Antonyms for Sticky
ˈstɪk istick·y

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1. sticky

   Adhesive is the scientific, sticking or sticky the popular word. That which is adhesive tends to join itself to the surface of any other body with which it is placed in contact; cohesive expresses the tendency of particles of the same substance to hold together. Polished plate glass is not adhesive, but such plates packed together are intensely cohesive. An adhesive plaster is in popular language a sticking-plaster. Sticky expresses a more limited, and generally annoying, degree of the same quality. Glutinous, gummy, viscid, and viscous are applied to fluid or semi-fluid substances, as pitch or tar.

   Antonyms:
   free, inadhesive, loose, separable

   Synonyms:
   adhesive, cohesive, glutinous, gummy, sticking, viscid, viscous

   Preposition:
   The stiff, wet clay, adhesive to the foot, impeded progress.

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1. gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscousadjective

   having the sticky properties of an adhesive

   Antonyms:
   dry, nonadhesive, easy

   Synonyms:
   embarrassing, viscous, gummed, mucilaginous, sticky, steamy, syrupy, gummy, muggy, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinous, unenviable, pastelike, awkward

2. stickyadjective

   moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body

   "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

   Antonyms:
   dry, nonadhesive, easy

   Synonyms:
   embarrassing, viscous, awkward, mucilaginous, steamy, gummy, muggy, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinous, unenviable

3. muggy, steamy, stickyadjective

   hot or warm and humid

   "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

   Antonyms:
   dry, nonadhesive, easy

   Synonyms:
   viscid, unenviable, gummy, horny, ruttish, glutinous, mucilaginous, viscous, muggy, steaming, aroused, pasty, turned on(p), randy, embarrassing, awkward, gluey, steamy, sticky

4. awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviableadjective

   hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

   "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

   Antonyms:
   easy, nonadhesive, dry

   Synonyms:
   mortifying, unenviable, ungainly, ill-chosen, clumsy, inapt, glutinous, mucilaginous, viscous, awkward, bunglesome, muggy, cumbersome, viscid, inept, embarrassing, gummy, ill at ease(p), gluey, pasty, uneasy, steamy, sticky

5. stickyadjective

   covered with an adhesive material

   Antonyms:
   easy, dry, nonadhesive

   Synonyms:
   embarrassing, viscous, awkward, mucilaginous, steamy, gummy, muggy, gluey, viscid, pasty, glutinous, unenviable

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1. stickyadjective

   Synonyms:
   adhesive, viscous, viscid, mucilaginous, glutinous, clammy, tenacious

How to use Sticky in a sentence?

1. Freddie Mac:

   The economy continues to show strength, and interest rates are repricing to account for the stronger than expected growth, tight labor market and the threat of sticky inflation.

2. Barsali Bhattacharyya:

   Food inflation is a sticky issue for Asia.

3. Adam Gazzaley:

   These [ games ] are designed to be really enjoyable and sticky, human nature, in many ways, is to find something you enjoy and just keep doing it, but I do believe you have to fight against those habit-forming activities and find diversity. Moderation is the main thing.

4. John Palabrica:

   It puts the grinders in a sticky situation as they will have to buy larger quantities from smaller firms, thereby increasing their risk.

5. Scott Ruesterholz:

   We believe the worst of energy and supply chain inflation is behind us. However, the persistence of sticky categories will likely help keep inflation in the 5.5 % to 6 % range by the end of the year, mirroring trends across the globe.

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