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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
The Roya narrative, her memoir, is playing off of the dishy tell-all.
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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
Her book includes some dishy name-dropping too, from Tom Cruise to Marilyn Monroe.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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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
Her book includes some dishy name-dropping too, from Tom Cruise to Marilyn Monroe.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishy
Adjective
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The city of big apples, hand-tossed pizzas and the colloquial adverb deadass.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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This time around, our Traitors and Faithfuls are a beautiful assortment of Housewives, Survivors, athletes, actors, and plenty of mothers — both literal (Donna Kelce) and in the colloquial sense (Porsha Williams).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Gaines finished Martin's sexy coquette look with gray knee-socks by Capezio and vintage black-and-white wedges by Nicholas Kirkwood.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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Megan Fox marked her return to Instagram with some sexy new pictures.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But other scenarios could lead to a less desirable outcome.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Hertzberg said the sale price reflects just how desirable Indian Creek is, adding that an empty lot on the island recently sold for over $100 million.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the West, the temperatures were sometimes blazing hot.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Housed in this new 62,000 square-foot store is a full-service carnicería, a Panadería, a salsa and seviche bar, and hot food counter that will serve prepared foods like tacos, burritos and other Mexican fare.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishy. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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