What is another word for greasiness?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈiːzɪnəs] (IPA)

Greasiness is often a negative quality, and fortunately, there are many synonyms available for those seeking to avoid it. Some of the most common alternatives include oiliness, slickness, and sliminess. Other options include slipperiness, greasy texture, and fatty feeling. To convey the sense of unpleasantness associated with greasiness, words such as unpleasant, unpleasantly slimy, or distasteful are also often used. Additionally, words such as oily, slick, or fatty can be used to describe the texture or appearance of a surface or substance without referencing its unpleasant qualities, which might be more appropriate when discussing food or cosmetics.

What are the hypernyms for Greasiness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Greasiness?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Greasiness

The supper-some greasiness apart-was good-the wine excellent.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
She calls it her kitchen-maid; it does wonders for any little roughness or greasiness; such soil comes off in that, and chemically disappears.
"We Girls: A Home Story"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Those animals whose coats furnish a textile fibre more resemble reindeer and goats than sheep; their wool is softer, longer, and less curly, free also from the greasiness of the sheep.
"Across the Zodiac"
Percy Greg

Famous quotes with Greasiness

  • Books should confuse. Literature abhors the typical. Literature flows to the particular, the mundane, the greasiness of paper, the taste of warm beer, the smell of onion or quince.Literature cannot by this impulse betray the grandeur of its subject — there is only one subject: What it feels like to be alive. Nothing is irrelevant. Nothing is typical.
    Richard Rodriguez

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