wholesome
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wholesome
- /ˈhoʊl.səm/ US
- /ˈhəʊl.səm/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊlsəm
Where it comes from
From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *hālsum, *hǣlsum, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole + -some or hale (“healthy”) + -some. Cognate with Saterland Frisian heelsoam, Dutch heilzaam, German Low German heelsaam, German heilsam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”).
adjective more wholesome · wholesomer · most wholesome · wholesomest · holesom · holesome
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Promoting good physical health and well-being.
I prethee go, and get me ſome repaſt,
I care not what, ſo it be holſome foode.
Similar: healthy, healthful, salubrious
- Promoting moral and mental well-being. Though hard, my friends, yet wholesome are the truths, taught in affliction's school, whence the pure soul rises refined, and soars above the world.
- Favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous. A wholeſome tongue is a tree of life: but peruerſneſſe therein is a breach in the ſpirit.
- Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy.
- Decent; innocuous; sweet. Sometimes white Lyllies did their Leaves afford, With wholſom Polly-flow'rs, to mend his homely Board: […]
Opposite: unwholesome
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: salubrious, healthy, satisfying, hearty, substantial, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, alimentary, solid, nutrient, healthful, health, sound, beneficial, decent
adjective
Opposite: unwholesome
Translations
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adj promoting good health, and well-being
| Español | saludable |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 治愈的，治愈系 |
| Português | saudável |
| Français | salubre, sain |
| Deutsch | gesund, heilsam, gesundheitsfördernd, gesundheitsförderlich |
| Italiano | salubre |
| Русский | поле́зный poléznyj, благотво́рный blagotvórnyj |
adj favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous
| Español | íntegro |
|---|---|
| Português | íntegro |
| Français | vertueux |
| Deutsch | tugendhaft, rechtschaffen |
| Русский | добродетельный dobrodetelʹnyj, благонравный blagonravnyj |
adj marked by wholeness; sound and healthy
| Español | sano, lozano, edificante, substancioso |
|---|---|
| Português | salutar |
| Français | sain |
| Deutsch | gesund, förderlich |
| Русский | здоровый zdorovyj |
| עברית | בריא |
adj decent; innocuous; sweet
| Español | conmovedor, edificante, enternecedor, íntegro, tierno |
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title = {wholesome},
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