clotty
- adjective
- /ˈklɑti/
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coagulada
- The old paint on the wall had a clotty texture that made it look uneven.
Examples
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After the injury, the blood became clotty and difficult to clean.
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Her grandfather had recently died after years suspended in dementia, as if in some viscous, clotty fluid.
Fiction book (1998) -
So like on the Saturday it was like red, clotty, clumpy, and then yesterday it was like liquidy and brown.
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The soup was too thick and clotty, making it hard to pour.
Synonyms
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2.2
Not smooth because it has small pieces in it
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4.7
Full of small lumps that stick together
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5.3
Thick with soft lumps made when a liquid stops flowing, like cream or blood
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3.7
Thick and stuck together in lumps so it cannot flow
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Etymology
The word clotty comes from the simple word clot, which means 'a lump' or a thick part in a liquid, and the ending -y makes it a word that describes things. So, if something is clotty it has lumps or thick bits and does not flow smoothly.