Wholesome
adjective
Good for health.
Fruits and vegetables are part of a wholesome diet.
Often appears as...
- wholesome food
- wholesome meal
adjective
Having good moral qualities.
He is known for his wholesome conduct.
Often appears as...
- wholesome conduct
- wholesome influence
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Approving
adjective
Pleasing due to its healthy and uncomplicated nature.
She loves the wholesome simplicity of country life.
Often appears as...
- wholesome simplicity
- wholesome delight
adjective
Good for health.
Fruits and vegetables are part of a wholesome diet.
Often appears as...
- wholesome food
- wholesome meal
adjective
Having good moral qualities.
He is known for his wholesome conduct.
Often appears as...
- wholesome conduct
- wholesome influence
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Pleasing due to its healthy and uncomplicated nature.
She loves the wholesome simplicity of country life.
Often appears as...
- wholesome simplicity
- wholesome delight
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Pro Tip 1/2Health Focus
Use 'wholesome' to describe foods associated with health benefits, not just low calories or taste.
Oatmeal is a wholesome breakfast option.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Lifestyle
'Wholesome' implies a choice that contributes to a healthy lifestyle, not a temporary diet.
Choosing to hike regularly is a wholesome activity.
Pro Tip 1/2Health Focus
Use 'wholesome' to describe foods associated with health benefits, not just low calories or taste.
Oatmeal is a wholesome breakfast option.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Lifestyle
'Wholesome' implies a choice that contributes to a healthy lifestyle, not a temporary diet.
Choosing to hike regularly is a wholesome activity.
Pro Tip 1/2Health Focus
Use 'wholesome' to describe foods associated with health benefits, not just low calories or taste.
Oatmeal is a wholesome breakfast option.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Lifestyle
'Wholesome' implies a choice that contributes to a healthy lifestyle, not a temporary diet.
Choosing to hike regularly is a wholesome activity.
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For the parents, a wholesome paradise of bridge parties and tennis games. For us kids, we were all working on a secret research project, and our laboratory was in the woods after school, under the covers during sleep-overs, really, any opportunity we could take
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Sarah Jones: One woman,...
I initially thought she was an educational tool for anorexia prevention -- but actually she was considered by many to be a wholesome symbol of femininity, and often young girls began what was called dieting.
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you know as tomas described in honduras it's it's a distraction it's wholesome family fun for anyone and life there is stressful and there's violence and there's high in employment and there's political
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On sincere and authentic...
more of an arena where women will be comfortable it's a service to the country this is not for the faint of heart this is not for the faint of heart and that's why I was cheering how it back this is this is strong this is tough it's it's but it's worth it because nothing is more wholesome to a
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
For the parents, a wholesome paradise of bridge parties and tennis games. For us kids, we were all working on a secret research project, and our laboratory was in the woods after school, under the covers during sleep-overs, really, any opportunity we could take
Video examples
Sarah Jones: One woman,...
I initially thought she was an educational tool for anorexia prevention -- but actually she was considered by many to be a wholesome symbol of femininity, and often young girls began what was called dieting.
Video examples
A Traveling Circus and...
you know as tomas described in honduras it's it's a distraction it's wholesome family fun for anyone and life there is stressful and there's violence and there's high in employment and there's political
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Quote examples
Emma Roberts
American Actress
I just feel like with independent movies... they're really free to do whatever they want. They're not afraid to make a statement about anything, and there's not a huge studio behind them making sure that everything is wholesome and politically correct and all that.
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Francois Fenelon
French Clergyman
There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome.
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Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.
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Fred Hammond
American Musician
I think people really want to see the real because the world is portrayed at such a low level that if you come out with a real wholesome show, people don't want to see that anymore.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Statesman
Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
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Judith Durham
Australian Musician
We've led pretty wholesome lives. We haven't lived life to excess like so many groups have done.
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Richard Le Gallienne
English Poet
A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.
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Thurl Ravenscroft
American Actor
Tony is just a good, wholesome character.
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Emma Roberts
American Actress
I just feel like with independent movies... they're really free to do whatever they want. They're not afraid to make a statement about anything, and there's not a huge studio behind them making sure that everything is wholesome and politically correct and all that.
Quote examples
Francois Fenelon
French Clergyman
There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome.
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Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.
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Fred Hammond
American Musician
I think people really want to see the real because the world is portrayed at such a low level that if you come out with a real wholesome show, people don't want to see that anymore.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Statesman
Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.
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Judith Durham
Australian Musician
We've led pretty wholesome lives. We haven't lived life to excess like so many groups have done.
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Richard Le Gallienne
English Poet
A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.
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Thurl Ravenscroft
American Actor
Tony is just a good, wholesome character.
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