tasty

TAY-stee/ˈteɪsti/

Adjectivetastier, tastiest

Noun pluraltasties

7 meanings of tasty

1
adjective
Good to eat because it has a nice flavor.
Like a meal so good you want to eat every last bite.
These homemade cookies are really tasty.
We had a tasty bowl of soup for lunch.
Similardelicious, flavorful, appetizing, savory, delectable
Oppositedisgusting, unpalatable, distasteful
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2
adjectiveslang
Very attractive or appealing, often in a sexual way.
Like seeing something so good-looking you can't stop staring.
She thinks the new lifeguard is pretty tasty.
That's a tasty car you've got there.
Similarsexy, attractive, hot, gorgeous, beautiful
Oppositeunattractive, ugly
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3
nouncolloquialcountable
A bit of food that tastes really good.
Like a treat you can pop straight into your mouth.
Grandma always kept a few tasties in the jar for us.
He grabbed a quick tasty from the snack table.
Similartreat, goody, tidbit, delicacy
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4
adjectivecolloquialUK
Very good and skilled at doing something.
Like someone so good at a game they win every time.
He's a tasty footballer who can beat any defender.
She's pretty tasty with a guitar.
Similarskillful, handy, talented, useful
Oppositeuseless, hopeless, inept
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5
adjectivecolloquialUK
Looking ready to start a fight or turn violent.
Like a moment that feels ready to turn into a fight.
Things got a bit tasty outside the pub after closing.
The crowd was looking tasty, so the police moved in.
Similarugly, nasty, violent, heated
Oppositecalm, peaceful
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Less common meanings

6
adjectiveobsolete
Showing good taste in style or manners.
Like a room arranged so well that everyone admires it.
The drawing room was furnished in a most tasty manner.
we wait until the palace is half-way up, and then we pay some tasty architect to run us up an ornamental mud hovel, right against it
1840, Edgar Allan Poe, “Peter Pendulum, the Business Man”Here, tasty means having good taste in style.
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7
noundatedPhilippinescountable
A whole loaf of baked bread.
She bought a fresh tasty from the baker each morning.
There were two tasties cooling on the windowsill.
Similarloaf
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Origin

From the word "taste" plus "-y".