starchy

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US/ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/

adjective

Of or pertaining to starch.

Similar
starchlikeamylaceousamyloidstiffbuckramformal
Opposite
starchless
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Meanings

adjectivestarchy (comparative starchier or more starchy, superlative starchiest or most starchy)

comparative starchier · comparative more starchy · superlative starchiest · superlative most starchy

  1. Of or pertaining to starch.
  2. Containing starch.
  3. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.

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

    1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
  4. Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveconsisting of or containing starch

Similar
starchlikeamylaceousamyloid
Opposite
starchless

adjectiverigidly formal

Similar
stiffbuckramformal
Also see
amylaceousamyloidbuckramfarinaceousstarchlikestiff

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From starch + -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian скован, колосан
  • скован (skovan)of personality: starched
  • колосан (kolosan)hardened with starch
Chinese Mandarin 有淀粉的
  • 有淀粉的 (yǒu diànfěn de)containing starch
Finnish tärkkelys-, tärkkelyspitoinen
  • tärkkelys-of or pertaining to starch
  • tärkkelyspitoinencontaining starch
  • jäykkäof personality: starched
  • muodollinenof personality: starched
  • tärkättyhardened with starch
French féculent
  • féculentcontaining starch
Greek αμυλούχος, αμυλώδης
  • αμυλούχος (amyloúchos)containing starch
  • αμυλώδης (amylódis)containing starch
Malay berkanji
  • berkanjicontaining starch
Russian крахма́листый, накрахмаленный
  • крахма́листый (kraxmálistyj)containing starch
  • накрахмаленный (nakraxmalennyj)hardened with starch
Slovak škrobový, škrobený
  • škrobovýof or pertaining to starch
  • škrobenýof personality: starched
  • škrobenýhardened with starch
Spanish feculento, amiláceo
  • feculentocontaining starch
  • amiláceocontaining starch
  • almidonadohardened with starch
Ukrainian крохма́листий, накрохма́лений
  • крохма́листий (kroxmálystyj)containing starch
  • накрохма́лений (nakroxmálenyj)hardened with starch
Cite this entry
APA

starchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starchy

MLA

“starchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starchy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “starchy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starchy.

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