gelatinous
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5.9
- adjective
- /dʒəˈlætɪnəs/
:
gelatinoso
- Because the tissue is very gelatinous, you need some way to make it firmer, and that's what fixatives do.
- gelatinous lichen
Microbes flowing through the gelatin, airborne microbes, the gelatinous cellular matter.
- Microbes flowing through the gelatin, airborne microbes, the gelatinous cellular matter.
- And then they're sort of made gelatinous by Boston, right.
- He's a fat, floppy, gelatinous, tittied, baloney tittied loser.
- Stop taking taking pride in your pasty gelatinous body that's shaped like a fucking pear.
Examples
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The gelatinous purple blob was made of a legendary substance known as star jelly.
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Each female deposited about a thousand eggs encased in a gelatinous string.
Academic text (1992) -
It's not too hot, still a little gelatinous, and here we go.
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It's covered in gelatinous honey butter.
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Okay, what is a gelatinous cube?
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Got some chewy, gelatinous parts to it.
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There's this big, black, gelatinous... something.
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Alien plants grew everywhere, and several times they passed large masses of a gelatinous substance that covered the ground.
Fiction book (1998) -
But salps are gelatinous creatures with a low biomass, and so there is no market for them either.
Academic text (2003) -
The dessert had a wonderfully gelatinous texture that made it feel smooth and creamy.
Synonyms
32
3.2
Soft and sticky like warm chocolate or cheese
32
3.0
Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy
11
6.1
Thick and sticky so it does not flow easily
2
5.6
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
2
7.7
Sticky like glue that easily sticks to things
1
3.4
Food cooled until it becomes thick and firm like jelly
1
5.5
Thick and sticky in a messy way
1
3.7
Soft and wobbly with a thick, partly solid feel
1
9.9
Thick and sticky like glue or syrup
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2.5
Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside
Having a thick, soft texture like jelly
Sticky and thick so it stays on hands or objects
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
A thick, not runny texture in food like soup or sauce
Antonyms
How Gelatinous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gelatinous comes from gelatin, the jiggly substance used in many desserts, and the small root gel makes you think of 'jelly' or things that 'set' into a firm shape. So, gelatinous means 'jelly-like', thick and a little sticky.