Term Gallery logo

Meanings of viscous in inglês

Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.

      Related terms

      Having a relatively high resistance to flow.

            Related terms
            Synonyms
            Examples for "syrupy"
            Examples for "syrupy"
            1
            Are self-help books syrupy psycho-babble or simple strategies for coping with reality?
            The Irish Times
            2
            Unfortunately, she forgot about the cup of syrupy juice in her hand.
            Sushi for one?
            3
            My body felt heavy and tired, my thoughts grew sluggish and syrupy.
            The Name of the Wind
            4
            Long, syrupy strings of web stretched and snapped as he pulled away.
            The Child Thief
            5
            Pour in the Pernod and boil until reduced to a syrupy consistency.
            Cooking for friends
            Usage of viscous in inglês
            1
            Out on the open water, trailers of mist skimmed the viscous surface.
            Jarka Ruus
            2
            The two appendices whip the viscous secretion of the glands into foam.
            Social Life in the Insect World
            3
            The material employed in all buildings is originally liquid, or rather viscous.
            Across the Zodiac / The Story of a Wrecked Record
            4
            It was like a sea of swirling, spiraling tar, thick and viscous.
            Ghost memories
            5
            Silas could almost feel the friction, hear the viscous grumble of digestion.
            Crooked letter, crooked letter
            6
            Mixed into the can as a powder, it creates a viscous solution.
            Wired
            7
            It washes over me, so heavy and viscous I can hardly breathe.
            Within arm's reach
            8
            It was a mass of some viscous liquid, thick as dense mud.
            The Scar
            9
            The viscous oil clung to the skin and seared through the tissue.
            Atonement
            10
            Below, their droppings came down from the sky like viscous, broken wishes.
            The Irish Times
            11
            Sometimes they catch them with a viscous birdlime that paralyses their movements.
            Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
            12
            Oil from the gears leaked across the floors in dark viscous rivulets.
            Soulless
            13
            His slumber had become a viscous liquid, thick and sticky, trapping him.
            The Scorch Trials
            14
            And in each tank, swimming through the viscous liquid, were gray slugs.
            The Andalite Chronicles
            15
            Essai eased off, then fed the viscous liquid to him more slowly.
            The bourne objective
            16
            Then, for an instant, the pillar turned into a transparent, viscous wall.
            The Shelters of Stone
            About this term
            More collocations
            Viscous through the time
            Viscous across language varieties
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Less common