pulpy

[ puhl-pee ]

adjective

, pulp·i·er, pulp·i·est.

1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling pulp; fleshy or soft.
2. pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling magazines or books considered pulp; sensationalistic; trashy.

pulpy

/ ˈpʌlpɪ /

adjective

1. having a soft or soggy consistency

Derived Forms

• ˈpulpiness, noun
• ˈpulpily, adverb

Other Words From

• pulpi·ly adverb
• pulpi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulpy¹

First recorded in 1585–95; pulp + -y ¹

Example Sentences

We have felt that force against our chests, hearts gone pulpy and bruised, and it has not stopped.

From Time

Eventually, it tends to give up on her attempts to educate others and instead confine her to the lurid pulpy drama portion of its equation by default.

From Vox

It’s a show about the absurdity of contemporary social life—a bloody, pulpy, twisty, devastatingly funny satire of the overconfident and insufficiently introspective.

From Time

The pulpy thriller “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” from “Out of Sight” screenwriter Scott Frank, called on a particular set of acting skills that Neeson’s action films hadn’t yet required.

From Washington Post

What ensues is part detective novel, part pulpy romantic tragedy.

From The Daily Beast

The clone saga Orphan Black is pulpy, adrenaline-fueled television at its finest.

From The Daily Beast

His pulpy brand of crime fiction will live on not only in paperback form, but also on the silver screen.

From The Daily Beast

A pulpy perimeter of raw sewage encircled each village, which made walking into the forest to find some privacy an ordeal.

From The Daily Beast

Ramsay doubtless felt the need to make something extraordinary from this pulpy departure point.

From The Daily Beast

The visitor, groping, brushed with his fingers the back of a hand which felt strangely hot and pulpy.

From Project Gutenberg

Food is caught between irregular projections on the surface of the molars and crushed to a pulpy mass.

From Project Gutenberg

Approach them closely, walk under their colossal leaves, avoid their sharp spear-points and touch their soft pulpy stems.

From Project Gutenberg

The bud is rooted in the branch, and draws its sustenance from the milk of the pulpy cambium layer beneath the bark.

From Project Gutenberg

Some effect must have been produced upon the pulpy nerve centres from which they never recovered.

From Project Gutenberg