单词 | gloppy |
释义 | gloppyadj. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Glutinous, esp. (of food) unappetizingly so; of a sloppy consistency; hence figurative, of writing, etc.: cloyingly sentimental or clumsy; messy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] slabby1542 pottagy1565 uliginous1576 softa1593 slabbery1600 creamy1610 slutchy1627 slabberish1648 pappy1662 semifluid1775 sloppy1794 sloshy1797 custardy1824 viscous1830 gruelly1838 sposhy1842 squishy1847 squitchy1851 pea-soupy1859 porridgey1859 soupy1869 custardly1870 gloopy1929 gunky1937 spawn-like1938 squodgy1970 gloppy1976 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable unsweetc1440 boisterous1483 untasty1566 untoothsome1576 twice sod1601 coarse1607 irrelishable1608 asper1626 insuave1657 untoward1662 physicala1665 asperous1670 unpalatable1682 woolly1687 inelegant1708 smoked1761 impalatable1782 brassy1789 soddena1800 metallic1800 inky1805 unsweetened1817 weedy1851 tinny1873 tangy1875 raw1881 unappetizing1884 twangy1887 stavy1888 toasty1890 soapy1892 stewy1895 gloppy1976 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > trivial or inferior penny-a-line1828 penny-a-lining1842 toshy1902 gloppy1976 airport1979 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > feebly sentimental snivelling1673 namby-pamby1733 namby-pambical1761 treacly1800 namby-pambyish1825 keepsaky1871 soapy1889 keepsake1898 lipsticky1931 corny1932 gloppy1976 1976 New Yorker 16 Feb. 108/2 ‘Seven Beauties’ goes beyond annoyance, however: it's extremely ambitious, and I think it's a gloppy mess. 1977 Washington Post 16 Oct. (Mag. section) 26/2 The crab cakes taste like crab-flavored bread, and creamed dishes are gloppy. 1984 Listener 5 July 35/3 I'm not sure I entirely cleared the hurdle of Jones's self-denying rictus and her gloppy lines like ‘Sadness is so ungrateful’. 1989 J. Updike Self-consciousness iv. 162 All the tools and tubes and gloppy compounds of postmodern dental science crowd down into my oral cavity. 1990 Egg Aug. 94/2 Red-lentil soup accompanied only by homemade sausage is enough for a deliciously gloppy start, as is tagliatelle with duck confit and shiitake. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1976 |
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