tasty en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈteɪsti/
Etymology
From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.
Meanings
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Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table. […] Lightly sautéing fresh spinach in a drizzle of olive or avocado oil meets this baseline, and it’s tasty and nutritious as well.
2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, in CNN:As Trevor Corson, author of “The Story of Sushi” explains, in Japan, sushi is typically eaten at a bar, where it’s customary for the customer to chat with the chef, who can recommend what’s in season. The short window during which the fish is fresh also makes it more likely to be tastier in Japan.
2023 June 15, Rebecca Wallwork, “‘You had to be there’: Foods that taste better on home turf”, in CNN:You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.
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(obsolete) Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
we wait until the palace is half-way up, and then we pay some tasty architect to run us up an ornamental mud hovel, right against it
1840 February, Edgar Allan Poe, “Peter Pendulum, the Business Man”, in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, volume 6, number 2, page 87:These items will make an attractive and tasty display.
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(slang) Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.
Country fans probably remember Stu best for a tasty tune he wrote and recorded but didn't want released.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 5:
- (UK, informal) Skillful; highly competent.
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(UK, informal) Potentially violent.
These empires of rusting metal have long been portrayed in film, fiction and TV as a haunt of the wide boy, the tasty geezer, and many other variants of ne'er-do-well
2014 September 5, “Honest scrappers”, in BBC News:I watched it all unfold live on Sky News. Ed Miliband was there, but so were the usual bunch of troublemakers and I, for one, was expecting it to kick off.¶ Sure enough, it all got a bit tasty in the afternoon at about the time I should have been polishing off my tinned tuna. Only there was no one about to dish out my grub.¶ They were all glued to the telly watching a gang of blokes wearing balaclavas smash the windows of a Porsche showroom in Park Lane.
2011, James Robinson, The Larry Diaries: Downing Street - The First 100 Days, →ISBN:No, I wouldn't take a bullet for him, or any of them,I wasn't paid enough to go that far, but I would break up a scrap if it all got a bit tasty and, yeah, it was a great at the bar that night getting the drinks in.
2012, Craig Summers, Bodyguard: My Life on the Front Line, →ISBN:
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(UK, archaic, dialectal) Having good taste; tasteful.
But you must wear pink, my dear; that blue thing as your aunt Glegg gave you turns you into a crowflower. Jane never was tasty.
1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tastier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| tastiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
flavorous · dainty · gustful · trinkety · blingish · raffish · palatable · gauche · too much · pretentious · delectable · meretricious · lickerish · corny · tinselly · scrummy · vain · garish · loud · blatant · zesty · appetizing · flaunting · kitsch · brash · unbecoming · flavorsome · florid · bedizened · yummy · delicious · hideous · crude · gussied up · toothsome · sapid · pimped out · toothful · snazzy · showy · flavorful · naff · flossy · lekker · froufrou · flashy · splendiferous · ritzy · tawdry · mouthwatering · finger-lickin' good · gay · chichi · untasteful · nontasty · tasteless · pizazzy · savory · ostentatious · gaudy · nummy · schlocky · tasty · kitschy · untasteful · lip-smacking · gross · obtrusive · exquisite · moreish · tacky · untasty · catchpenny · chintzy · ambrosial · campy · tasteful · crass · whorish · ono · luscious · glaring · delish
Deriveds
tastily · tasty cheese · tastiness
Relateds
Synonyms
attractive · luscious · finger-lickin' good · seductive · delicious · lip-smacking · appetizing · tasty · scrummy · sensual · flavorsome · delish · exquisite · fapworthy · toothsome · fappable · humpable · provocative · doable · gustful · ono · bangable · flavorous · fit · beddable · palatable · delicious · alluring · ambrosial · peng · tasty · effable · sexy · delectable · nummy · hot · flavorful · sapid · dreamy · sexable · moreish · lekker · fuckable · sexalicious · lickerish · raunchy · bonerific · savory · fanciable · swoonsome · toothsome · toothful · bonable · tasteful · fine · screwable · salacious · delicious · hittable · desirable · beautiful · yummy · horny · gorgeous · dainty · sexy · mouthwatering · buff · arousing · bedworthy · shaggable · rootable
Translations (27)
bg изискан (having or showing good taste) · de schmackhaft (having or showing good taste) · lv gaumīgs (having or showing good taste) · cmn 美味的 (having or showing good taste) · id sedap (having or showing good taste) · cic champoli (having or showing good taste) · de lecker (having or showing good taste) · hy համով (having or showing good taste) · hu ízléses (having or showing good taste) · hi स्वादिष्ट (having or showing good taste) · es sabroso (slang: appealing) · bg апетитен (slang: appealing) · bcl managom (having or showing good taste) · fr avec gout (having or showing good taste) · de köstlich (having or showing good taste) · el νόστιμος (having or showing good taste) · nl smakelijk (having or showing good taste) · ja おいしそう (slang: appealing) · ca elegant (having or showing good taste) · ru изя́щный (having or showing good taste) · uk ви́тончений (having or showing good taste) · es de buen gusto (having or showing good taste) · de geschmackvoll (having or showing good taste) · fr élégant (having or showing good taste) · ja 風味のよい (having or showing good taste) · id nikmat (having or showing good taste) · pt de/com bom gosto (having or showing good taste)