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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Slang Gossipy; sensational: published a dishy tell-all.
- adj. Chiefly British Slang Good-looking; attractive.
Wiktionary
- adj. UK, slang sexy
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. British informal good-looking; -- used of persons.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (informal British) sexually attractive
Etymologies
- From UK dish + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This is exactly the kind of dishy information Larry was hoping to get from his little experiment.”
“K-Lo: I don’t know I think it sounds kind of dishy to me!”
"More than the other primary candidates, Romney has President Bush’s virtues and avoids his flaws."
“Shakespeare in Love' (1998) The Earl of Oxford may have written this too, but Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard got screen credit for what is, by unanimous agreement among Shakespearean scholars, a totally fictional account of how a Bard with writer's block sought help from a shrink (who timed patients' sessions with an hourglass) and churned out "Romeo and Juliet" only after discovering his muse in a dishy, brainy aristocrat named Lady Viola.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Like Crazy': From Cupid's Blunders, Wonders
“Some of us were remarried, some were freshly uncoupled, some were dating, and as the night got more and more dishy, one of the non-divorcees asked if any of us ever had a gut feeling from the start that the marriage was not going to work out.”
The Huffington Post: Did You Know, Deep Down, That You'd Get Divorced One Day?
“The good news: Leading lady Joanne Kelly is still with us as Myka Bering, even though the tough, vulnerable, funny and deliciously dishy superagent quit her job in the Season 2 finale after her trust in H.G. Wells Jaime Murray almost led the end of the world.”
She's Back! Joanne Kelly Dishes on the Warehouse 13 Season Premiere
“He's despicable, but I read him anyway because he always had some dishy gossip.”
“Packed with celebrity mentions and insider takes on exclusive Manhattan nightspots, this novel will captivate Weisberger's fans, who are sure to enjoy the dishy, if expansive, details'.”
“Matthew Risch, lately of "Pal Joey," is smooth and debonair as Sky Masterson, the high-rolling sharpie who wins the heart of Miss Sarah Brown Morgan James, the dishy Salvation Army doll who longs to save the souls of all the heels on Broadway.”
“And he was the most gracious, funny, dishy, wonderful person -- even better than he seems on the show.”
The Huffington Post: Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 12 Recap: Empire State of Meh
“An anniversary gift, Christopher enjoyed this one so much he lent it to me with his endorsement — sure enough, it is a dishy and surprisingly candid treat.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dishy’.
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UK - slang
chin wag, arse about, bollock, starkers, sweet Fanny Adams, skive, shufti, codswallop, rhyming slang, bollocks, nookie, skew-whiff and 208 more...
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You are so GOOD LOOKING!
Words about looking good
a dish, dishy, snazzy, styling, looker, handsome, beautiful, delicious, dessert, yummy, tantalizing, hormone hunk and 55 more...
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RealLifePixel's Bad-Ass Words
Words so awesome they'll kick your eyeballs' asses!
cucurbitaceous, sacerdotal, loudhailer, bildungsroman, sublation, marmoreal, recusant, velleity, hardscrabble, malinger, miasma, brennschluss and 76 more...
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Rad Words.
Put any Rad word, any at all.
super, rad, awesome, amazing, cool, nerdfightastic, fantastic, spectacular, groovy, funky, dishy, sick and 5 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
Beauty
Words that describe beauty.
pulchritude, winsome, comely, fair, exquisite, lovely, gorgeous, drop-dead, fetching, ambrosial, dishy, bonny and 9 more...
Tweets
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jeffazi (informal) sexually attractive.
Oct 30, 2007