as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
she worried that her husband was very ill when she saw his doughy complexion
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Recent Examples of doughy
Figure-eight-shaped Philly soft pretzels, dense and doughy and served straight from the oven in take-home paper bags.
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
The thick and doughy crust was one of our faves, but the sauce and cheese are understated.
—cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
In countries like Ghana, a doughy mush of cassava (or plantains or yams) called fufu goes with most meals.
—Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020
And, for the Aldi pizza, the comments were all about the crust, which everyone thought was too doughy.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
The thick and doughy crust was one of our faves, but the sauce and cheese are understated.
—cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
In countries like Ghana, a doughy mush of cassava (or plantains or yams) called fufu goes with most meals.
—Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020
And, for the Aldi pizza, the comments were all about the crust, which everyone thought was too doughy.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doughy
Adjective
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Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The company, which relies heavily on sales in mainland China where Arc’teryx and Salomon are especially popular, suffered from fears of weak consumer demand given the pallid state of the Chinese economy.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
24 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Birdie wore a coordinating one-piece swimsuit in the same color, paired with pale pink cowboy boots.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Concerns over his physical shape had already come to the fore over the summer after paparazzi pictures revealed a pasty complexion and an overweight figure.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2023
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Not only are you supposed to use the two-finger rule to measure your SPF accurately, but many of the ones on the market also make a laundry list of promises only to leave you with a pasty white cast or a glob of grease.—
Nerisha Penrose,
ELLE,
31 Dec. 2022
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“Doughy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doughy. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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