Definition of Appetizing

1. Adjective. Appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma.

Exact synonyms: Appetising
Attributes: Appetisingness, Appetizingness
Similar to: Mouth-watering, Savory, Savoury
Also: Palatable, Toothsome, Tasty
Derivative terms: Appetisingness, Appetizingness
Antonyms: Unappetizing

Definition of Appetizing

1. a. Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.

2. adv. So as to excite appetite.

Definition of Appetizing

1. Adjective. That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of appetize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Appetizing

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Appetizing

appetite juice
appetite regulation
appetite stimulants
appetite suppressant
appetiteless
appetites
appetition
appetitive
appetitive behaviour
appetitively
appetize
appetized
appetizer
appetizers
appetizes
appetizing (current term)
appetizingly
appetizingness
applagin
applanation
applanation tonometer
applanometry
applaud
applaudable
applaudably
applauded
applauder
applauders
applauding
applaudingly

Literary usage of Appetizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cattle Feeding with Sugar Beets, Sugar, Molasses, and Sugar Beet Residuum by Lewis Sharpe Ware (1902)
"appetizing ra- The success of cattle feeding frequently depends upon the art tions. of presenting the ration in the most appetizing form and thereby ..."

2. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture During the 2d Session of the by Committee on agriculture, United States, Congress, House (1910)
"... an appetizing effect on the table as the other class of people have, and should have that gratified without the payment of an additional price for it. ..."

3. Our Journey Around the World: An Illustrated Record of a Year's Travel of by Francis Edward Clark, Harriet Elizabeth Clark (1895)
"... the Month — A Splendid Race — The Sabbath Day Holy in Samoa — A Kingly Romance — A Royal Salary— Tappa and Kava — An appetizing Process— Farewell to the ..."

4. Comfort and Strength from the Shepherd Psalm: A Devotional Study of the by Christian Fichthorne Reisner (1918)
"... CHAPTER II appetizing FOOD FOR THE SOUL " He maketh me to lie down in green pastures " THE five thousand fed by Jesus before being served were seated in ..."

5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"appetizing, a. That whets the appetite, stimula* Appeal, vn I. (Law.) Seek reference of the case or cause (from one court to another}. 2. ..."

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