oozy

/'u:zi/
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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Leaking out slowly: Describes something that is seeping or leaking a liquid in a gradual, often thick or viscous manner.
    • Soft and wet, like mud: Describes a substance or surface that is soft, wet, and yielding, often unpleasantly so.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The oozy mud made it difficult to walk. (The soft, wet mud made walking hard.)
    • An oozy substance leaked from the cracked pipe. (A thick, slow-leaking substance came out of the broken pipe.)
    • The wound was still oozy and needed a fresh bandage. (The wound was still seeping fluid slowly.)
Advanced Usage
  • Descriptive of texture and state: Often used to describe textures that are unpleasantly wet, soft, and yielding, evoking a sensory experience.
    • The cheese was deliciously oozy when melted. (The cheese became pleasingly soft and runny when heated.)
  • Figurative use for emotions or atmosphere: Can describe something that feels emotionally overwhelming or sentimentally excessive.
    • The movie's ending was a bit too oozy with sentiment. (The film's conclusion was excessively sentimental.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Ooze (verb): To flow or leak out slowly.
    • Sap oozed from the tree.
  • Ooze (noun): A slow flow or leak; also, soft mud or slime.
    • They tracked ooze from the swamp into the house.
  • Oozing (adjective/gerund): The act or state of leaking slowly.
    • The oozing sap attracted insects.
Synonyms
  • Seeping: Flowing or leaking slowly.
  • Muddy: Full of or covered in mud.
  • Soggy: Heavy with water; soaked.
  • Viscous: Having a thick, sticky consistency.
Related Phrases
  • Ooze out: To escape or come out slowly.
    • Confidence seemed to ooze out of him as the interview continued.
  • Ooze with: To be full of or exhibit an abundance of something (often a quality) in an obvious way.
    • The politician's speech oozed with false sincerity.
Related Idioms
  • Ooze charm/confidence: To exhibit a very noticeable amount of charm or confidence.
    • He just oozes charm, making everyone in the room feel at ease.
Adjective
  1. leaking out slowly

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