goopy

Thick and sticky

Goopy describes something thick, sticky, and semi-liquid—the consistency of honey, melted cheese, or half-dried glue.

The word suggests messiness: The wound oozed goopy discharge.

It can also describe excessive sentimentality: a goopy romantic comedy.

The substance itself is goop.

viscous

thick

Having great depth

ropy · treacly · pasty · doughy · claggy · mucilaginous · viscid · tarlike · sluggish · dense

sentimental

sappy

Excessively sentimental

mushy · slushy · cloying · syrupy · sugary · treacly · weepy · soppy · corny · cheesy

messy

mucky

Covered in sludge

gross · yucky · icky · sloppy · globby · blobby · smeared · splattered · drippy · congealed

slimy

mucousy

Coated with viscous secretion

squelchy · squishy · jellylike · clammy · greasy · unctuous · lubricious · wet · moist · secretion

sticky

tacky

Vulgar or slightly sticky

cohesive · bonding · resinous · waxy · tarry · tenacious · grippy · clinging · residue · film

Opposites
consistency/texture

goopydry

Free from moisture

solid · firm · hard · crisp · powdery

EMOTIONAL TONE (informal sense)

goopyunsentimental

Lacking emotional softness

matter-of-fact · dry · restrained · hard-nosed · cynical

Phrases
Family

gooey, goo, goop, goopier, goopiest, goops

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G