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- [tey-stee]
- /ˈteɪ sti/
- /ˈteɪ.sti/
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- [tey-stee]
- /ˈteɪ sti/
Definitions of tasty word
- adjective tasty good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé. 1
- adjective tasty Informal. having or showing good taste; tasteful. 1
- adjective tasty tastes good 1
- adjective tasty person: attractive 1
- adjective tasty attractive 1
- adjective tasty If you say that food, especially savoury food, is tasty, you mean that it has a fairly strong and pleasant flavour which makes it good to eat. 0
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Origin of tasty
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1610-20; taste + -y1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tasty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tasty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tasty usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tasty
adj tasty
- a-ok — in perfect working order; excellent
- aok — Alternative spelling of A-okay.
- aperitive — aperient.
- appetizing — Appetizing food looks and smells good, so that you want to eat it.
- copacetic — very good; excellent; completely satisfactory
adjective tasty
- appetising — (mostly, British) alternative spelling of appetizing.
- esthetic — Alternative spelling of aesthetic.
- flavorful — full of flavor; tasty.
- flavorsome — of a full, rich, pleasant flavor; tasty.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
Antonyms for tasty
adj tasty
- bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- distasteful — unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
- dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
adjective tasty
- acetose — Sour like vinegar; acetous.
- acidulated — Simple past tense and past participle of acidulate.
- curdled — Containing curds.
- dislikable — Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
- flavorless — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
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