Synonyms for toothsome


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tooth-suh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtuθ səm

Top 10 synonyms for toothsome Other synonyms for the word toothsome

Définition of toothsome

Origin :
  • "pleasant to the taste," 1560s; the figurative sense of "attractive" (1550s) is a bit older; from tooth + -some (1).
  • adj delicious
Example sentences :
  • We are weary of the ceaseless resurrections of that once so toothsome dish.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
  • They were quite large, and were a toothsome morsel for hungry men.
  • Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
  • It wasn't simply that they were so toothsome, but that they were somehow so important and so historic.
  • Extract from : « A Small Boy and Others » by Henry James
  • A raw fish seemed to him the most toothsome morsel in the world.
  • Extract from : « Tom Strong, Lincoln's Scout » by Alfred Bishop Mason
  • Such a turkey as it proved to be, so succulent, so toothsome, with such a flavor!
  • Extract from : « Six Girls and Bob » by Marion Ames Taggart
  • We found him very fat, and his meat as toothsome as the beef of Portugal.
  • Extract from : « A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 » by Unknown
  • Or did they see in this lone figure an easy victory and a toothsome feast?
  • Extract from : « Johnny Longbow » by Roy J. Snell
  • There was a sequel, however, to the toothsome feast, a bitter dessert.
  • Extract from : « Child Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • That turtle later appeared on our table, and toothsome he was!
  • Extract from : « Through the South Seas with Jack London » by Martin Johnson
  • It was a most nourishing and toothsome repast that they made.
  • Extract from : « Blazing Arrow » by Edward S. Ellis
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