ropy

Speech parts

1. ropy - Adjective

2. ropy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stringy thready ropey duff tiger dicky pinchbeck tinny crummy bad thick ill poorly rough inferior
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Antonyms

brill premier super wizard great top
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Phrases with the word

ropy lava

Derivatives

ropier ropiest

Anagrams

pory pyro opry

Examples

Mark Grotjahn's large new paintings abound with torrents of ropy impasto, laid down in thickets, cascading waves, and bundles that swell, braid around, or overlap one another. Jerry Saltz

ropey food Source: Internet

a ropey performance Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Ropp Roppolo ropporin ropy lava roque Roquefort