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Definitions for Fattening
fat·ten·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fatteningadjective

    subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter

    "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens"

Wiktionary

  1. fatteningverb

    present participle of fatten.

  2. fatteningadjective

    That which causes weight gain; usually high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.

    I'd really love to lose weight, the trouble is, tasty deserts with stuff like whipped cream are so fattening.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Fattening in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Fattening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Fattening in a Sentence

  1. Shane Dormady:

    I think younger people are on average consuming less healthy food – fast food, processed snacks, processed sugars – and I think that those foods also contain higher concentrations of carcinogens and mutagens, in addition to the fact that they are very fattening, it’s well-publicized that child, adolescent, young adult obesity is rampant, if not epidemic, in our country.

  2. Lenore Hershey:

    Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.

  3. Alexander Woollcott:

    All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

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