cloggy
/'klɔgi/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a thick, heavy, and sticky consistency: Describes a substance, especially soil or mud, that is dense, compact, and tends to clump together, often becoming heavy and difficult to work with when wet.
- Causing obstruction or impediment: By extension, can describe something that causes a blockage or slows down progress due to its heavy, sticky nature.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- After the rain, the path became cloggy and difficult to walk on.
- The cloggy clay made it hard for the farmers to plow the field.
- Avoid using cloggy moisturizers if you have oily skin.
Advanced Usage
- Descriptive of texture in various contexts: While most commonly used for soil, "cloggy" can describe other thick, dense substances.
- The batter was too cloggy, so I added more milk.
- Metaphorical use for processes: Can describe systems or processes that are inefficient or slow-moving.
- The cloggy bureaucracy delayed the project for months.
Variants and Related Words
- Clog (verb/noun): To block or become blocked. A type of shoe or an obstruction.
- Leaves can clog the drain.
- Clogged (adjective): Blocked or filled with an obstructing matter.
- The clogged pipe caused a flood.
Synonyms
- Heavy: Of great weight; dense.
- Sticky: Tending to adhere to surfaces.
- Thick: Having a dense consistency; not fluid.
- Viscous: Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
- Clayey: Resembling or containing clay.
Antonyms
- Light: Of little weight; not heavy.
- Loose: Not compact or dense in structure.
- Flowing: Moving steadily and continuously in a current or stream.
- Runny: Having a fluid, non-viscous consistency.
Related Phrases/Idioms
- "Clog up": To block or obstruct something.
- The traffic clogged up the city center.
- "Cloggy feeling": A sensation of heaviness or stickiness, often used informally.
- This lotion leaves a cloggy feeling on my skin.
Adjective
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated