Gooey

Quick meaning: Gooey is an adjective meaning Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky.

Meaning

Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky.

More Meanings

1. Emotional or sentimental, especially to an excessive extent; mushy, soppy.
2. Distasteful, unpleasant.
3. (originally Australia) A thing which is soft or viscous, and sticky.
4. A person who is regarded as weak or worthless; a fool.
5. A person who favours closer relationships with other people and less structured settings, rather than formal, organized settings; also, an educational approach, curriculum, etc., which is less structured.

Example Sentences

gooey liquid covered the floor

The cookies, soft and gooey, proved a smash hit at the party.

[O]ysters, ice-cream, and plenty of chocolates with that goo-ey, slithery stuff in the middle. Makes you sick to think of it, eh?

It took months of baking and a lot of choc chips, but finally I cracked the perfect choc chip cookie—gooey in the centre, with a crisp edge and a caramelised nuttiness from the brown butter.

Word Forms

• gooeyer
• gooier
• gooeyest
• gooiest
• gooeys
• gooies

Synonyms for gooey

Depending on context, synonyms include goolike, ooey-gooey, oozy, maudlin, mawkish, treacly.

Antonyms for gooey

Common opposites include unemotional, unsentimental, acceptable, agreeable, amiable, charming.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adhesive, icky, slimy, sticky, soft, sappy.

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