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Tending or designed to stick to things on contact

Having a viscous or gooey consistency

Containing perceptible moisture

Difficult or tricky to manage or navigate

Much debated, discussed or disputed

Excessively sentimental or emotional

Covered with dirt or filth

Unwilling to help others or do what they ask

Soaked with moisture or other liquid

Scruffy or shabby in nature or appearance

Having, or covered in, spines or thorns

Covered with or resembling semen

Continuing stubbornly in an opinion or course of action in spite of challenges

Stationary and not moving

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Adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact

“The fragments of my soul have not yet been pieced back together with the sticky glue from the corner store.”

Adjective

Having a viscous or gooey consistency

self-lubricating

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“The honey is then used to create a healthy and nutritious elixir with a sticky consistency.”

Adjective

Containing perceptible moisture

like a Turkish bath

covered with sweat

badly ventilated

poorly ventilated

like a blowtorch

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“The sultry, sticky heat that usually hangs over central Japan in summertime might have been bothersome to many.”

Adjective

Difficult or tricky to manage or navigate

fraught with danger

playing with fire

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

hanging by a thread

easier said than done

energy-consuming

Russian roulette

like herding cats

discountenancing

on slippery ground

causing discomfort

emotionally draining

like getting blood out of a stone

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“Don't expect too much and make sure you don't get into any sticky situations.”

Adjective

Much debated, discussed or disputed

open to question

yet to be decided

open to discussion

under discussion

in a state of uncertainty

in a state of limbo

betwixt and between

sitting on the fence

shilly-shallying

like doubting Thomas

blowing hot and cold

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“Subsequent negotiations accordingly revolved around the sticky question of control over the territorial sea.”

Adjective

Excessively sentimental or emotional

over-sentimental

oversentimental

hearts-and-flowers

cloyingly sweet

romanticized^US

romanticised^UK

over-enthusiastic

laid on with a trowel

overenthusiastic

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“The beautiful city survives Mr. Gunther's inept novelistic treatment, and it is almost worth wading through the ghastly conversations and sticky love scenes just to watch its glory unfold.”

Adjective

Covered with dirt or filth

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Adjective

Unwilling to help others or do what they ask

Adjective

Soaked with moisture or other liquid

soaked to the skin

like a drowned rat

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Adjective

Scruffy or shabby in nature or appearance

down-at-the-heels

unprepossessing

falling to pieces

gone to rack and ruin

seen better days

badly maintained

the worse for wear

down-at-the-heel

poorly maintained

out of condition

in bad condition

all the worse for wear

on its last legs

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Adjective

Having, or covered in, spines or thorns

bristling with thorns

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Adjective

Covered with or resembling semen

Adjective

Continuing stubbornly in an opinion or course of action in spite of challenges

bound and determined

in for long haul

full of determination

self-opinionated

stubborn as a mule

meaning business

set in one's ways

dyed-in-the-wool

stop at nothing

single-minded about

obsessive about

inflexible about

fanatical about

with a will of one's own

as stubborn as a mule

committed to the idea of

determined to have one's own way

on one's mettle

as game as Ned Kelly

nose to grindstone

action-oriented

tall in the saddle

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

keen as mustard

like a ball of fire

desiring success

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

through-and-through

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

having killer instinct

playing hard ball

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

tried and tested

uncompassionate

tough nut to crack

proof against persuasion

not taking no for an answer

incontrovertible

pulling no punches

unaccommodating

having down pat

unchallengeable

standing one's ground

not giving an inch

sticking to one's guns

not backward in coming forward

full of get-up-and-go

clearly defined

beyond question

bred-in-the-bone

beyond a shadow of a doubt

unimpressionable

set in concrete

set in your ways

going for broke

meaning what one says

insistent about

black-and-white

not discouraged

tough as old boots

as tough as old boots

not subject to change

spoiling for a fight

ready for action

hundred percent

without reservations

high-principled

divinely inspired

alive and kicking

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of the joys of spring

full of vim and vigour

bright and breezy

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Adjective

Stationary and not moving

at a standstill

rooted to the spot

not moving a muscle

as if turned to stone

fixed to the spot

perfectly still

as if rooted to the spot

without moving a muscle

not going anywhere

turned to stone

stopped dead in your tracks

in the doldrums

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