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  • 1wholesome — adjective Date: 13th century 1. promoting health or well being of mind or spirit 2. promoting health of body 3. a. sound in body, mind, or morals b. having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity 4. a. based on well grounded fear ;… …

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  • 2wholesome — [hōl′ səm] adj. [ME holsom, akin to ON heilsamr, Ger heilsam: see WHOLE & SOME1] 1. promoting or conducive to good health or well being; healthful [a wholesome climate] 2. tending to improve the mind or character [a wholesome film for children] 3 …

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  • 3wholesome — whole|some [ houlsəm ] adjective 1. ) wholesome food is food that is good for you: wholesome home cooked meals 2. ) considered to have a good influence on people, for example because it does not involve sex or drugs: wholesome family… …

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  • 4wholesome — [[t]ho͟ʊlsəm[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (approval) If you describe something as wholesome, you approve of it because you think it is likely to have a positive influence on people s behaviour or mental state, especially because it does not involve… …

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  • 5wholesome — UK [ˈhəʊls(ə)m] / US [ˈhoʊlsəm] adjective 1) wholesome food is food that is good for you wholesome home cooked meals 2) considered to have a good influence on people, for example because it does not involve sex or drugs wholesome family… …

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  • 6wholesome — adjective 1) wholesome food Syn: healthy, health giving, healthful, good (for one), nutritious, nourishing; natural, uncontaminated, organic 2) wholesome fun Syn: good, ethical, mora …

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  • 7wholesome —    obsolete    not suffering from venereal disease    Literally, no more than healthy:     The woman, endeed, is a most lovely woman; but I had no courage to meddle with her, for fear of her not being wholesome. (Pepys, 1664 perhaps too he was… …

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  • 8wholesome — [ˈhəʊls(ə)m] adj 1) wholesome food is good for you 2) thought to have a good influence on people …

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  • 9wholesome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. healthy, beneficial. See health, purity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. nutritious, nutritive, nourishing, beneficial; see healthful . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. healthful, healthy, good for you …

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  • 10wholesome — Synonyms and related words: admissible, all, all in all, all there, altogether, balanced, beneficial, benign, bracing, bunkum, clearheaded, clearminded, cogent, completely, compos mentis, constitutional, credible, curing, entirely, exactly, fit,… …

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