'Sticky' definitions:
Definition of 'sticky'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]
adjective
Moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"
adjective
Hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather" [syn: muggy, steamy, sticky]
adjective
Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" [syn: awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable]
adjective
Covered with an adhesive material
Definition of 'Sticky'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'sticky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- adhesive,
- amylaceous,
- awkward,
- bathed in sweat,
- bathetic,
- beaded with sweat,
- beery,
- boggy,
- bulldogged,
- bulldoggish,
- bulldoggy,
- bullheaded,
- clabbered,
- clammy,
- clingy,
- close,
- clotted,
- cloying,
- coagulated,
- curdled,
- damp,
- dampish,
- dank,
- delicate,
- dewy,
- diaphoretic,
- difficult,
- discomforting,
- doughy,
- drenched with sweat,
- embarrassing,
- fenny,
- formidable,
- gaumy,
- gelatinous,
- glairy,
- gluelike,
- gluey,
- glutenous,
- glutinose,
- glutinous,
- gooey,
- grumous,
- gumbo,
- gumbolike,
- gumlike,
- gummous,
- gummy,
- gushing,
- hairy,
- heavy,
- humid,
- in a sweat,
- inspissated,
- jelled,
- jellied,
- jellylike,
- knotty,
- laborious,
- marshy,
- maudlin,
- mawkish,
- moist,
- mucilaginous,
- mucky,
- muggy,
- mushy,
- namby-pamby,
- nostalgic,
- nostomanic,
- obstinate,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- oversentimental,
- oversentimentalized,
- pasty,
- persistent,
- perspiring,
- perspiry,
- rainy,
- romantic,
- ropy,
- roric,
- roriferous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- sappy,
- self-adhesive,
- sensitive,
- sentimental,
- sentimentalized,
- slabby,
- slimy,
- slithery,
- sloppy,
- slushy,
- soft,
- soggy,
- soppy,
- starchy,
- stickable,
- stifling,
- stodgy,
- strenuous,
- stringy,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- sudatory,
- sudoric,
- sudorific,
- suffocating,
- sultry,
- swampy,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- syrupy,
- tacky,
- tear-jerking,
- teary,
- tenacious,
- thick,
- thickened,
- ticklish,
- tough,
- tremelloid,
- tremellose,
- tricky,
- uncomfortable,
- undried,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- wet,
- wet with sweat,
- wettish,
- wilted