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gummed

[guhmd] / gʌmd /
ADJECTIVE
adhesive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gummy sticky
STRONG
adherent holding hugging pasty
WEAK
adhering agglutinant attaching clinging clingy gelatinous glutinous gooey mucilaginous resinous tenacious viscid viscous waxy
Antonyms
WEAK
inadhesive loose open separated unattachable

Example Sentences

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That gummed up credit markets, tanked the value of money-market funds, and sent global stock markets into a tailspin.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

In a memo to employees, Fiddelke said he was trying to clear up “complexity” that gummed up decision-making and made it harder to deliver on ideas, according to the Journal.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 26, 2025

Now, supplies of multiple items are gummed up at the same time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

The housing market gummed up, people unable to move and all this at time when there is huge demand for more homes.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024

She wasn’t even listening, with her face all gummed up with paint and her eyes hard as a fice dog’s.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner