doughiness

1 8.0

A soft, slightly sticky texture like undercooked dough

noun
/ˈdoʊi.nəs/

: pegajosidad

She found the doughiness of the cookies unappealing and preferred them crispier.

Examples

The bread's doughiness made it seem as if it had not fully baked.
The doughiness of the bread indicates it needs more baking.
A certain doughiness in pizza crust indicates it needs more time in the oven.
I noticed a certain doughiness in the cake texture.
The bread's doughiness indicated that it needed more time in the oven.
I couldn't resist the doughiness of the fresh cookies right out of the oven.
The chef noticed a certain doughiness in the cake batter, suggesting it wasn't fully mixed.

Synonyms

pastiness

vsdoughiness

1 5.9

A thick soft feel that is slightly sticky like dough

is softer and usually results from being undercooked rather than a dense mass

gluiness

vsdoughiness

7.3

A state of being sticky that makes things hard to clean

is milder in stickiness and mainly soft rather than highly adhesive

Antonyms

dryness

10 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

crispness

2 2.8

Firm, fresh quality that makes food break easily, like an apple

How Soft

mushiness

1 5.3

softness

13 1.1

doughiness

1 8.0

firmness

4 2.4

hardness

Specialized

6 4.8

Surface Forms

doughiness singular

doughinesses plural

Morphology

doughiness = doughy (transparent) = dough + y + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to 'doughy', preserving the expected adjectival meaning.

Etymology

Doughiness comes from dough meaning 'soft bread mix' and the ending -iness meaning 'the quality of'. So, doughiness describes when food is soft and a little sticky, like underbaked bread.