Be ropy or viscous
1Ropy — Rop y, a. capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees. [1913 Webster] …
2Viscous — Vis cous, a. [L. viscosus. See {Viscid}.] Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. {Vis cous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Note: There is no well defined distinction in… …
3ropy — also rop·ey rō pē adj, rop·i·er; est 1) capable of being drawn into a thread: VISCOUS also tending to adhere in stringy masses 2) having a gelatinous or slimy quality from bacterial or fungal contamination <ropy milk> rop·i·ness n …
4viscous — [adj] sticky, gummy adhesive, clammy, gelatinous, gluey*, glutinous, gooey*, mucilaginous, ropy, slimy, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid; concept 606 Ant. unsticky, watery …
5ropy — also ropey adjective (ropier; est) Date: 15th century 1. a. capable of being drawn into a thread ; viscous; also tending to adhere in stringy masses b. having a gelatinous or slimy quality from bacterial or fungal contamination < ropy milk > …
6ropy — Synonyms and related words: adhesive, amylaceous, below par, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, cohesive, coriaceous, curdled, deficient, doughy, durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous,… …
7viscous — Synonyms and related words: adhesive, amylaceous, broad bodied, bulky, bullnecked, clabbered, clammy, close, close knit, close textured, close woven, clotted, coagulated, coarse, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed,… …
8viscous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. viscid; ropy, glutinous, slimy; mucid; sticky, mucilaginous; oleaginous, greasy. See coherence. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cohesive, sticky, viscid, tacky, gluey, gummy, adhesive, syrupy,… …
9ropy — a. Viscous, viscid, glutinous, tenacious, stringy, adhesive …
10viscous — a. Glutinous, clammy, sticky, adhesive, tenacious, viscid, ropy, sizy …