sticky

  • (s) having the sticky properties of an adhesive gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, viscid, pasty, viscous,
  • (s) moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
    • felt sticky and chilly at the same time
  • (s) hot or warm and humid
    • muggy weather
    • the steamy tropics
    • sticky weather
    muggy, steamy,
  • (s) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
    • awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
    • an awkward pause followed his remark
    • a sticky question
    • in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
    embarrassing, unenviable, awkward,
  • (s) covered with an adhesive material

Synonyms

gluey glutinous gummy mucilaginous viscid pasty viscous muggy steamy embarrassing unenviable awkward

Words of close approximity

stick
sticky aster sticky bun sticky end sticky geranium