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adjective

Definition of slaveringnext
as in slobbering

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slavering

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verb

present participle of slaver
as in drooling
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth a dog slavering over a bone

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  1. oily
  2. oleaginous
  3. sickening
  4. soapy
  5. gushy
  6. hagiographic
  7. unctuous
Adjective
  • The palate is rich, oily, and full-bodied, with a long, warming finish.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Omega-3 is a fatty acid that is generally considered anti-inflammatory and good for the brain, also found in foods such as oily fish, walnuts and flaxseeds.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of oily
Adjective
  • One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
Definition of oleaginous
Adjective
  • Next she was wrenched the other way in a sickening, 180° roll, and one of the crew members tumbled down the almost-vertical deck and vanished in the sea.
    Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
  • What was sickening about being there in person was watching the Trump fans around me and realizing that there was nothing shocking about it to them.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.
    Robert LloydTelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Many non-dishwasher-safe portable blenders instead offer self-cleaning modes, which require you to blend a bit of soapy water before rinsing and drying them.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2023
Definition of soapy
Adjective
  • To that end, yes, honeymoon phases are gushy (and self-absorbed).
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
  • The film opens with a dizzying montage of magazine covers and clips accompanied by a stream of gushy praise from prominent fans.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of gushy
Adjective
  • This is no hagiographic portrait of Czechoslovak Radio as a beacon of civic resistance.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Her book makes a refreshing change from the hagiographic tone of most Bowie biographies, said John Aizlewood on iNews.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 6 June 2024
Definition of hagiographic
Adjective
  • The 31-year-old sherry bomb explodes in torrents of coconut and pineapple fruit before an unctuous, lingering finish of tobacco smoke.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Needs a few years to better harmonize into a more unctuous delight.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of unctuous
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