appetizing

English

Alternative forms

• appetising (mostly British)

Etymology

Calque of French appétissant, French -ant being equivalent to -ing. See also appetite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/

Adjective

appetizing (comparative more appetizing, superlative most appetizing)

1. That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.

   This food looks so appetizing.

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Scott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing.

2. (by extension) Appealing or enticing.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:delicious

Derived terms

• appetizingly
• unappetizing

 

Translations

that appeals to, or stimulates the appetite

• Bulgarian: апетитен (bg) (apetiten), привлекателен (bg) (privlekatelen)
• Catalan: apetitós
• French: appétissant (fr)
• German: appetitanregend
• Hungarian: étvágygerjesztő (hu), ínycsiklandó
• Interlingue:
• Irish: goiliúil, blasta, cumhra, neamúil
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• Italian: vespigno
• Latin: gulōsus
• Luxembourgish: appetitlech
• Maori: whakawaiwai, hāhā
• Portuguese: apetitoso (pt)
• Russian: аппети́тный (ru) (appetítnyj)
• Spanish: apetitoso (es), apetecible (es)

Verb

appetizing

1. present participle of appetize