Tasty

Definition: Tasty

Tasty

Adjective

1. Especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel".

2. Pleasing to the sense of taste.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tasty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Note: Tasty \Tast"y\, adjective. [Comparative Tastier; superlative Tastiest.]. (references)

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Tasty

Savoriness

Tidbit, dainty, delicacy, tasty morsel; appetizer, hors d'ouvres; ambrosia, nectar, bonne-bouche; game, turtle, venison; delicatessen.

Adjective: savory, delicious, tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good, palatable, nice, dainty, delectable; toothful, toothsome; gustful, appetizing, lickerish, delicate, exquisite, rich, luscious, ambrosial, scrumptious, delightful.

Taste

Adjective: in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; esthetic, aesthetic, artistic; elegant; euphemistic.

Crosswords: Tasty

Tasty Wheat (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Eat my buddy Pumbaa here because he is a treat! Come on down and dine, on this tasty swine, all you have to do is get in line (The Lion King; writing credit: Irene Mecchi; Jonathan Roberts)

Just another tasty treat from the gang at Empire Records (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

Trendy, but tasty. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Well, raise my rent if you're not off to see Tasty Coma Wife, aren't you (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

Peta - People Eating Tasty Animals. (references; author: unknown)

You may be born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but you need gold-hearted people to make your life more tasty. (references; author: unknown)

Hasty But Tasty (1969)

Tasty (1999)

Cheri Taylor Is Tasty and Tight (1991)

A Tasty Kind of Love (1987)

Tasty (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Tasty Baking Co: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• The Baby Cookbook: Tasty and Nutritious Meals for the Whole Family That Babies and Toddlers Will Also Love (reference)

• Treat Em Right: Tasty Ideas for Encouraging Volunteers, Let Your Volunteers Know How Much They're Appreciated. This Creative Resource (reference)

• More Easy Beans: Quick and Tasty Bean, Pea and Lentil Recipes (reference)

• Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven: Over 200 Recipes for Uncommon Soups, Tasty Bites, Side-By-Side Dishes, and Too Many Desserts (reference)

• Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Fresh And Tasty (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Hip Hop Honeys: Tasty Flavors (reference)

• How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Fine, Sweet and Tasty (reference)

• Tasty Blues (reference)

• Tasty Jam (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

What appears as a bird's head, leaning over to snatch up a tasty meal, is a striking example ... Credit: NASA.

Photo #6 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Photo #7 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Photo #3 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Photo #4 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Photo #5 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Colorful and tasty nuna beans will pop after a few minutes of cooking. Someday they may appear on supermarket shelves as a nutritious snack food. Credit: USDA ARS News.

A red rose, symbol of love—and tasty treat for spider mites. This issue of the magazine looks at several ARS efforts to keep valuable floral and nursery crops like roses and woody ornamentals safe from the many pests that plague them. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb..

A bowl of berries is a treat for the eye as well as a delight for the palate. But these tasty little morsels happen to be quite tricky to grow, harvest, and handle. These crops tend to have brief growing seasons and are vulnerable to insects, disease, and even birds, so ARS scientists have given them lots of attention. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Blake's Pride...A tasty, high-quality, fire-blight-resistant pear. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Many people find rice, noodles, and spaghetti tasty without a lot of butter. (references)

They are tasty when used alone or combined with other foods such as pureed fruit, or added to milkshakes. (references)

Business

As far as advertisement is concerned, almost all Japanese ads for beer are composed of "Image ads." Foreign suppliers may also find it beneficial to use advertisements, which explain why American beers are so reasonably priced and tasty. (references)

Travel

Costa Rica

Vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, fruit, and pasteurized dairy products are especially tasty and fresh. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Afrikaans

smaaklik (nice). (various references)

Albanian

shijshëm, i shijshëm (appetizing, delicate, delicious, enjoyable, goluptious, luscious, nutty, palatable, sapid, Savory, savoury, scrumptious, succulent, tasteful, toothsome, yummy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ممتع جدا (absorbing), ‏لذيذ (dainty, delectable, delicious, delightful, flavorful, flavourful, good, nice, palatable, pleasant, sapid, savory, sweet, sympathetic, tasteful, toothsome, unique, yummy), ‏ذو نكهة حلوة, ‏ذو طعم حلوة, ‏جذاب (allurement, alluring, appealing, attractive, becoming, captivating, catching, catchy, charming, cute, desirable, ducky, engaging, enticing, fascinating, fetching, fine, inviting, magnetic, magnetizing, nice, picturesquely, pleasant, prepossessing, pretty, seductive, sweet, taking). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вкусен (dainty, goluptious, nutty, palatable, sapid, savoury, succulent, sweet, yummy), елегантен (classy, dashing, debonair, doggy, dressy, elegant, feat, fine, genteel, graceful, jimp, mod, nifty, plush, plushy, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, silk stocking, smart, snappy, stylish, swell, swish), пикантен (gamy, gingery, juicy, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, rich, salacious, salt, salty, savoury, spicy, zesty). (various references)

Catalan

ric (nice). (various references)

Chinese 

鲜美, 好吃 (delicious), 可口 (to taste good). (various references)

Czech

vkusný (elegant, sophisticated, stylish, tasteful), pikantní (fruity, naughty, piquant, racy, Savory, spicy), chutný (appetizing, dainty, delicious, drinkable, good, palatable, sapid, Savory, scrumptious, tasteful, toothsome). (various references)

Dutch

lekker (alluring, attractive, enticing, nice, tempting). (various references)

Esperanto

bongusta (nice). (various references)

Faeroese

smakkgóður (nice). (various references)

Farsi 

گوارا (Digestible, Digestive, Salubrious, Soft), خوشمزه (Delicate, Luscious, Toothsome, Yummy), خوش طعم (Palatable, Smacker), باسلیقه تهیه شده . (various references)

Finnish

maukas (appetizing, palatable, savoury). (various references)

French

succulent, savoureux. (various references)

German

schmackhaft (appetizing, delicate, palatable, palatably, savory, savoury, toothsomely). (various references)

Greek 

γευστικόσ (gustative, gustatory, savor, savorous, savour), γευστικός (gustatory, palatable), εύγεστοσ (sapid, saporous). (various references)

Hebrew 

טעים (delectable, palatable, savoury, succulent, tasteful, toothsome). (various references)

Hungarian

jóízű (good to eat, savory, savoury, spicy, sweet, toothy), ízletes (delicate, palatable, savory, savoury, tasteful, toothsome), ízléses (aesthetic, classy, dainty, elegant, esthetic, neat, smart, stylish, tasteful). (various references)

Indonesian

enak (flavorous, nice, tasteful). (various references)

Irish

blasta. (various references)

Italian

gustoso (amusing, nice, palatable, Savory, savoury, toothsome). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

凝った (artistic, elaborate, exquisite, refined). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おつ (chic, quaint, queer, romantic, spicy, strange, stylish, witty), おいしい (delicious), こった (artistic, elaborate, exquisite, refined). (various references)

Korean 

맛 있는 (Tastier, Tastiest). (various references)

Malagasy

matsiro. (various references)

Manx

blasstal (fruity, seasoned). (various references)

Pig Latin

astytay.(various references)

Polish

smaczny (nice). (various references)

Portuguese

saboroso (dainty, delicious, flavored, flavoured, luscious, nice, palatable, sapid, savory, savoury, tasteful, toothsome, yummy). (various references)

Romanian

savuros (chaming, luscious, pleasant, racy, relishing, sapid, Savory, savoury), gustos (appetizing, dainty, fruity, palatable, peckish, relishing, sapid, Savory, savoury, toothsome), elegant (daintily, dainty, Dandy, dashing, dressy, elegant, fashionable, gallant, genteel, gentle, graceful, gracefully, jaunty, polite, smart, smartly, smug, spicy, stylish, swell, well-dressed), şic (chic, dressy, smart, smartness, style, stylish, stylishness). (various references)

Russian 

вкусный (appetizing, goluptious, palatable, sapid, savoury, toothsome, yummy). (various references)

Scottish

blasda (delicious). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ukusan (appetizing, delicious, lickerish, luscious, palatable, sapid, savory, savoury, tasteful, toothsome, yummy), slastan (goluptious). (various references)

Spanish

sabroso (fruity, juicy, palatable, rich, sapid, saporous, Savory, savoury, spicy, tasteful, toothsome, zestful), rico (affluent, costly, delicious, expansive, expensive, in the money, lovely, nice, rich, tempting, wealthy). (various references)

Swedish

smaklig (appetizing, delicate, flavorous, nice, palatable, sapid). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งมีรสนิยมดี. (various references)

Turkish

tadı güzel (Savory, savoury, yummy), zevkli (decorous, delightful, easy, enjoyable, fun, gracious, pleasurable, select, tasteful, zestful), lezzetli (dainty, delicate, delicious, goluptious, luscious, palatable, sapid, Savory, savoury, succulent, tasteful, toothsome, yummy, zestful). (various references)

Turkmen 

tagamly, юirin (sweet). (various references)

Ukrainian

смачний (appetizing, dainty, gusty, nice, nutty, palatable, sapid, savoury, tasteful, toothsome, yummy, yum-yum), зроблений зі смаком (tasteful), приємний (acceptable, agreeable, amiable, balmy, beautiful, boon, canny, clean-cut, complimentary, couth, cozy, cushy, delectable, dulcet, easy, enjoyable, glad, good, goodly, graceful, grateful, jocund, kindly, lepid, nice, nutty, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, redolent, satisfactory, welcome, yummy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nền (base, platform, substruction, substructure). (various references)

Welsh

blasus (delicious, savory). (various references)

Yucatec

ki' (nice). (various references)

Zulu

-mnandi (nice). (various references)

Misspellings

"Tasty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asty, Chasty, fasty, tacty, tanti, tanty, tarty, tast, tastey, tatay, tati, taty, testi, testie, tesy, Tfasta, tisy, tity, toastey, totsy, tsti, tystie. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: stat, stay, tats.

-2 letters: att, ays, sat, say, sty, tas, tat.

-3 letters: as, at, ay, ta, ya.

+1 letter: lyttas, scatty, toasty.

+2 letters: outstay, satiety, squatty, startsy, stately, statusy, stylate, tastily, testacy, tyrants, vastity, yatters, yttrias.

+3 letters: amethyst, artistry, astutely, catalyst, chastity, cryostat, cytaster, gyrostat, layettes, nystatin, outstays, pyrostat, sanctity, statedly, staticky, statuary, stealthy, straitly, strategy, stratify, tanistry, tapestry, tatouays, travesty, typecast.

+4 letters: amethysts, antetypes, antistory, antitypes, astrocyte, asymptote, attorneys, austerity, autotypes, baptistry, butylates, butyrates, catalysts, cattleyas, contrasty, cryostats, cytasters, distantly, ethylates, gustatory, gyrostats, instantly, intestacy, nystatins, outstayed, pattypans, pyrostats, saltatory, stability, statocyst, statutory, stylobate, syntactic, systaltic, tautonyms, terabytes, tiltyards, trachytes, triptycas, tympanist, typecasts, yeastiest, ytterbias.