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fattening

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verb

present participle of fatten

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fattening
Adjective
  • The Bank of America Institute ranked drinks by calorific content to show that fruit juice is probably a worse choice than full-fat cola.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • When heated to about 300 degrees Celsius in an oxygen-free environment, the material forms carbon-rich granules with high calorific value.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Finally, allow the solution to come to room temperature before filling your feeders.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
  • Such scandals have put the spotlight on a murky (and growing) world of speculative, 24/7 transactions now filling the internet.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • Eat More Fish and Lean Poultry Instead of fattier meat dishes, try to incorporate more fish and lean poultry into your diet.
    Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 4 May 2026
  • Only have fattier or leaner meat?
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Nevertheless, taking proactive steps to deal with hair, slime, soap scum, and other things messing with your pipes can save you a major plumbing headache down the line.
    Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
  • Punisher is messing with him, and the gun goes off.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • That caloric deficit drives bone loss and muscle shrinkage.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 June 2026
  • The drinks attract younger women, typically age 16 to 35, and are aimed at health-conscious customers that don’t want Swig’s more caloric and filling dirty sodas, CEO Alex Dunn said.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Before the group came out, a group of extras mimed drinking tea and feasting on pastries, with pinky fingers aloft — per the song’s innate spoofing of the etiquette stereotypically associated with tea drinking.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • Having Fox on the court would help mitigate some of this, but OKC is feasting on any little miscue.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Adjective
  • The latter formula includes salicylic acid, the brand’s protein complex, niacinamide, and rosemary oil to address an oily and flaky scalp while helping support thicker, fuller strands.
    Essence Wiley, InStyle, 8 June 2026
  • These are wines that pair beautifully with rich dishes, oily, unctuous fish with tomato, and pasta sauces that are rich and fatty.
    Valentina Di Donato, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Adjective
  • Made with the unctuous 8-percent-fat milk of the water buffalo—animals that may have arrived in the area via the Normans by way of Sicily, or perhaps by the Goths coming from Central Asia—buffalo mozzarella has been produced at least since the twelfth century.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The review found no evidence that each cycle of weight loss and regain strips progressively more muscle than fat.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
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“Fattening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fattening. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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