Wholesome
['həʊls(ə)m] or ['holsəm]
Definition
(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' .
Editor: Madge--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Sound; healthy.
Checker: Lucille
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Healthy, healthful, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, helpful, nourishing, nutritious, strengthening, invigorating, roborant.[2]. Beneficial, good.
Inputed by Andre
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Healthful, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, beneficial, nutritious, healing
ANT:Unhealthy, unhealthful, insalubrious, insanitary, prejudicial, unwholesome,deleterious, detrimental, morbific
Editor: Rena
Examples
- O, certainly, she will discover that, and a world of wholesome truths besides, no doubt, said St. Clare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Wholesome for me, wholesome for Agnes, wholesome perhaps for all of us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There is a bed in the wholesome loft-room by the stable; we had better keep him there till morning, when he can be wrapped up and removed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Bank offered no violence to the wholesome monotony of the town. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In many ways Voltaire's _Siècle de Louis XIV_ is still the best and most wholesome account. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The invigorating air did them both good, and much exercise worked wholesome changes in minds as well as bodies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is equally wholesome, and while it does not have the same rich flavor, it has the advantage that it keeps better, and is not so liable to become rancid or strong. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You give the house almost a wholesome look. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Wholesome food and fresh air are necessary for a healthy body. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Ere long, I had reason to congratulate myself on the course of wholesome discipline to which I had thus forced my feelings to submit. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Wy, in support of his great principle that crumpets wos wholesome, and to show that he wouldn't be put out of his way for nobody! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- According to the advertised statements of the various leading manufacturers we are forced to make our own if we desire a pure and wholesome article. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Their food, as I afterwards found, was coarse, but it was wholesome; and they procured a sufficiency of it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- But the senators and politicians of Rome saw to it that such things never did exist as clean and wholesome realities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It keeps her lively--it maintains the wholesome ferment of her spirits. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Both in its fresh state and when salted and dried, it is a substantial and wholesome article of food. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I think the rascals have a wholesome dread of me now, finished the old man grimly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In any country in a wholesome state, Volumnia would be a clear case for the pension list. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The layman's distrust of the unverified hypothesis is in the mai n wholesome. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- So nothing came of these trials, and Jo corked up her inkstand, and said in a fit of very wholesome humility. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mine were days of wholesome repression, punishment, and fear. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The best fruit in Englandevery body's favouritealways wholesome. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I don't let the girls hev coffee only once a week, accordin to your wish, and keep em on plain wholesome vittles. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I believe it is the only way that Mr. Woodhouse thinks the fruit thoroughly wholesome. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Besides, _that_ would be all recreation and indulgence, without the wholesome alloy of labour, and I do not like to eat the bread of idleness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- They have a wholesome respect for him, as they well may have, seeing that not one of them has ever yet had the better of the King of Melnos. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is wholesome to have you here. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Wouldn't it be better not to live a secret life in hiding, and not to be shut out from your natural and wholesome prospects? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How quiet and sweet and wholesome the garden looked in the moonlight, and it could not be more than thirty feet down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Rena