Starchy

Quick meaning: Starchy is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to starch.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to starch.

More Meanings

1. Containing starch.
2. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
3. Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.

Example Sentences

Beds were made, the dinner-table set, and then we got into our very starchiest and most uncomfortable clothes for church.

Word Forms

• starchier
• starchiest

Synonyms for starchy

Depending on context, synonyms include stiff, formal, buckram, starchlike, amyloid, amylaceous.

Antonyms for starchy

Common opposites include starchless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stiff, formal, starchlike, buckram, amyloid, amyloidal.

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