Meaning & use
doughy
Resembling dough in texture; soft, pale, or undercooked.
See it in a sentence
The center of the bread was still doughy because the oven wasn't hot enough.
His doughy complexion made him look like he hadn't seen the sun all winter.
A note on using this word
Doughy can describe food texture or, informally and less kindly, a person's soft or pale appearance.
Words with a similar meaning
softpasty
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