starchy

Meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to starch.
  2. Containing starch.
  3. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
  4. Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.

Synonyms

farinaceous
stiff
C1
buckram
amyloid
amylaceous
gawky
grainy
38k
granular
procedural
33k
rigid
C2
starch
22k
starched
46k
starchiness
sticking
B2
stilted
strict
C1
unbending
unyielding
40k
wiry
46k

form-only

stiff-backed
unmalleable
amyloidal
ceremonious
formal
C1
formalised
formalistic
Translations

amidaceo
stärkehaltig
almidonado
gestärkt
steif
amylacé
amilaceo
formell
farineux
empesé
rigide
guindé

αμυλούχος

Stärkung

αμυλώδης

Etymology

From starch + -y.

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