pasty

Meaning

Adj

1. Like paste, sticky.
2. Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
3. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) Whiteskinned.

Noun

A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.

Noun

Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).

Synonyms

viscous

sticky

glutinous

gummy

gluey

viscid

mucilaginous

doughy

patty

adhesive

pale

dough-like

pie

🥧

tacky

pulpy

gooey

paste-like

pastelike

meat pie

muddy

mushy

pallid

pirozhki

rubbery

sallow

slimy

squashy

tart

transmissible

transmittable

turnover

wan

waxy

adherent

piroshki

paly

nipple shield

pirogi

contractable

ashen

blanched

bloodless

catching

catchy

clammy

coagulated

communicable

contagious

dull

emplastic

Translations

pâteux

appiccicoso

pastoso

visqueux

Pastete

pâté

scialbo

pasticcio

🥧

deegachtig

viscoso

viscós

pastós

gluant

zähflüssig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpeɪsti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: paste

In summary

From paste + -y (adjectival suffix).