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doughy

doughy

6 4.6
Soft and slightly sticky inside like undercooked bread
  • adjective
  • /ˈdoʊi/
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  • After baking, the pizza crust was thick and doughy, indicating it needed more time in the oven.
  • doughy face
  • doughy crust
  • doughy cheeks

The the crust is doughy in a not good way.

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Examples

  • I thought it was going to be like crispy and like kind of dry, but it's like super moist, doughy cake and savory, just the way I like them.

  • This one, it's doughy and just so chewy and soft.

    Brett Conti

  • Oh, it's like very doughy, which I love.

  • It's kind of more of a doughy soft where you can pull it and it just tastes so good.

  • Also, the middle of the sticky buns was still doughy after 30 minutes of baking.

    Blog text (22)

  • This is like a chewy, doughy, spicy experience.

    Kara and Nate

  • Rajneesh will now prepare a dish made of two lychees wrapped in a doughy pouch.

    The Love Guru (2008)

  • The bread was undercooked, leaving it soft and doughy in the center.

  • His favorite treat is a doughy pastry filled with sweet cream.

Synonyms

gooey
vsdoughy
32 3.2

Soft and sticky like warm chocolate or cheese

is similar but specifically resembles undercooked, dense batter rather than just sticky
squishy
vsdoughy
  • Informal
32 3.0

Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy

is similar in softness but more notably sticky and dense like batter
soggy
vsdoughy
18 1.1

A wet, heavy, doughy texture in cooked food

is similarly thick but emphasizes stickiness like underleavened batter
mushy
vsdoughy
18 2.0

Soft and wet like cooked vegetables or very ripe bananas

is softer too but specifically sticky and thick like raw batter
goopy
vsdoughy
2 5.6

Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way

is similar but more about a soft, doughlike undercooked texture
gloppy
vsdoughy
  • Informal
1 5.5

Thick and sticky in a messy way

is closer to food undercooked into a firm, adhesive mass rather than just clumpy
squashy
vsdoughy
1 3.6

Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy

is like this but emphasizes adhesive, undercooked thickness rather than sponginess
pasty
vsdoughy
1 7.3

Being soft and sticky, like thick glue

is comparable but stresses a softer, thicker undercooked batter feel
sludgy
vsdoughy
1 4.8

Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard

is food-centered and emphasizes edible stickiness from undercooking
soft and gooey
vsdoughy
1 2.5

Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside

is like this but highlights a raw, undercooked thickness
gooky
vsdoughy
  • Informal
1 8.8

Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering

is like this but refers more to an undercooked, breadlike consistency
soft and ploppy
vsdoughy
7.0

Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed

is similar but denotes a firmer, stickier undercooked consistency
thicky
vsdoughy
6.8

A thick, not runny texture in food like soup or sauce

adds a clear adhesive, soft quality typical of undercooked batter rather than mere density

Antonyms

crispy
67 1.0

Food that is firm and makes a sharp sound when you bite it

firm
30 1.0

Hard and solid to the touch, not easily pressed

How Doughy

gummy
1 3.7
mushy
18 2.0
doughy
6 4.6
soft
552 1.0
firm
30 1.0

Surface Forms

doughy positive

Morphology

doughy = dough (transparent) = dough + y

Meaning is directly derived from 'dough' + the adjectival suffix '-y', indicating having the qualities of dough.

Etymology

Doughy comes from the simple word dough, the soft bread mixture, plus the ending -y which means 'like'. So doughy literally means 'like dough', which is why we use it for food that is soft, thick, and not fully cooked.