I like my cookies chewy rather than crunchy.
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Chewy
//ˈt͡ʃuː.i//
Synonyms for "chewy" (26 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- corretjós adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 需要多嚼的 adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Danish
1 entries- sejg adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Dutch
2 entries- rubberig adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
- taai adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Finnish
1 entries- sitkeä adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
French
2 entries- caoutchouteuse adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
- caoutchouteux adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Galician
1 entries- correúdo adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
German
1 entries- zäh adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Hungarian
1 entries- rágós adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Icelandic
1 entries- seigur adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Japanese
1 entries- よくかめない adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Norwegian
1 entries- seig adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Russian
2 entries- жёсткий adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
- тре́бующий уси́ленного жева́ния adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Slovene
1 entries- žilav adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Spanish
4 entries- cauchudo adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
- correoso adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
- gomoso adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
- recio adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Swedish
1 entries- seg adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Turkish
1 entries- sert adj (having a pliable or springy texture when chewed)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
This chicken is too chewy to have been cooked correctly.
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I am eating a chewy local delicacy.
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These cookies are soft and chewy.
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