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greasy

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Adjective
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greas=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

greasya. [Compar. Greasier (); superl. Greasiest.].
  •  Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Smeared or defiled with grease.  [1913 Webster]
    "With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Fat of body; bulky.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Gross; indelicate; indecent.  Marston.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

greasy, adj. (greasier, greasiest)
1 a of or like grease. b smeared or covered with grease. c containing or having too much grease.
2 a slippery. b (of a person or manner) unpleasantly unctuous, smarmy. c objectionable.

Derivative
greasily adv. greasiness n.

THESAURUS

greasy

adipose, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal, chrismatory, fat, fatty, fawning, glib, greased, lardaceous, lardy, lubric, lubricated, lubricious, mucoid, oiled, oily, oleaginous, oleic, rich, sebaceous, sleek, slick, sliddery, slipper, slippery, slippy, slithery, smarmy, smooth, soaped, soapy, suety, sycophantic, tallowy, toadying, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, waxy

ROGET THESAURUS

greasy

Unctuousness

N unctuousness, unctuosity, lubricity, ointment, anointment, lubrication, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous, unguinous, fat, fatty, greasy, waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous, pinguid, lardaceous, slippery.


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