tasty
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tasty
- /ˈteɪsti/
Rhymes with -eɪsti
Where it comes from
From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.
adjective tastier · tastiest
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Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.
Similar: delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delish, exquisite, finger-lickin' good, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, gustful · Opposite: nontasty, untasty, ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicious, delish, exquisite, finger-lickin' good, flavorful, flavorous
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Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
These items will make an attractive and tasty display.
Opposite: untasteful, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, campy, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, corny, crass, crude
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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.
Similar: sexy, alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable, bedworthy, bonable, bonerific, buff, delicious
- Skillful; highly competent.
- Potentially violent. 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 a
- 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.
noun tasties
- Something tasty; a delicious article of food. The mate had procured other tasties too, olives and such, for later in the evening.
- A loaf of bread.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mouth-watering, savory, appetizing, savoury, dainty, tasteful, delicious, yum, yummy, palatable, scrumptious, sapid, flavorful, delectable, flavorsome, juicy
Translations
Every language
adj having or showing good taste
| Español | de buen gusto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 風味のよい fūmi no yoi |
| 中文 | 美味的 |
| हिन्दी | स्वादिष्ट svādiṣṭ |
| Português | de/com bom gosto |
| Français | élégant, avec gout |
| Deutsch | köstlich, lecker, schmackhaft, geschmackvoll |
| Ελληνικά | νόστιμος nóstimos |
| Русский | изя́щный izjáščnyj |
Talk about this word "tasty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tasty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tasty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tasty "tasty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tasty.Cite this
@misc{tasty_2026,
title = {tasty},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tasty},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
