dishier; dishiest
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: characterized by, full of, or given to gossip or disclosure
a dishy biography

Examples of dishy in a Sentence

twice a week he churns out a dishy column on the latest tidings from Tinseltown
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The Roya narrative, her memoir, is playing off of the dishy tell-all. Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025 The dishy book is a roman à clef; Weisberger briefly worked as Anna Wintour’s assistant at Vogue. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 June 2025 Instead, Deborah’s late-night show saves itself by focusing on dishy interview segments and booking guests Deborah has chemistry with rather than prioritizing boring movie stars with new movies to promote. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 May 2025 And his tales are just as dishy as the plates at Pastis. Meg Zukin, Time, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dishy

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dishy was in 1961

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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dishy. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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