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- The homophonous dowdy (“having a dull or uninteresting appearance”) can also be a source of confusion; an easy way to remember the difference is that you can’t spell doughty without the letters in tough (“physically and emotionally strong”).
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What does the word doughty mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word doughty . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
DOUGHTY definition: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.
(a.) Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion. Example Sentences: (1) Report of a patient who discharged water and doughy stools since birth.
Someone who's doughty is brave and determined, like a doughty knight who fearlessly rides off to slay a terrifying giant. At first glance, you might confuse doughty with doughy, but the two words are quite different in meaning. Doughy things are soft and squishy, like unbaked bread.
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If you describe something as doughy, you mean that it has a fairly soft texture like dough.
