| ADJECTIVE | all | sticky, gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous | having the sticky properties of an adhesive |
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| all | sticky | moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body | |
| all | sticky, muggy, steamy | hot or warm and humid | |
| all | sticky, awkward, embarrassing, unenviable | hard to deal with | |
| all | sticky | covered with an adhesive material |
| Sounds | stih'kiy | |
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| Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... | |
| Meaning | Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. | |
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| Synonyms | gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous | |
| Broader | adhesive | tending to adhere |
| Spanish | glutinoso, gomoso, mucilaginoso, pastoso, pegadizo, pegajoso, viscoso | |
| Catalan | apegalós, enganxós, glutinós, gomós, mucilaginós, pastós, vescós, viscós | |
| Nouns | stickiness | the property of sticking / sticking to a surface |
| Adverbs | stickily | in a sticky viscid manner |
| Meaning | moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body. | |
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| Example | "felt sticky and chilly at the same time" | |
| Broader | wet | Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water |
| Spanish | adherible, pegajoso | |
| Nouns | stickiness | the property of sticking / sticking to a surface |
| Meaning | Hot or warm and humid. | |
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| Example | "sticky weather" | |
| Synonyms | muggy, steamy | |
| Broader | wet | Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water |
| Spanish | bochornoso, húmedo, sofocante | |
| Catalan | enganxós, humit, sufocant, xafogós | |
| Meaning | Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment. | |
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| Example | "a sticky question" | |
| Synonyms | awkward, embarrassing, unenviable | |
| Broader | difficult, hard | not easy |
| Spanish | delicado, difícil, dificultoso, duro | |
| Catalan | delicat, difícil, dificultós, dur | |
| Meaning | Covered with an adhesive material. | |
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| Broader | adhesive | tending to adhere |
| Nouns | stickiness | the property of sticking / sticking to a surface |
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