slobbery

[ slob-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. characterized by slobbering.
2. disagreeably wet; sloppy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slobbery¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; slobber, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Go near that horrid old man who fastens one rheumy eye on you while his slobbery chin shakes like a huge jelly?

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How I am nauseated with sentiment and nobility, the macaroni slithery-slobbery mess of modern adorations.

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Our weather is very bad and slobbery, and I shall spoil my new hat (I have bought a new hat), or empty my pockets.

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He never spoke on this subject with the slobbery grin of the voluptuary, or the leer of prurience.

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His cheekbones were high, his nose flat, his lips thick and slobbery.

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