6 definitions found for starchy

starchy adj 1: consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods" [ant: starchless] 2: rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [syn: starchy, stiff, buckram]

starchy adjective (starchier; -est) Date: 1802 1. containing, consisting of, or resembling starch <starchy foods> 2. formal, stiff <a starchy lawyer> • starchily adverb • starchiness noun

starchy
adj. (starchier, starchiest)
1 a of or like starch. b containing much starch.
2 (of a person) precise, prim.
Derivatives:
starchily adv. starchiness n.

starchy ˈstɑ:tʃɪ adj. (starchier, starchiest) 1 a of or like starch. b containing much starch. 2 (of a person) precise, prim. øøstarchily adv. starchiness n.

Starchy Starch"y, a. Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "starchy": adhesive, amylaceous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, curdled, doughy, firm, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, heavy, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, mucilaginous, pasty, pokerlike, ramrodlike, renitent, rigid, rodlike, ropy, slabby, slimy, slithery, starched, sticky, stiff, stiff as buckram, stodgy, stringy, syrupy, tacky, taut, tenacious, tense, thick, thickened, tight, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, unrelaxed, virgate, viscid, viscose, viscous