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doughy
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doughy

adjective \ˈdō-ē\
dough·i·erdough·i·est

Definition of DOUGHY

: resembling dough: as
a : not thoroughly baked <doughy bread>
b : unhealthily pale : pasty <a doughy face>
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Examples of DOUGHY

  1. High humidity can make your loaves turn out doughy.
  2. <she worried that her husband was very ill when she saw his doughy complexion>

First Known Use of DOUGHY

1601

Related to DOUGHY

Synonyms
ashen, ashy, blanched, cadaverous, pale, livid, lurid, mealy, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked, wan
Antonyms
blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine

Rhymes with DOUGHY

blowy, Chloe, joey, showy, snowy

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