Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Appealing to the sense of taste; appetizing: the mouthwatering aroma of a baking pie.
Wiktionary
- adj. That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing
- adj. by extension Enticing or tantalizing
Examples
“Unless you are a very big eater, my recommendation here is to share a plate of mixed "botanas" (appetizers) which includes carnitas, quesadillas, and cheese, and then ask to share a portion of the house speciality, "Trifajitas", prepared in mouthwatering style at your table.”
“Marsha Mehran describes the food in mouthwatering detail -- with a dash of magic realism.”
Pomegranate Soup: Summary and book reviews of Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran.
“He lovingly recalls the mouthwatering kid baby goat his dad would sometimes roast in their backyard.”
“That is particularly true of Champagne, which tends to have the kind of mouthwatering acidity that matches well with food.”
The Wall Street Journal: Champagnes That Pair Nicely With Food
“A spokesman said the committee had "mouthwatering" proposals to put to the community following their meeting with the ministry of constitutional development.”
“Forced to a more lucrative occupation, he had not forgotten his skills and this night had produced the kind of mouthwatering delicacies loved by the English Queen.”
“In a kind of mouthwatering tango, he pranced past the boisterous tables of customers, holding a raw slab of beef on butcher's paper like a tray of drinks.”
“3L protested an administrative policy that unkosher food not be purchased for official school events by using his own funds to bring in "mouthwatering" nonkosher pizza.”
“mouthwatering" so it's quite possible my dogs were coached before I even open ed up the bag.”
“What if I told you there was a race in which you sprint for two miles, scarf down 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts (that's more than 2,000 gloriously mouthwatering calories) and sprint back?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mouthwatering’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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yummy
delectable words
literallydelectable, scrumptious, ambrosial, mouthwatering, piquant, juicy, luscious, heavenly, sapid, toothsome, succulent, savory and 10 more...
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Panvocalics
Panvocalics are words that contain all the vowels. Listed here are "euvocalics": words that have each of the five vowels only once. (These are also a kind of supervocalic.) Words that also have a "...
subcontinental, unoriental, ultraviolet, tourmaline, sequoia, jacqueminot, milquetoast, xenosaurid, thunderation, adenovirus, accoutering, absolutive and 2777 more...
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femmealunettes's Words
serendipitous, psychosocial, animalistic, desperation, augury, dank, pirouette, amnesiac, eternally, stargate, fluffy, pineapple and 65 more...
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chandler stinks
words used by the NYT's perfume critic, Chandler Burr in a recent article 'reviewing' three fragrances, or in my satirical response to Chandler's review.
satire
Let's fuel this...masterly, maple, muscular, petulant, machismo, virtuosity, graphite, mouthwatering, lemongrass, gunpowder, blood-orange, velvet and 33 more...
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Good eatin'
delicious, yummy, gustable, delectable, succulent, ambrosial, scrumptious, choice, luscious, mouthwatering, piquant, savory and 2 more...
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