oozing
Trickling through cracks
Oozing describes something slowly seeping or leaking out, typically a thick liquid like blood, mud, or pus: The wound was still oozing.
It can also characterize surfaces that release such substances: oozing blisters.
Figuratively, oozing suggests an excessive or conspicuous display of a quality: He was oozing confidence.
The word carries connotations of something uncontrolled and often unpleasant, though the figurative sense can be neutral or even positive.
Flowing slowly through
- leakingAllowing unintended escape
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- tricklingFlowing in thin stream
- weepingShedding tears audibly
percolating · exuding · permeating · filtering · soaking · saturating · infiltrating · diffusing
Infected tissue fluid
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- suppurationPus discharge from infection
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- weepingShedding tears audibly
infection · abscess · ulcer · sore · lesion · exudate · purulent · serous
Magnetic personal appeal
- magnetismForce between poles
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- appealFormal review request
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
seduction · swagger · smoothness · suaveness · slickness · exuding · radiating · dripping
seeping
Flowing slowly through
weeping · percolating · exuding · permeating · filtering · soaking · saturating · infiltrating · diffusing · bleeding
pus
Infected tissue fluid
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- suppurationPus discharge from infection
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
weeping · infection · abscess · ulcer · sore · lesion · exudate · purulent · serous · inflammation
charisma
Magnetic personal appeal
confidence · seduction · swagger · smoothness · suaveness · slickness · exuding · radiating · dripping · projecting
disgusting
Provoking strong revulsion
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
- grossTotal before subtractions
foul · sickening · putrid · rotten · festering · fetid · rank · vile · repellent · loathsome
gooey
Soft and sticky
gelatinous · thick · mucilaginous · tacky · gloppy · unctuous · treacly · ropy · glutinous · clotted
- fluid movementflowing, pouring, dripping, draining, seeping
- moisturemoisture, humidity, dampness, wetness, wet
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- leaksleak, leaks, air leak, oil leak, gas leak
- ongoing actionscontinuing, lasting, persisting, remaining, staying
- gradual motioncrawling, creeping, inching, drifting, gliding
oozingsealed
Closed to prevent entry
contained · tight · impermeable · watertight · airtight
oozingabsorbing
Holding attention completely
soaking up · drawing in · wicking · sponging · imbibing