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doughfaced

doughfaced is the alternative form of dough-faced.

Meaning of dough-faced

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 doughfaced

comparativemore doughfaced
superlativemost doughfaced

Questions about doughfaced

What is doughfaced the alternative form of?
Doughfaced is the alternative form of dough-faced.

Words near doughfaced in the dictionary

  1. doughers
  2. Dougherty
  3. Dougherty County
  4. Doughertys
  5. doughface
  6. doughfaced
  7. doughfaceism
  8. doughfaces
  9. doughfacism
  10. doughier
  11. doughies

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