Synonyms of the word sticky


STICKYADHESIVE - AWKWARD - DIFFICULT - EMBARRASSING - GLUEY - GLUTINOUS - GUMMY - HARD - MUCILAGINOUS - MUGGY - PASTY - STEAMY - UNENVIABLE - VISCID - VISCOUS - WET

sticky

  • adj. Able or likely to stick.
  • adj. Potentially difficult to escape from.
  • adj. Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
  • adj. (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
  • adj. (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
  • adj. (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to…
  • adj. (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
  • n. A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
  • n. (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
  • n. (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
  • v. (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so…

adhesive

  • adj. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
  • adj. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
  • n. A substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion.

awkward

  • adv. (obsolete) In a backwards direction.
  • adj. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
  • adj. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
  • adj. Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
  • adj. Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
  • n. Someone or something that is awkward.

difficult

  • adj. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • adj. (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

embarrassing

  • v. present participle of embarrass.
  • n. The action of the verb to embarrass.
  • adj. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

gluey

  • adj. Viscous and adhesive, as glue.

glutinous

  • adj. glue-like, sticky, viscid.
  • adj. Of the nature of gluten.
  • adj. Containing gluten.

gummy

  • adj. Showing the gums.
  • n. (Australia) Clipping of gummy shark.
  • n. (Australia, New Zealand) A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.
  • adj. Resembling gum (the substance).
  • adj. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
  • n. (usually in the plural) A gummi candy.

hard

  • adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. Unquestionable.
  • adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
  • adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
  • adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
  • adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
  • adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
  • adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
  • adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
  • adv. (manner) With difficulty.
  • adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
  • adv. (manner) Compactly.
  • adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
  • n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
  • n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

mucilaginous

  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.

muggy

  • adj. (Of the weather, air, etc) humid, or hot and humid.

pasty

  • adj. Like paste, sticky.
  • adj. pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
  • adj. (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) white-skinned.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's…
  • n. A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape. A (savory)…

steamy

  • adj. warm and humid; full of steam.
  • adj. (slang) erotic.

unenviable

  • adj. Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.

viscid

  • adj. Viscous; having a high viscosity.
  • adj. Sticky, slimy, or glutinous.
  • adj. Covered with a viscid layer.

viscous

  • adj. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
  • adj. (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.

wet

  • adj. Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.
  • adj. Of weather or a time period, rainy.
  • adj. Made up of liquid or moisture.
  • adj. (Britain, informal) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
  • adj. (slang, of a woman) sexually aroused.
  • adj. (slang, of a person) Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.
  • adj. (of a scientist or laboratory) Working with chemical or biological matter.
  • adj. (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
  • adj. Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.
  • adj. (fountain pens and calligraphy) Depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
  • adj. (slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
  • adj. (of a burrito, sandwich, etc.) Covered in a sauce.
  • n. Liquid or moisture.
  • n. Rainy weather.
  • n. (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized).
  • n. (Britain, pejorative) A moderate Conservative.
  • n. (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
  • n. (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
  • v. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
  • v. (transitive) To accidentally urinate in or on.
  • v. (intransitive) To make or become wet.
  • v. (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
  • v. Misspelling of whet.

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