mealy

mealy

adj \ˈmē-lē\

meal·i·ermeal·i·est

Definition of MEALY

1

: containing meal : farinaceous

2

: soft, dry, and friable

3

a : covered with meal or with fine granules b : flecked with another color c : spotty, uneven d : pallid, blanched <a mealy complexion>

4

: mealymouthed

Examples of MEALY

1. the mealy flesh of a pear
2. <her mealy complexion might be OK if she were a mime, but she isn't>

First Known Use of MEALY

1591

Related to MEALY

Synonyms: ashen, ashy, blanched, cadaverous, doughy, livid, lurid, pale, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked, wan

Antonyms: blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine

Related Words: sallow, sallowish, sick, sickly, waxen, waxy; white, whitened; anemic, bloodless; untanned; whey-faced, white-faced

Near Antonyms: blushing, flushed, pink

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Rhymes with MEALY

dele, eely, Ely, freely, seely, steelie, steely, stele, vealy, wheelie