glutinous

(glūt'n-əs)
adj.
Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky.

[Middle English, from Latin glūtinōsus, from glūten, glūtin-, glue.]

glutinously glu'ti·nous·ly adv.
glutinousness glu'ti·nous·ness or glu'ti·nos'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.

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adjective

Having a heavy, gluey quality: mucilaginous, viscid, viscose, viscous. See solid/liquid/consistency.

adj

Definition: sticky
Antonyms: dry

IN BRIEF: Sticky.

Bread dough can become a glutinous mass if you are not careful while kneading it.

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Adhesive; sticky.

See words rhyming with "glutinous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glutenrig, glutenholdig

Nederlands (Dutch)
kleverig

Français (French)
adj. - glutineux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - klebrig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κολλώδης, ιξώδης

Italiano (Italian)
glutinoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - glutinoso

Русский (Russian)
клейкий, вязкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - glutinoso, pegajoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glutenhaltig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粘性的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粘性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 글루텐을 함유한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - にかわ質の, ねばねばする, 粘着性の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غروي, دبق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דביק‬

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