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doughiness

doughiness

8.0
A soft, slightly sticky texture like undercooked dough
  • noun
  • /ˈdoʊi.nəs/
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  • 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
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

8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

2 2.8

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

How Soft

mushiness
5.3
softness
4 1.1
doughiness
8.0
firmness
3 2.4
hardness
  • Specialized
5 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.