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goo·ey

(go͞o′ē)

adj. goo·i·er, goo·i·est

Sticky and viscous: gooey caramel.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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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Adj.

gooey - soft and sticky

icky

adhesive - tending to adhere

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.

Translations

gluant

appiccicoso stucchevole

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)

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

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