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adjective

Definition of slobberingnext
as in slavering

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slobbering

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verb

present participle of slobber
1
as in drooling
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth our dog always starts to slobber whenever we open a can of food

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2
as in raving
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm right on cue, his entourage of sycophants began to slobber over every inane thing he said

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slobbering
  1. oily
  2. gushy
  3. sickening
  4. soapy
  5. oleaginous
  6. hagiographic
  7. unctuous
  8. cloying
Adjective
  • Jojoba oil is an oily wax made from the seed of the jojoba plant, a desert shrub.
    Susan Bard, Verywell Health, 12 Dec. 2024
  • When rain falls through them, the metals react, leaving polluted puddles with an oily sheen to seep into nearby creeks.
    John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of oily
Adjective
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There’s no better time to embrace the mushy gushy than in the first few moments after winning gold medals together.
    Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Definition of gushy
Adjective
  • Reviews of the film at the time tended to single out the career-best performance of Jason Patric, primarily because, as the aggro, rape-minded workout buddy to Eckhart’s weak-spined Barry, Patric’s is the showiest and most sickening role.
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The yearling scrambled back up its tree, then let go and fell, landing with a sickening thud.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of soapy
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
  • Andrew Stevens pays loving but not hagiographic tribute to his late mother, famed actress Stella Stevens, in his documentary recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • This is no hagiographic portrait of Czechoslovak Radio as a beacon of civic resistance.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of hagiographic
Adjective
  • Pasta sauces are unctuous, and the tiramisu made my lactose-intolerant dining companion giddy.
    Kendyl Kearly, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
  • For cooking the aromatic vegetables, but also dotted overtop, butter seeps into the breadcrumbs and crisps up the top for an unctuous, golden bite.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of unctuous
Adjective
  • But Connie's adorable son Timmy (Gordon Gebert), who manages to be cute but not cloying, practically runs away with the whole thing.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Not cloying, but clearly designed to be inoffensive: who would, after all, wish these boys, this family, this community, any harm?
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of cloying
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