pasty adj 1: resembling paste in color; pallid; "the looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white" [syn: {pastelike}] 2: having the properties of glue [syn: {gluey}, {glutinous}, {gummy}, {mucilaginous}, {sticky}, {viscid}, {viscous}] n : small meat pie or turnover [also: {pastiest}, {pastier}] pastier See {pasty}