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adjective
- 1. (of food) having a thick, malleable consistency: "doughy white bread"
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adjective. uk / ˈdəʊ.i / us / ˈdoʊ.i / Add to word list. soft, thick, and sticky, like dough. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Various qualities of food. candy coat. candy-coated. citric. cordon bleu. creamily. farmhouse. fruity. herby. homegrown. homemade. hoppy. instant. nutritious. nutty. shelf-stable. single-estate. store-bought.
: not thoroughly baked. doughy bread. b. : unhealthily pale : pasty. a doughy face. Synonyms. ashen. ashy. blanched. cadaverous. livid. lurid. mealy. paled. pallid. pasty. peaked. wan. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Doughy definition: of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby. See examples of DOUGHY used in a sentence.
If you describe something as doughy, you mean that it has a fairly soft texture like dough.
adjective. us / ˈdoʊ.i / uk / ˈdəʊ.i / Add to word list. soft, thick, and sticky, like dough. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Various qualities of food. candy coat. candy-coated. citric. cordon bleu. creamily. farmhouse. fruity. homegrown. homemade. hoppy. instant. isotonic. nutritious. nutty. ripe. single-estate. store-bought.
Adj. 1. doughy - having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess". soggy. heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture".
What does the adjective doughy mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective doughy. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. doughy has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. baking (late 1500s) medicine (mid 1700s) See meaning & use. How common is the adjective doughy?