mouthwatering

comparative more mouthwatering · superlative most mouthwatering · alternative mouth-watering

1. literallyCausing one to salivate.
2. figurativelyThat is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing.

   Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouthwatering hamburgers.

   1996 April 14, Bill Oakley, “22 Short Films About Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 21, spoken by Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner (Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer), segment "Skinner & The Superintendent", production code 3F18

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   If the weather was not too rough at Norfolk Island, the Tulagi took on board some Norfolk Island fish, which arrived frozen in Vila. This fish was heavily in demand in Vila as it had a mouth-watering taste and was safe to eat.

   2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 38

3. broadlyEnticing or tantalizing.