The meaning of Ropy

verb

(of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely.

Usage examples:

His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease

verb

Past simple and past participle of afflict

Usage examples:

It is an illness that afflicts women more than men., a country afflicted by civil war

adjective

In poor health.

Usage examples:

I went to see my ailing mother

verb

Trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body.

Usage examples:

Exercise is good for whatever ails one

adjective

Of poor quality or a low standard.

Usage examples:

A bad diet

adverb

Badly.

Usage examples:

He beat her up real bad

adjective

Unpleasant and causing difficulties

Usage examples:

Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather., we've just had some very bad news., watch out - he's in a …

adjective

Confined to bed by sickness or old age.

Usage examples:

It saved his life but left him severely disabled: unable to speak, bedridden, and paralysed for eig…

adjective

Unable to get out of bed because of illness or injury

adjective

Consisting of or characterized by fibres.

Usage examples:

A good fibrous root system

adjective

Made of fibres, or like fibre

adjective

Having the consistency of jelly.

Usage examples:

A sweet, gelatinous drink

adjective

Thick and like jelly

Usage examples:

The liquid solidifies into a gelatinous mass.

adjective

Like glue in texture; sticky.

Usage examples:

Glutinous mud

adjective

Sticky

Usage examples:

Short-grain rice turns into a soft, glutinous mass when cooked.

suffix

A connecting vowel chiefly forming words ending in -ana, -ferous, -fic, -form, -fy, -gerous, -vorous.

suffix

Forming the plural of nouns adopted from latin ending in -us.

Usage examples:

Foci

suffix

Forming adjectives from names of countries or regions in the near or middle east.

Usage examples:

Azerbaijani

adjective

Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell.

Usage examples:

He was taken ill with food poisoning

adverb

Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly.

Usage examples:

The street is dominated by ill-lit shops

noun

A problem or misfortune.

Usage examples:

A lengthy work on the ills of society

adjective

Slightly unwell.

Usage examples:

My mother is indisposed

verb

Make (someone) unfit for or unable to do something.

Usage examples:

Not to get one's sleep indisposes one for the whole day

adjective

Ill, especially in a way that makes you unable to do something

Usage examples:

Sheila jones is indisposed, so the part of the countess will be sung tonight by della drake., indis…

adjective

Not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness.

Usage examples:

Those who were old or infirm

adjective

Physically or mentally weak, esp. because of old age or illness

adjective

Slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver.

Usage examples:

Everyone's feeling a bit liverish this morning, because we had to have the hacks' reception at bute…

adjective

Not feeling well, usually because of having drunk or eaten too much

adjective

Having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.

Usage examples:

A mucilaginous paste

phrase

Slightly unwell.

Usage examples:

She's been feeling nauseous and generally out of sorts

idiom

In an unhappy mood

Usage examples:

Peter overslept this morning and has been out of sorts all day.

adverb

In a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Schools that were performing poorly

adjective

Unwell.

Usage examples:

She looked poorly

adverb

Not well

Usage examples:

A business as poorly managed as that one doesn't deserve to succeed., he says he's feeling poorly a…

adjective

Affected by physical or mental illness.

Usage examples:

Nursing very sick children

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

She was busy wiping sick from the carpet

verb

Excellent.

adjective

Often ill; in poor health.

Usage examples:

She was a thin, sickly child

adjective

Weak and unhealthy

Usage examples:

He was a sickly child.

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

(especially of hair) resembling string in being long and thin.

Usage examples:

Her hair was stringy and uncombed

adjective

Having the appearance of strings, or (of food) hard to chew

Usage examples:

Stringy meat, his black hair was stringy and brushed his shoulders.

adjective

With opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart.

Usage examples:

Thick slices of bread

noun

The most active or crowded part of something.

Usage examples:

We were in the thick of the battle

adverb

In or with deep, dense, or heavy mass.

Usage examples:

Bread spread thick with butter

adjective

Relating to or resembling a thread.

Usage examples:

Her hair was blonde and thready, and wrinkles covered a face that might have been pretty one day, a…

adjective

Like or consisting of thin threads

Usage examples:

The caramel has a thready texture at this stage of the process., the baby was tottering about on he…

adjective

Ill.

Usage examples:

He was admitted to hospital for tests after feeling unwell

adjective

Not well; ill

Usage examples:

I hear you've been unwell recently., if you feel unwell, tell the teacher.

adjective

Having a glutinous or sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

The viscid mucus lining of the intestine

adjective

A viscid liquid is thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The cysts are filled with viscid fluid., lava, even at its hottest, is somewhat viscid, like treacl…

adjective

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity.

Usage examples:

Viscous lava

adjective

(of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing easily

Usage examples:

Viscous oil