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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous, soft, tacky, viscous |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | cloying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly sweet |
| Synonyms: | cheesy*, cornball, corny*, cutesy, drippy, gooey, honeyed, mushy, over-sentimental, oversweet, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, syrupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth, buttery |
| Synonyms: | creamed, feathery, fluffy, gloppy, gooey, gooky, goopy, greasy, gunky, luscious, lush, milky, oily, rich, soft, velvety |
| Main Entry: | mawkish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, emotional |
| Synonyms: | bathetic, cloying, feeble, gooey, gushing, gushy, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mushy, nauseating, romantic, sappy*, schmaltzy, sickening, sloppy, tear-jerking, teary |
| Antonyms: | calm, serious, unemotional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, doughy, gelatinous, gluelike, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, starchy |
| Antonyms: | smooth, unsticky |
| Main Entry: | thick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concentrated, dense |
| Synonyms: | caked, clabbered, close, clotted, coagulated, compact, compressed, concrete, condensed, congealed, consolidated, crowded, curdled, deep, firm, fixed, gelatinous, gloppy, gooey, gummous, gummy, gunky, heavy, impenetrable, impervious, jelled, jellied, opaque, ossified, ropy, set, sloppy, solid, solidified, stiff, syrupy, thickened, turbid, viscid, viscous, vitrified |
| Antonyms: | diluted, loose, thin, watery |
| Main Entry: | viscous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid |
| Notes: | vicious is savage or cruel; viscous is thick or gummy, as a liquid that is hard to pour |
| Antonyms: | unsticky, watery |
| Main Entry: | glutinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viscous |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, gooey, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid, viscose |
| Main Entry: | mucilaginous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viscous |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough*, viscid, viscose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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