gumminess

1 6.7

A sticky texture that clings to surfaces like teeth

noun
/ˈɡʌmɪnəs/

: pegajosidad

The residue left on his fingers had a sticky gumminess that took a while to wash off.

Examples

Clay takes a deep breath, trying to clear the gumminess from his brain. # CLAY #

Fiction book (1998)
People, ah, they want to challenge the hardness, the gumminess.

Fiction book (2001)
I was just about to mention the slight gumminess of the risotto when Kelly broke in and said thanks for ruining both our meals.

Fiction book (2001)
The gumminess of the caramel made it difficult for me to chew it properly.
After a few minutes in the heat, the dough developed a strange gumminess that made it hard to handle.

Synonyms

cohesiveness

vsgumminess

6 4.9

How well things stick together to form one whole

applies to material texture that also tends to adhere to other surfaces

stickiness

vsgumminess

2 3.9

How much a liquid or soft substance stays on other surfaces after you touch them

focuses more on a gummy, cohesive texture rather than simple adhesion

viscidity

vsgumminess

9.9

A thick, sticky quality like that of honey or glue

is broader, also noting a tendency to adhere to surfaces or itself

viscidness

vsgumminess

9.9

The quality of being sticky and thick like syrup or glue

emphasizes the gummy, cohesive aspect rather than just thickness

gluiness

vsgumminess

7.3

A state of being sticky that makes things hard to clean

stresses a softer, gummy cohesion rather than a strong glue effect

glueyness

vsgumminess

5.8

The quality of being sticky so it stays on surfaces

highlights the cohesive, rubbery quality rather than pure adhesive strength

tackiness

vsgumminess

4.2

A slight stickiness when you touch something

is about thicker, gum like cohesion rather than only a tacky feel

clinginess

vsgumminess

4.5

A material's tendency to stick to a surface

is more about the overall gummy texture, not only surface clinging

ropiness

vsgumminess

9.2

A sticky quality that makes food form long thin strings

describes the general sticky cohesive quality without thread forming

Antonyms

dryness

8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

How Sticky

adhesiveness

6.9

gumminess

1 6.7

stickiness

2 3.9

tackiness

4.2

Surface Forms

gumminess singular

gumminesses plural

Morphology

gumminess = gummy (transparent) = gum + y + ness

Formed by the adjective 'gummy' + '-ness'; 'gummy' is transparently from 'gum' + '-y', so the noun's meaning follows directly.

Etymology

Gumminess comes from gum, meaning a sticky substance like chewing gum or gummy bears, combined with the ending -ness, which means 'quality'. So gumminess is the 'quality' of being 'sticky' and likely to stick to things.