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dough-faced

dough-faced adjective: cowardly.

Adjective

dough-faced (comparative more dough-faced, superlative most dough-faced)

  1. (US, idiomatic) Cowardly.
  2. (US, idiomatic) Obsequious; fawning; pliable.
  3. (dated, derogatory, obsolete) Resembling or characterized by a bloated, pale, or plump face or complexion.

Forms of dough-faced

comparativemore dough-faced
superlativemost dough-faced

Origin of dough-faced

In reference to the white color of a person's face when drained of blood through fear.

Questions about dough-faced

What does dough-faced mean?
Dough-faced means cowardly.
What part of speech is dough-faced?
Dough-faced is an adjective.

Words near dough-faced in the dictionary

  1. dough mixer
  2. dough mixers
  3. dough scraper
  4. dough scrapers
  5. dough-baked
  6. dough-faced
  7. dough-mixer
  8. dough-mixers
  9. dough-nut
  10. dough-nuts
  11. doughball

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