The meaning of Sticky

noun

Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

He was a strong adherent of monetarism

adjective

Sticking fast to an object or surface.

Usage examples:

The eggs have thick sticky shells to which debris is often adherent

noun

Someone who strongly supports an idea, plan, person, etc.

Usage examples:

She has been an adherent of home schooling for years.

adjective

Able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky.

Usage examples:

An adhesive label

noun

A substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

Usage examples:

Tile adhesive

noun

Glue

Usage examples:

[ c ] use a water-resistant adhesive., the pages were held together with adhesive tape.

adjective

Stuffy; not ventilated.

Usage examples:

A dusty, airless basement

adjective

Having little or no air from outside, and having no movement of air

Usage examples:

My hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

Usage examples:

Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Usage examples:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Usage examples:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

adjective

Very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality.

Usage examples:

A delicate lace shawl

noun

A delicate fabric or garment.

Usage examples:

The delicates cycle of a washing machine

adjective

Needing careful treatment, esp. because easily damaged

Usage examples:

A delicate flower, delicate jewelry, the negotiations have reached a delicate stage., it’s a delica…

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

Usage examples:

She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

Usage examples:

It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Causing embarrassment.

Usage examples:

An embarrassing muddle

verb

Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.

Usage examples:

She wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene

adjective

Making you feel embarrassed

Usage examples:

An embarrassing situation, [ + to infinitive ] it's embarrassing to be caught telling a lie., my mo…

adjective

Covered with gum or glue.

Usage examples:

Gummed paper

verb

Cover with gum or glue.

Usage examples:

We gummed the photos on to our papers

verb

Chew (something) with toothless gums.

Usage examples:

The two-year-old gummed his mother's plastic-coated ration card

adjective

Covered with hair.

Usage examples:

A hairy chest

adjective

Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A hot and humid day

adjective

(of air and weather) containing extremely small drops of water in the air

Usage examples:

New york is very hot and humid in the summer.

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

Usage examples:

It was a hot, very muggy evening

adjective

(of weather) very warm and humid (= containing a lot of very small drops of water in the air)

adjective

Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.

Usage examples:

An oppressive dictatorship

adjective

Oppressive weather is hot, with a lot of wetness in the air.

adjective

Constituting or presenting a problem.

Usage examples:

The situation was problematic for teachers

noun

A thing that constitutes a problem.

Usage examples:

The problematics of artificial intelligence

adjective

Causing difficulty, or hard to deal with

Usage examples:

Social interactions are really problematic with a lot of children.

adjective

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

Usage examples:

The new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones

noun

A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.

Usage examples:

Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiqu…

adjective

Having or showing awareness and understanding, esp. of other people’s feelings and needs

Usage examples:

My experience made me very sensitive to the suffering of others., tom is extremely sensitive about …

adjective

Having the appearance or consistency of soup.

Usage examples:

A soupy stew

adjective

Slightly thick and wet, like soup

Usage examples:

Add the milk to the sauce in batches and stir, stopping before it gets too soupy., it was okay i su…

adjective

Producing, filled with, or clouded with steam.

Usage examples:

A small steamy kitchen

adjective

Filled with steam

Usage examples:

By the time hannah finished her shower, the bathroom was all steamy.

adjective

(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.

Usage examples:

Stifling heat

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Usage examples:

Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

adjective

Extremely hot, with a lack of fresh air

Usage examples:

Summers in virginia have always had stifling humidity.

adjective

Causing difficulty in breathing.

Usage examples:

The suffocating heat

verb

Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.

Usage examples:

They suffocated in their sleep

adjective

Something that is suffocating makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe

Usage examples:

I've got to open the window - it's suffocating in here!, suffocating smoke/fumes, the book tells th…

adjective

(of the air or weather) hot and humid.

Usage examples:

The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects

adjective

(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water)

Usage examples:

It was a sultry night, and i was walking home., a sultry dance

adjective

Exuding, soaked in, or inducing sweat.

Usage examples:

My feet got so hot and sweaty

adjective

Covered in sweat

Usage examples:

His face was sweaty.

adjective

Uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

A sweltering english summer

verb

Be uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform

adjective

Extremely hot

Usage examples:

A sweltering summer day

adjective

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

Usage examples:

A tenacious grip

adjective

Unwilling to accept defeat or stop doing or having something

Usage examples:

Seles is a tenacious opponent – she never gives in., they cling with admirable tenacity to their tr…

adjective

(of a person) sensitive to being tickled.

Usage examples:

I'm ticklish on the feet

adjective

Having an uncertain, and possibly bad result

Usage examples:

At one point, the operation was touch-and-go.

noun

A manoeuvre in which an aircraft touches the ground as in landing and immediately takes off again.

Usage examples:

I tried a few touch-and-goes

adjective

(of a task, problem, etc.) requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward.

Usage examples:

Applying eyeliner can be a tricky business

adjective

(of a piece of work or a problem) difficult to deal with and needing careful attention or skill

Usage examples:

Removing scar tissue can be a very tricky operation., he’s a tricky fellow – you can’t always trust…

adjective

Causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort.

Usage examples:

His hard, uncomfortable bed

adjective

Not comfortable or relaxed, or feeling anxiety

Usage examples:

An uncomfortable chair, she feels uncomfortable in a room full of strangers., an uncomfortably warm…