gunked

Coated with residue

Gunked is the past tense of gunk, meaning to clog or coat with a thick, sticky substance: The engine was all gunked up with old oil.

Something gunked is fouled by residue or buildup.

The word is informal and often appears with "up": My pores were gunked up from not washing my face.

sticky

gooey

Soft and sticky

gummy · grimy · sludgy · syrupy · glutinous · resinous · gelatinous · pasty · mucilaginous · waxy

clogged

blockage

Obstruction halting movement

plugged · stoppage · congestion · sediment · residue · accumulation · sludge · deposits · impacted · coagulation

messy

grimy

Coated in stubborn dirt

soiled · mucky · slimy · scuzzy · grotty · begrimed · sullied · cruddy · contaminated · polluted

Opposites
cleanliness/contamination

gunkedclean

Free of soil

pristine · spotless · immaculate · sparkling · scrubbed

flow/obstruction

gunkedclear

Without obstruction or fog

flowing · unclogged · free-flowing · unobstructed · unblocked

Phrases
Family

gunk, gunky, gunks, degunk, degunked, degunking

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G