pulpy
Like mashed fruit
Pulpy describes something with the texture or consistency of pulp—soft, moist, and slightly fibrous.
Orange juice with pulp is pulpy.
Overripe fruit turns pulpy.
The word extends to fiction that resembles pulp magazines: sensational, lurid, cheaply entertaining.
The novel had a pulpy noir feel.
A pulpy mass is shapeless and yielding.
Full of moisture
- ripeReady to eat
- fleshyThick with soft tissue
- citrusAcidic fruits with segments
- orangeCitrus with segments
mango · papaya · guava · pomegranate · grapefruit · segments · pith · zest
New and unusual
- genreCategory of creative work
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
crime · mystery · magazine · serial · adventure · sensational · escapism · cliffhanger
fibrous
Made of threads
soft · squishy · mashed · pithy · porous · absorbent · stringy · fleshy · cellulose · chewy
juicy
Full of moisture
orange · mango · papaya · guava · pomegranate · grapefruit · segments · pith · zest · nectar
novel
New and unusual
- genreCategory of creative work
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
detective · crime · mystery · magazine · serial · adventure · sensational · escapism · cliffhanger · page-turner
- food qualitiesripe, unripe, overripe, fresh, spoiled
- paper qualitiessmooth, rough, glossy, matte, textured
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- citrusorange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine
- Drink Qualitiescold, hot, warm, sweet, bitter
- liquid qualitieswatery, viscosity, runny, thick, thin
pulpyliterary
Of written works
highbrow · refined · sophisticated · elevated · intellectual
- beaten to a pulpSeverely and repeatedly struck
- beat to a pulpDestroy through repeated blows
- beating to a pulpViolent thorough physical assault
- pulp fictionSensational cheap literature
- fruit pulpSoft edible interior
- wood pulpProcessed tree fiber
pulp, pulped, pulps, pulping, pulpiness, pulpless, pulpier, pulpiest