gummous

[guhm-uhs] / ˈgʌm əs /

ADJECTIVE

thick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deep gooey heavy impenetrable opaque stiff syrupy

STRONG

close compact concrete firm set solid

WEAK

caked clabbered clotted coagulated compressed condensed congealed consolidated crowded curdled fixed gelatinous gloppy gummy gunky impervious jelled jellied ossified ropy sloppy solidified thickened turbid viscid viscous vitrified

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear easy light soft trivial understandable

STRONG

flexible indefinite loose slack

WEAK

attenuated diluted intelligent reasonable sensible slight smart thin uncrowded unfriendly unsociable watery wise

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Of the gummous exsudation, or small transparent Pearls, discovered with a Microscope in several others.

From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert

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