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as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
twice a week he churns out a dishy column on the latest tidings from Tinseltown
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Recent Examples of dishy
But DeVille has no dishy scoops to impart.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The Roya narrative, her memoir, is playing off of the dishy tell-all.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 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
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The Roya narrative, her memoir, is playing off of the dishy tell-all.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishy
Adjective
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The phrase originated as a colloquial term and was used as early as 2008, according to Oxford University, but rose in popularity in 2014 after New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority launched a poster campaign targeting manspreading.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
27 May 2026
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Spaar’s colloquial flippancies only reinforces her fervency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Bryant and Larson both master the sexy-robot-baby intonation of a very particular strain of 2000s pop, making the displacement doubly funny.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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When a sexy new lawyer, played by Brett Goldstein, begins working for her, that policy becomes well-tested.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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There's cynic Kate (Fey) and her golden retriever husband Jack (Forte), even more cynical and gossipy Danny (Domingo) and his urbane husband Claude (Marco Calvani), Nick's aggrieved ex-wife Anne and his very pregnant girlfriend Ginny.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Petrie, Doz and Morrow play multiple roles, including a gossipy Greek chorus and the band of merry fisherman (truly an astonishing array of Canadian accent work on display).—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For a town that’s been struggling financially for decades, the prospect of highly desirable market-rate housing along the river has led local officials to push hard to keep progress moving.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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But that was mainly because a player of Carpenter’s ilk — aka one of the best in the world — would be highly desirable on the open market.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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Hazelnut brioches, flaky pastries, blueberry financiers, and madeleines—crafted by the French pastry chef—are neatly stacked in a room adorned with hot pink and coral Bill Bensley artwork.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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The real risk starts when a pan gets too hot, too damaged or used in the wrong way.—
Ryan Brennan
June 2,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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