soft-boiled
Gently cooked egg
Soft-boiled describes an egg cooked in its shell just long enough for the white to set while the yolk remains runny: She dipped toast soldiers into her soft-boiled egg.
Figuratively, soft-boiled means gentle or sentimental—the opposite of hard-boiled: a soft-boiled detective who still believes in people.
Egg's nutrient core
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- shellHard outer covering
- poachedIllegally hunted or taken
- coddledExcessively sheltered or indulged
over-easy · soldiers · dippy · toast · breakfast · brunch · omelette · scrambled
Like egg-based pudding
- runnyExcessively fluid
- gooeySoft and sticky
- oozySeeping moisture slowly
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
creamy · silky · viscous · jammy · liquid · wobbly · tender · yielding
Soft or sore
- compassionateShowing concern for sufferers
- gentleSoft and kind
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- kindheartedNaturally sympathetic and caring
warmhearted · sympathetic · sentimental · lenient · indulgent · pushover · softy · naive
yolk
Egg's nutrient core
coddled · over-easy · soldiers · dippy · toast · breakfast · brunch · omelette · scrambled · frittata
custardy
Like egg-based pudding
molten · creamy · silky · viscous · jammy · liquid · wobbly · tender · yielding · dippable
tender
Soft or sore
- compassionateShowing concern for sufferers
- gentleSoft and kind
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
kindhearted · warmhearted · sympathetic · sentimental · lenient · indulgent · pushover · softy · naive · trusting
- egg dishesdeviled eggs, egg salad, coddled eggs, pickled eggs, tea eggs
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
- cookedbaked, braised, broiled, fried, grilled