Meaning of WHOLESOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'howlsum
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- [adj] sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; "exercise develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly wholesome face"
- [adj] conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
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| | Synonyms: | | alimentary, good for you(p), healthy, heart-healthy, hearty, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive, salubrious, satisfying, solid, substantial |
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| | Antonyms: | | unwholesome | | |
| | See Also: | | healthful, sound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl.
{Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G.
heilsam, D. heilzaam.]
1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious;
salutary.
Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton.
From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable
and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith.
2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to
morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good;
salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome
doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4.
I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my
wit's diseased. --Shak.
A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir
W. Scott.
3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. --
{Whole"some*ness}, n.
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