gooey

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goo·ey

 (go͞o′ē)
adj. goo·i·er, goo·i·est
Sticky and viscous: gooey caramel.
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gooey

(ˈɡuːɪ)
adj, gooier or gooiest
1. sticky, soft, and often sweet
2. oversweet and sentimental
ˈgooily adv
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goo•ey

(ˈgu i)

adj. goo•i•er, goo•i•est.
1. sticky; viscid.
2. extremely sentimental or emotionally effusive.
[1905–10, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.gooey - soft and sticky
icky
adhesive - tending to adhere
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gooey

adjective
1. sticky, soft, tacky, viscous, glutinous, gummy, icky (informal), gluey, gloopy, mucilaginous, gungy a lovely gooey, sticky mess
2. sentimental, romantic, sloppy, soppy, maudlin, syrupy (informal), slushy (informal), mawkish, tear-jerking (informal), icky (informal) He wrote me a long, gooey love letter.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

gooey

adjective
1. Having the property of adhering:
adhesive, gluey, gummy, sticky, tacky.
2. Informal. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:
bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy.
Informal: mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy.
Slang: drippy, sappy, tear-jerking.
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Translations

gooey

[ˈguːɪ] ADJ (gooier (compar) (gooiest (superl))) → pegajoso, viscoso; (= sweet) → empalagoso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gooey

[ˈguːi] adj (British) → gluant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gooey

adj (+er) (inf)
(= sticky) → klebrig; (= slushy) → breiig
(pej) behaviour, song, letter → rührselig, schnulzig (pej inf); to go (all) gooey → vor Rührung zerfließen; he makes her go all gooey → bei seinem Anblick gerät sie ins Schwärmen; to go gooey over somebody → für jdn schwärmen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gooey

[ˈguːɪ] (Brit) (fam) adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (mess) → appiccicoso/a; (cake, dessert) → molto ricco/a (fig) (sentimental) → sdolcinato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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