Antonyms for pasty


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pey-stee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ sti


Definition of pasty

Origin :
  • c.1300, a type of pastry pie, from Old French paste "dough, pastry," from Vulgar Latin *pastata "meat wrapped in pastry" from Latin pasta (see pasta).
  • adj sticky
  • adj pale
Example sentences :
  • I had forgot the pasty, and it will be as scorched as Judas Iscariot!
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • To prepare venison for pasty, take out all the bones, beat and season the meat, and lay it into a stone jar in large pieces.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • "You have the friar to thank for it," said he, in a muffled voice, for his mouth was crammed with pasty.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • It was fleshy and pasty, and it belonged, of course, to Gerda's lovable brother Ed.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "Certainly," agreed the stranger, with his mouth full of pasty.
  • Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • I hated her the moment I saw her face, it was so white and pasty; and she wasn't at all interesting.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade
  • I glanced at him, and saw that his face was of a pasty white and gleaming with perspiration.
  • Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Milburgh's lips were quivering with fear and his face was a pasty grey.
  • Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
  • There it was for her, let her take it if she would, or leave it if she would; and I set the jug down by the pasty.
  • Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope
  • Fortune was kinder here and rewarded me with a pasty, half-eaten, and a jug of ale.
  • Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope

Synonyms for pasty

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