Meanings
comparative more fattening · superlative most fattening
- That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
I'd really love to lose weight, the trouble is, tasty desserts with stuff like whipped cream are so fattening.
Antonyms: non-fattening, slimming
plural fattenings
- The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock.
- The act of becoming fatter.
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fatten
‘Yer great puddin’ of a son don’ need fattenin’ any more, Dursley, don’ worry.’
1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesubject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan engreixador
- engreixadorthat causes weight gain
Chinese Mandarin 容易使人發胖的 /容易使人发胖的, 育肥的
- 容易使人發胖的 /容易使人发胖的 (róngyì shǐrén fāpàng de)that causes weight gain
- 育肥的 (yùféi de)that causes weight gain
Danish fedende, opfedning
- fedendethat causes weight gain
- opfedningact of making fatter
Finnish lihottava, lihottaminen
- lihottavathat causes weight gain
- lihottaminenact of making fatter
- lihominenact of getting fatter
Greek παχυντικός
- παχυντικός (pachyntikós)that causes weight gain
Hebrew מַשְׁמִין
- מַשְׁמִין (mashmín)that causes weight gain
Hungarian hizlaló
- hizlalóthat causes weight gain
Japanese 肥育
- 肥育 (hiiku)act of making fatter
Malay menggemukkan
- menggemukkanthat causes weight gain
Polish tuczący, tuczenie
- tuczącythat causes weight gain
- tuczenieact of making fatter
- tycieact of getting fatter
Russian веду́щий к ожире́нию, нагу́льный
- веду́щий к ожире́нию (vedúščij k ožiréniju)that causes weight gain
- нагу́льный (nagúlʹnyj)that causes weight gain
- отка́рмливающий (otkármlivajuščij)that causes weight gain
- отко́рм (otkórm)act of making fatter
- вы́кормка (výkormka)act of making fatter
- нагу́л (nagúl)act of making fatter
- жире́ние (žirénije)act of getting fatter
Vietnamese mỡ màng, đầy mỡ
- mỡ màngthat causes weight gain
- đầy mỡthat causes weight gain
Cite this entry
fattening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fattening
“fattening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fattening. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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