dough·y

(dō′ē)

adj. dough·i·er, dough·i·est

Having the consistency or appearance of dough.

dough′i·ness n.

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doughy

(ˈdəʊɪ)

adj, doughier or doughiest

(Cookery) resembling dough in consistency, colour, etc; soft, pallid, or flabby

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dough•y

(ˈdoʊ i)

adj. dough•i•er, dough•i•est.

resembling dough, as in being soft, pale, or flabby.

[1595–1605]

dough′i•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

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"

Translations

doughy

[ˈdəʊɪ] ADJ → pastoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

doughy

adj

consistency → zäh, teigig; (pej) bread → klitschig, nicht durchgebacken

(pej) complexion → käsig

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doughy

[ˈdəʊɪ] adj (bread) → molliccio/a (fig) (complexion) → pallidino/a

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I can only describe it as a hash of soaked bread and bits of tobacco, brought to a doughy consistency by the united agency of perspiration and rain.

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Many of these would be eager for news, and willing to give help and even scraps of queer meat, or crusts of grey and doughy bread, in return for it.

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