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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
Set in vaguely modern times, the show felt to him like a dishy political melodrama.
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Alex Jhamb Burns,
Vogue,
31 Oct. 2025
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.
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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.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dishy
Alex Jhamb Burns,
Vogue,
31 Oct. 2025
But DeVille has no dishy scoops to impart.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for dishy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishy
Adjective
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Its name refers to the colloquial term once used for Papaya—paw-paw.
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The Solons name refers to an ancient Greek lawmaker, whose name later became a colloquial term for wise legislators, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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Sade, the band led by the singer of the same name, which is known for producing some of the sexiest jazz/pop/R&B hybrids of all time, is technically still active, even if the outfit has not released a new album in more than a decade and a half.
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Diehards were inflamed that their sexless music was linked to sexy dark romance clips.
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In Finlay Donovan Plays with Fire, Finlay faces the disappearance of her gossipy neighbor, Stacey Pickens, after the two have an altercation.
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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.
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Shirts tied to a specific tour, an album release or a now-defunct venue tend to be the most desirable.
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Such qualities might be unobjectionable, even desirable, in and of themselves, but their ubiquitous appearance across the internet has turned them into instant design clichés.
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That’s why everything looks different in a cold pool versus a hot shower.
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Either way, El Niño is likely to remain a hot topic throughout 2026.
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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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