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appetising

appetising is the alternative spelling of appetizing.

appetising is the present participle and gerund of appetise.

Meaning of appetizing

Adjective

appetizing (comparative more appetizing, superlative most appetizing)

  1. That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.
    • This food looks so appetizing.
  2. (broadly) Appealing or enticing.

See all 3 meanings of appetizing

Meaning of appetise

Verb

appetise (third-person singular simple present appetises, present participle appetising, simple past and past participle appetised)

  1. (rare) To whet the appetite.

Forms of appetising

comparativemore appetising
superlativemost appetising

Words formed from appetising

Questions about appetising

What is appetising the alternative spelling of?
Appetising is the alternative spelling of appetizing.

Words near appetising in the dictionary

  1. appetise
  2. appetised
  3. appetiser
  4. appetisers
  5. appetises
  6. appetising
  7. appetisingly
  8. appetisingness
  9. appetite
  10. appetite comes with eating
  11. appetited

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appetising (page history and authors); appetizing (page history and authors); appetise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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