Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Doughy /(dō"y̆)/ · Dough·y · IPA /ˈdoʊi/ 01 a. Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion. 1. Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.