greasiness
31flavor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. taste, seasoning, savor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [That which pleases the palate] Syn. taste, savor, tang, relish, smack, sapidity, gusto, piquancy, flavoring, aftertaste, zest, wallop*, zing*.… …
32greasy — greas|y [ˈgri:si, zi] adj 1.) covered in grease or oil = ↑oily ▪ a shampoo for greasy hair ▪ The food was heavy and greasy. 2.) slippery ▪ Police say the rain s making the roads greasy. 3.) too polite and friendly in a way that seems insincere or …
33greasy — (adj.) 1510s, from GREASE (Cf. grease) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Greasily; greasiness. Greasy spoon small cheap restaurant is from 1925 …
34greaser — n 1. British a rocker, motorcycle enthusi ast, a scruffy unfashionable person. A scathing term adopted by mods and stu dents to refer to rockers in 1964. The word has gradually fallen out of use since that time. 2. American a person of Hispanic… …
35lubricity — lu·bric·i·ty || luË brɪsÉ™tɪ n. slipperiness, greasiness; instability; wantonness; crudeness; lasciviousness …
36greasy — adjective (greasier, greasiest) 1》 covered with or resembling grease. ↘producing more body oils than average. ↘containing or cooked with too much oil or fat. 2》 effusively polite in a repellently insincere way. Derivatives greasily adverb …
37oiliness — n. Unctuousness, greasiness …
38unctuousness — n. 1. Oiliness, greasiness, fatness, unctuosity, fattiness. 2. Oiliness, smoothness, fulsomeness …
39greasy — adjective 1 covered in grease or oil: greasy food | greasy hair 2 slippery: The roads are greasy after the rain. 3 too polite and friendly in a way that seems insincere or unpleasant; smarmy greasily adverb greasiness noun (U) …
40despondent — adj Despondent, despairing, desperate, hopeless, forlorn mean having lost all or practically all hope. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are to be found in their corresponding nouns despondency, despair, desperation,… …
