slicked
Made glossy, flat
Slicked is the past tense of slick, meaning to make smooth or glossy, typically with a substance like oil, water, or gel.
Hair is most often what gets slicked: He slicked his hair back with pomade.
The word suggests a deliberate, polished appearance, sometimes with connotations of superficial grooming or showiness.
Waxy styling grease
- gelWobbly semi-solid substance
- coiffureArranged head of hair
- stylingArranging for appearance
- combedArranged hair neatly
parting · greased · hairstyle · brilliantine · dapper · sleek · glossy · sculpted
Rubbed to shine
- shinyReflecting light smoothly
- glossySmooth and shiny
- lustrousSoftly bright, reflective
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
burnished · lacquered · varnished · reflective · mirrorlike · radiant · glassy · smooth
pomade
Waxy styling grease
combed · parting · greased · hairstyle · brilliantine · dapper · sleek · glossy · sculpted · plastered
buffed
Rubbed to shine
gleaming · burnished · lacquered · varnished · reflective · mirrorlike · radiant · glassy · smooth · waxed
sophisticated
Worldly and cultured
debonair · refined · dapper · chic · cosmopolitan · polished · smooth · tailored · genteel · cultured
greased
Coated in lubricant
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
viscous · waxy · sebum · tallow · lard · buttery · coated · film · residue · sheen
- groomingbrushing teeth, clean shave, bathe, groomed, haircut
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- dressed updressed up, dolled up, decked out, spruced up, gussied up
- Eyebrowsarched, bushy, thick, thin, natural
- city slickerSavvy metropolitan dweller
- oil slickFloating layer of crude
- slicked back hair
- slick backSmooth hair toward rear
- slicked backHair smoothed rearward
- slicked downSmoothed flat with product
slick, slicker, slicking, slicks, slickness, slickly, slickest, slickers, slick back