rosiny

Like pine sap

Rosiny describes something that has the qualities of rosin—the sticky, amber-colored resin derived from pine trees and used on violin bows, ballet shoes, and baseball pitchers' hands.

A rosiny smell suggests pine sap; a rosiny texture is tacky and slightly adhesive: The old violin case had a rosiny scent.

texture

sticky

Apt to adhere

gooey · adhesive · pitch · tar · sap · varnish · lacquer · shellac · waxy · cloying

aromatic

pine

Cone-bearing evergreen

fragrant · woody · incense · sandalwood · spruce · fir · cedar · juniper · camphor · terpene

musical

bow

Respectful forward inclination

grip · friction · horsehair · tone · vibrato · classical · orchestral · fiddler · bowing · dusted

Opposites
texture/surface quality

rosinyslick

Smooth or craftily adept

smooth · slippery · frictionless · silky · satiny

substance character

rosinyrefined

Purified or cultured

processed · synthetic

Phrases
Family

rosin, rosins, rosined, rosining

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G