Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Slang Gossipy; sensational.
- adjective Chiefly British Slang Good-looking; attractive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective British informal good-looking; -- used of persons.
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- adjective UK, slang
sexy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (informal British) sexually attractive
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is exactly the kind of dishy information Larry was hoping to get from his little experiment.
Reality TV Magazine 2010
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This is exactly the kind of dishy information Larry was hoping to get from his little experiment.
Reality TV Magazine Nancy Floyd 2010
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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." Ann Althouse 2007
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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.
Joy in Runyonland Terry Teachout 2011
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'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'.
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger: Book summary 2010
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'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.
'Like Crazy': From Cupid's Blunders, Wonders Joe Morgenstern 2011
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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.
Did You Know, Deep Down, That You'd Get Divorced One Day? 2011
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And he was the most gracious, funny, dishy, wonderful person -- even better than he seems on the show.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 12 Recap: Empire State of Meh Una LaMarche 2010
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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 2011
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He's despicable, but I read him anyway because he always had some dishy gossip.
jeffazi commented on the word dishy
(informal) sexually attractive.
October 31, 2007