gluey
Like thick paste
Gluey describes something resembling or having the properties of glue—sticky, viscous, or adhesive: The rice had turned into a gluey mass.
The word suggests an unpleasant stickiness, often implying something has gone wrong or been overcooked: gluey pasta, gluey sauce.
Having great depth
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
- gooeySoft and sticky
- ropyForming glutinous threads
treacly · congealed · glutinous · pasty · mucilaginous · viscid · coagulated · doughy
thick
Having great depth
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
- gooeySoft and sticky
ropy · treacly · congealed · glutinous · pasty · mucilaginous · viscid · coagulated · doughy · sludgy
sticky
Apt to adhere
epoxy · resin · mucilage · paste · fixative · sealant · gum · adhesion · cling · cohesive
slimy
Wet, slippery, unpleasant
unctuous · sappy · honeyed · tacky · squelchy · slick · moist · residue · film · coating
- cooking flawsburned, overcooked, undercooked, scorched, raw
- sticky texturessticky, tacky, adhesive, gooey, glutinous
- Stickinessstickiness, tackiness, gumminess, adhesion, tack
glueywatery
Containing excess liquid
runny · liquid · thin · nonviscous · free-flowing
- glue stickSolid tube adhesive
- glue gunHeated adhesive applicator tool
- hot glueHeat-applied bonding agent
- school glueChild-safe craft adhesive
- white glueWater-based craft adhesive
- hot glue gunTool dispensing melted adhesive
glue, glued, glues, gluing, unglued, glueing, reglue, reglues, reglued