn delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, yummy tasty pleasing to the sense of taste 2adj acceptable to the taste or mind Syn|Ant palatable appetising, appetizing appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma comestible, eatable, ediblesuitable for use as food tastypleasing to the sense of taste unpalatable not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind unappetising, unappetizingnot appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste inedible, uneatablenot suitable for food offensiveunpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses brackishdistasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture distasteful, unsavory, unsavourynot pleasing in odor or taste unpleasantdisagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings tastelesslacking flavor 3adj having strong sexual appeal a toothsome blonde in a tight dress Syn juicy, luscious, red-hot, voluptuous sexy marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest |
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