pasty (redirected from pastiest)

past·y ¹  (pst)

adj. past·i·er, past·i·est

1. Resembling paste in consistency.

2. Having a pale lifeless appearance; pallid: an unhealthy, pasty complexion.

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pasti·ness n.

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pasty ¹ [pay-stee]

Adjective

[pastier, pastiest] (of the complexion) pale and unhealthy-looking

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pasty ² [past-ee]

Noun

pl pasties a round of pastry folded over a filling of meat and vegetables [Old French pastée]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pasty - small meat pie or turnover           Cornish pasty - meat pie with filling of meat and vegetables meat pie - pie made with meat or fowl enclosed in pastry or covered with pastry or biscuit dough pork pie - small pie filled with minced seasoned pork
	2.	pasty - (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers patch - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
Adj.	1.	pasty - resembling paste in color; pallid; "he looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white" pastelike colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	2.	pasty - having the sticky properties of an adhesive gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous adhesive - tending to adhere

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pasty

adjective pale, unhealthy, wan, sickly, pallid, anaemic, sallow, like death warmed up (informal) wheyfaced

Translations

pasty n [ˈpæstɪ] → empanada

adj [ˈpeɪstɪ] → pastoso; [complexion] → pálido

pasty¹ n [ˈpæstɪ] → petit pâté (en croûte)

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pasty² [ˈpeɪstɪ] adj → pâteux/euse; [complexion] → terreux/euse

pasty n [ˈpæstɪ]

adj [ˈpeɪstɪ]

n (= pie) → Pastete f

adj [complexion] → bläßlich

pasty n [ˈpæstɪ] → pasticcio di carne

adj [ˈpeɪstɪ] → pastoso/a; [complexion] → pallido/a