Meaning & use

Dishy

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Informal British slang for physically attractive, especially referring to a person's appearance.

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Her coworkers teased her about the dishy new intern in accounting.

The magazine ranked the actor among the most dishy leading men of the decade.

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Primarily used in British and Australian English, "dishy" plays on the idiom of someone being a "dish," meaning visually appealing.

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attractivegood-looking

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