Synonyms and Antonyms of sticky
1
tending to adhere to objects upon contact
- both sides of the tape are sticky, making it a little tricky to work with
2
containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture
- a warm sticky day when all we wanted to do was sit somewhere with air-conditioning
steamy, summerlike, summery, sweltering, torrid
semitropical (also semitropic), subhumid, subtropical (also subtropic), tropic, tropical
close, heavy, oppressive, smothering, stifling, stuffy, suffocating
clammy, dank, moist
awash, bathed, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet
bracing, cool, crisp, fresh, invigorating, refreshing
arid, baked, burned (or burnt), dehydrated, desert, droughty, dusty, parched, scorched, seared, semiarid, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty, waterless
3
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
- an especially sticky conversation about money matters
catchy, delicate, difficult, dodgy [chiefly British], hairy, knotty, nasty, prickly, problematic (also problematical), sensitive, spiny, thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough, tricksy, tricky
abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, hard, intricate, involved, recondite, serious
problem, scabrous, stubborn, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, vexing, worrisome
burdensome, demanding, discommoding, exacting, exhausting, importunate, inconvenient, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful
4
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
- sticky love scenes that will bore cynics to death
chocolate-box, cloying, corny, drippy, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, novelettish, saccharine,
