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😕 Very poor quality 💪 Like thick rope 🥛 Sticky and stringy
ropey

ropey

1 9.3
Forming thick, sticky threads when moved or pulled
  • adjective
  • /ˈroʊpi/
  • UK
: viscoso
  • In her death agony, her mouth gushed ropey spittle, and she howled like a beast!

Fuck the air said, passing a corner along ropey snot hitting a gutter to know something and fail.

Examples

  • After leaving it out overnight, the sauce became ropey and unappetizing.

  • The syrup had a thick, ropey consistency that made it difficult to pour.

  • The glue dried into ropey strands that were hard to separate.

Synonyms

viscous
vsropey
12 6.1

Thick and sticky so it does not flow easily

forms distinct gluey threads rather than just slow flow
stringy
vsropey
11 3.3

Having long thin strands that stretch like melted cheese

is thicker and tends to form gluey threads
thready
vsropey
11 7.9

Being thin and like a small string

is more viscous and makes thicker glutinous threads
ropy
vsropey
2 7.9

Like long thin threads that stretch and feel sticky

forms viscous or glutinous threads
rope-like
vsropey
1 3.3

Long, twisted, and strong like a thick cord

focuses on forming viscous threads rather than mere appearance

Antonyms

smooth
224 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Viscous

glutinous
2 7.7
ropey
  • UK
1 9.3
syrupy
2 3.5
runny
31 1.0
watery
7 1.0

Surface Forms

ropey positive
ropeier comparative
ropeiest superlative

Morphology

ropey = rope (semi-transparent) = rope + y

The sense extends 'rope-like' to viscous threads, a metaphorical or specialised extension that is somewhat predictable but not strictly literal.

Etymology

Ropey comes from rope plus the ending -y, so it literally means 'like rope'. This helps you remember the second sense: a liquid or substance that makes long, stringy, sticky threads is described as ropey because those threads look like tiny ropes.