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foamy

foamy

6 2.2
Covered with many small bubbles, like the top of a cappuccino
  • adjective
  • /ˈfoʊmi/
translation icon : espumoso
  • Charlie lays back in the foamy bubbles in the tub.

You guys know how much I'm loving my creamy foamy shower foams right now.

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Examples

  • The sea is foamy.

  • There's foamy water all over the floor.

  • It's got like a sea foamy sort of green in here.

  • Let the brown, foamy mess wash all over you.

  • That one looks like foamy waves coming up on the sand.

  • The water was at low tide, foamy and blue.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I am going to use the foamy face wash and the face moisturizer.

  • The dark, foamy brew was bitter, and she made a face.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • When Patti finishes, she looks down at the foamy streaks of green running down her arms.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The children played excitedly in the foamy water at the beach.

Synonyms

bubbly
vsfoamy
24 3.2

Full of small bubbles, like sparkling water

is used more for carbonated liquids rather than bubbles on skin or other surfaces
frothy
vsfoamy
8 3.2

A liquid with many small bubbles and a layer of foam

is broader and applies to small bubbles on liquids sweat or saliva
foaming
vsfoamy
2.9

A liquid with many small bubbles on the surface, like beer

describes the same condition as an adjective rather than an action
spumy
vsfoamy
9.9

Covered in foam and small bubbles

is used for general small bubbles on various surfaces rather than only agitation
frothing
vsfoamy
6.7

Covered in thick foam at the mouth because of illness or being very tired

is broader applying to bubbles in many liquids not just bodily fluids
lathery
vsfoamy
6.4

Covered in soft white soap bubbles

refers to bubble appearance or production rather than thick creamy texture
foamlike
vsfoamy
3.9

A material with many small holes that feels soft and spongy

describes actual bubble presence or production rather than similar appearance
bubbling
vsfoamy
2.2

Having many small rising bits of air, like a fizzy drink

focuses on bubble emission in drinks rather than general mass of small bubbles on surfaces

Antonyms

1.0

Not moving or making a sound

797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

How Foamy

frothy
8 3.2
foamy
6 2.2
bubbly
24 3.2

Surface Forms

foamy positive

Morphology

foamy = foam (transparent) = foam + y

The adjective is predictably formed from the noun 'foam' with the productive adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'characterized by or full of'.

Etymology

Foamy comes from the simple noun foam, meaning the bubbles on a liquid, plus the ending -y which means 'full of' or 'covered with', so something foamy is 'full of bubbles'.