DOUGHY


Meaning of DOUGHY in English

ˈdōē, -ōi adjective

( usually -er/-est )

Etymology: dough (I) + -y

: having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as

a. : not thoroughly baked

doughy bread

b. : unhealthily pale

his face had gone a little doughy but his voice was almost normal — Dashiell Hammett

c. : heavy and formless

the radio was still sending forth the doughy music of the organ — Irwin Shaw

d. : soft and lifeless

all that doughy , woolly, anodyne writing that exists merely to fill a gap of leisure — Aldous Huxley

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.