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What is the adjective for doughy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dough which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

doughy
  1. Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as
    1. pale and flabby
    2. soft and heavy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His uniform was too tight and was wrapped around his doughy body like cellophane.”
      “The Midwest is full of doughy white guys that love to get their hands dirty and work hard, so that shouldn't be a problem.”
      “The dumplings are steamed rather than grilled or pan-fried, which makes them more like Japanese gyoza than the doughy things you often get.”
doughlike
  1. Resembling dough.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The bread had a doughlike texture, making it soft and chewy.”
doughless
  1. Without dough.
doughier
  1. comparative form of doughy: more doughy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It was a little doughier, maybe plucked from the tandoori oven a minute prematurely.”
      “The usual reasons that move men and women as they age moved me: I was self-conscious about gaining weight, crossing into the world where you slowly become doughier and wake up as a middle-aged man with a paunch.”
      “He looked like a younger, pastier, doughier version of Benjamin Moore.”
doughiest
doughed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dough
doughing
  1. present participle of dough
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