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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
Image Once More With Feeling By Elissa Sussman Deliciously dishy, this celeb romance could have been ripped from the pages of a 2006 tabloid (in a good way).
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Tia Williams, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
After a wave of celebrity memoirs last year made finding a gift for the bookish fans in your life easy, we’re left with a relative dearth of dishy autobiographical tomes in 2024 (with the exception of one by Cher, who always keeps the stans fed).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
While Tendler’s confessional writing style is reminiscent of a long email from a friend or dishy voice note, her memoir is anything but a gossipy tell-all.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
McPherson has an appealingly frank and dishy manner.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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Tia Williams, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
After a wave of celebrity memoirs last year made finding a gift for the bookish fans in your life easy, we’re left with a relative dearth of dishy autobiographical tomes in 2024 (with the exception of one by Cher, who always keeps the stans fed).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
While Tendler’s confessional writing style is reminiscent of a long email from a friend or dishy voice note, her memoir is anything but a gossipy tell-all.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
McPherson has an appealingly frank and dishy manner.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishy
Adjective
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Twain dared to buck the expectations of critics by using the colloquial dialect and slang of those with little education.—
Kyra Davis Lurie
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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According to costume designer Joanna Johnston, this was a compromise; director Richard Curtis had envisioned a sexier, barer outfit.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
17 June 2025
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According to consumer insight company OnePoll, the original television commercial with Gandy was considered one of the sexiest of all time in a study published in 2008.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The middle class Maitri lives in a gossipy building complex with her mother Shobha (Geeta Agrawal).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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The participants are not just revealing this to strangers who make up the bulk of the show’s viewership, but also, by default, to potentially gossipy friends, neighbors, colleagues and professional acquaintances.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Macaluso, too, suggests that rather than fighting over redfish, sportsmen ought to expand their notions of which fish are desirable.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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These two effects are desirable for reducing heart health risks.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Despite Benfica’s determination to preserve the core of a potentially special team, Fernandez returned to Portugal with Chelsea hot in pursuit.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Farmers are at the mercy of climate change, which can mean hotter days over longer periods, and unpredictable weather in the form of hurricanes, which can badly affect crops.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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