pasty
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˈpeɪsti/
:
pastoso
- The mashed potatoes were too wet and turned out looking very pasty, making them hard to serve.
First bite is Yum and pasty.
- First bite is Yum and pasty.
- It almost felt like a pasty dough and you'd have to like really dig your hands in there.
Examples
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It's a very like mushy, pasty kind of texture, but the sauce on the outside, I will say, is a really nice taste.
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When the potato is compromised, individual cell walls are opened, releasing starch within that makes the recipe mushy, pasty, and starchy.
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After mixing the flour and water, the dough became pasty and difficult to work with.
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The consistency of the paint was too pasty, which made it hard to apply evenly on the surface.
Synonyms
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1.0
Covered with a substance that keeps it on other things
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2.5
Covered in a wet, slippery layer, like on fish or rocks
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6.1
Thick and sticky so it does not flow easily
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4.6
Soft and slightly sticky inside like undercooked bread
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4.9
Not completely dry and slightly sticky to the touch
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3.5
Sticking to a surface so it stays in place
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5.6
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
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7.7
Sticky like glue that easily sticks to things
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3.2
Thick and sticky so things stick together
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5.5
Thick and sticky in a messy way
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7.7
Covered with sticky, dirty stuff
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3.7
Sticky and likely to cling to your hands
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9.9
Thick and sticky like glue or syrup
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8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
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2.5
Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside
Very sticky and thick so things stick together
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
Having a surface that makes things stay on it
Thick and sticky like wet glue
Sticky and thick so it stays on hands or objects
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.7
A baked pastry from Cornwall filled with meat and vegetables, folded and pressed on one side
How Sticky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pasty comes from paste ('dough' or 'sticky substance'), the same idea behind glue or wet dough. So when something is described as pasty it means it feels sticky or glue-like.