mouthwatering

See also: mouth-watering

English

Alternative forms

• mouth-watering

Etymology

mouth +‎ watering: causing the nervous system to trigger production and release of saliva

Adjective

mouthwatering (comparative more mouthwatering, superlative most mouthwatering)

1. That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
   • 2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 38:

     If the weather was not too rough at Norfolk Island, the Tulagi took on board some Norfolk Island fish, which arrived frozen in Vila. This fish was heavily in demand in Vila as it had a mouth-watering taste and was safe to eat.

2. (by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.

Derived terms

• mouthwateringly

Translations

delicious in taste

• Chinese: 令人垂涎的
• Estonian: isuäratav (et)
• Finnish: veden kielelle saava, herkullinen (fi)
• French: alléchant (fr) m, appétissant (fr) m
• German: lecker (de), appetitlich (de)
• Italian: appetitoso (it) m, invitante (it)
• Maori: whakawaiwai, mōwaiwai
• Polish: apetyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: de dar água na boca (pt)
• Spanish: de toma pan y moja, se te hace la boca agua

See also

• one's teeth water
• salivatingly