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English Thesaurus

1. (British informal) very poor in quality (adj.all)

similar	:	inferior,
definition	:	of low or inferior quality (adj.all)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)

domain usage	:	colloquialism,
definition	:	a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication)

2. forming viscous or glutinous threads (adj.all)

similar	:	thick,
definition	:	relatively dense in consistency (adj.all)

derivation	:	cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness,
definition	:	the property of being cohesive and sticky (noun.attribute)

3. of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	rope,
definition	:	a strong line (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	rope,
definition	:	a strong line (noun.artifact)

4. forming viscous or glutinous threads (adj.all)

derivation	:	cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness,
definition	:	the property of being cohesive and sticky (noun.attribute)

5. of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	rope,
definition	:	a strong line (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	rope,
definition	:	a strong line (noun.artifact)