Usually means: Makes you crave, salivate intensely.
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  1. mouth-watering: Vocabulary.com
  2. Mouth-watering, mouth-watering: Wordnik
  3. mouth-watering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. mouth-watering: Wiktionary
  5. mouth-watering: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. mouth-watering: Dictionary.com
  7. mouth-watering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. mouth-watering: Rhymezone
  9. mouth-watering: FreeDictionary.org
  10. mouth-watering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. mouth-watering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of mouthwatering [That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.]

Similar:
savoury, savory, tasty, appetizing, masticatoric, gustatoric, savourous, water-based, tantalising, sweetsmelling, more...

Opposite:
unappetizing, repulsive, disgusting, unpalatable, unsavory

Types:
savory, delicious, appetizing, scrumptious, yummy, tasty, more...

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Similar:
savoury, savory, tasty, appetizing, masticatoric, gustatoric, savourous, water-based, tantalising, sweetsmelling, more...

Opposite:
unappetizing, repulsive, disgusting, unpalatable, unsavory

Types:
savory, delicious, appetizing, scrumptious, yummy, tasty, more...



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