DOUGHY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

doughy

adjective

ˈdō-ē

Definition of doughy

as in pallid

lacking a healthy skin color she worried that her husband was very ill when she saw his doughy complexion

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Recent Examples of doughy The overflow doctor had benevolent eyes and doughy cheeks, like fresh loaves of bread. — Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026 The sushi and sashimi are very good, although the bao are doughy. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026 Severe dehydration follows, evident in lethargy, dry mouth and lips, doughy skin and weak cries. — Dr. Rahul K. Parikh, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026 Even the gluten-free crust, made from a combination of tapioca and rice flour, is the perfect blend of soft, doughy edges and a crusty bottom. — Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doughy

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Young people in particular have soured on the technology over the last year, a development that may at least partially be explained by a pallid entry-level job market.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
This mordant melange takes off from the opening sequence, when Niaz finds himself at a casting call for an indie directed by Aza (Elene Mausuradze), an androgynous female director with the pallid look of a Tim Burton extra.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

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This Tony, the future bad-boy tell-all insider of the culinary world, is still touchingly unformed—a mortar full of raw, pasty potential, crying out for life experience to pestle him into shape.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Just get over it, red-haired, pasty Kathy Griffin, with light-skinned, red-haired Karen Bass.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

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