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Synonyms for gummy
ˈgʌm igum·my
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gummy
Adhesive is the scientific, sticking or sticky the popular word. That which is adhesive tends to join itself to the surface of any other body with which it is placed in contact; cohesive expresses the tendency of particles of the same substance to hold together. Polished plate glass is not adhesive, but such plates packed together are intensely cohesive. An adhesive plaster is in popular language a sticking-plaster. Sticky expresses a more limited, and generally annoying, degree of the same quality. Glutinous, gummy, viscid, and viscous are applied to fluid or semi-fluid substances, as pitch or tar.
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adhesive, cohesive, glutinous, sticking, sticky, viscid, viscousAntonyms:
free, inadhesive, loose, separablePreposition:
The stiff, wet clay, adhesive to the foot, impeded progress.
Princeton's WordNet
gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscousadjective
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
Synonyms:
embarrassing, viscous, gummed, mucilaginous, sticky, steamy, syrupy, muggy, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinous, unenviable, pastelike, awkwardAntonyms:
nonadhesivegummed, gummyadjective
covered with adhesive gum
Synonyms:
viscous, gummed, mucilaginous, sticky, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinousAntonyms:
nonadhesive
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List of known nicknames for "Gummy":
Geomi, 박지연, 거미, Park Ji Yeon
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#9246 | sticky | |
#10643 | adhesive | |
#14909 | sticking | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#19258 | embarrassing | |
#27357 | cohesive | |
#32670 | viscous | |
#35414 | steamy | |
#55158 | gummy | |
#61729 | pasty | |
#102507 | gummed | |
#106749 | syrupy | |
#111317 | muggy | |
#116018 | unenviable | |
#135252 | glutinous | |
#264062 | viscid | |
#287299 | mucilaginous | |
#320960 | gluey |
How to use gummy in a sentence?
Jambalaya is a one-pot meal that reflects the spirit of Mardi Gras but can be enjoyed throughout the year. This recipe produces a classic jambalaya that comes out perfectly every time, we were inspired to create it after many years of inconsistent results with the rice in our jambalaya. It was either crunchy or gummy, but that's not the case with this foolproof recipe.
A while back, I found that Europe had better candy than we did overall because they have Gummy everything.
Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper:
Back in the day, candy cigarettes desensitized kids to the dangers of tobacco - and today, pot-infused gummy bears send the wrong message to our kids about marijuana.
Laced candies and gummy bears are sought-after treats when they are made well, so pastry chefs and cooks can make them for three to four times the money a restaurant can pay.
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