fatteningfat‧ten‧ing /ˈfætn-ɪŋ/ ●○○ adjective 
- a fattening dessert
- Avoid fattening desserts --eat a piece of fruit instead.
- Grill the fish instead of frying it. It's less fattening that way.
- I shouldn't have any more of this cake. It's way too fattening.
- Fats are by far the most fattening foods of all.
- Fats are more than twice as fattening as any other food.
- I do try to keep away from fattening foods, but my greatest weakness is chocolate cake.
- I feel the need for another fattening snack.
- She loves chicken and wanted ways to liven it up without using fattening butter or cream sauces.
- So skimmed milk is now easily available, since people have become more aware of the dangerously fattening potential of full-cream milk.
- The weight-conscious so often choose the most fattening dishes on the menu, in the mistaken idea that they were being virtuous.
to make someone fat► fatten somebody up to make someone fatter because they are too thin - often used humorously: · The women in his family were always trying to fatten him up.
► fattening food that is fattening makes you fat: · I shouldn't have any more of this cake. It's way too fattening.· Grill the fish instead of frying it. It's less fattening that way.· Avoid fattening desserts -- eat a piece of fruit instead.
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Fats are the most fattening foods of all.