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adj
Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Of milk or another liquid: slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bingy
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adj
Of poor quality; in poor health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, colloquial
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Synonyms: inferior, second-rate, shabby, unwell, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap, cheap and nasty, cheapshit, cheesy, chintzy, coffee-and, crap, crappo, crappy, craptastic, crapperific, craptabulous, craptacular, cruddy, crummy, dogwater, drecky, flimsy, fourth-rate, gash, garbage, god-awful, lousy, low, low-grade, low-quality, low-rent, made in China, mid, naughty, one-star, poor, poor man's, pound-shop, punk, rinky-dink, ropy, rubbish, sad, schlocky, scrubby, shoddy, slazy, slight, slim, subpar, shit, shite, shitty, substandard, ticky-tacky, tenth-rate, third-rate, tin-pot, trash, trashy, under par, woeful, wretched, ailing, crank, crook, green about the gills, icky, ill, indisposed, infirm, like death warmed over, maladive, mawkish, off one's feed, on the Pat and Mick, out of sorts, Pat and Mick, poorly, puny, queer, rough, sick, sickish, sickly, sick as a dog, sick as a parrot, tumid, under the weather, unhealthy, valetudinarian, valetudinary
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adjective
of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ropey
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adjective satellite
(British informal) very poor in quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ropey
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adjective satellite
forming viscous or glutinous threads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ropey, stringy, thready
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English ropy, from Middle English rop + -y, equivalent to rope + -y.
From Scots roupy (“husky; hoarse”), from Scots roup (“hoarseness, huskiness, any inflamed condition of the throat”).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
