What is that greasy stuff on your shirt?
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Greasy
//ˈɡɹi.si//
Synonyms for "greasy" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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1 entriesis a
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12 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λιπαρός adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Arabic
1 entries- دُهْنِيّ adj (having a slippery surface)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мазен adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- тлъст adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- хлъзгав adj (having a slippery surface)
Catalan
1 entries- greixós adj (having a slippery surface)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 膩 /腻 adj (having a slippery surface)
Czech
2 entries- mastný adj (having a slippery surface)
- mastný adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Esperanto
1 entries- grasa adj (having a slippery surface)
Finnish
4 entries- rasvainen adj (having a slippery surface)
- rasvainen adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- öljyinen adj (having a slippery surface)
- öljymäinen adj (having a slippery surface)
Friulian
1 entries- ont adj (having a slippery surface)
German
3 entries- fettig adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- rutschig adj (having a slippery surface)
- schmierig adj (having a slippery surface)
Hebrew
1 entries- שַׁמְנוּנִי adj (having a slippery surface)
Hungarian
1 entries- zsíros adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Icelandic
1 entries- fitugur adj (having a slippery surface)
Irish
3 entries- bealaithe adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- gréisceach adj (having a slippery surface)
- gréisceach adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Italian
1 entries- viscido adj (having a slippery surface)
Japanese
1 entries- 脂っこい adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Latin
1 entries- unctus adj (having a slippery surface)
Māori
1 entries- hinuhinu adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Occitan
1 entries- graissós adj (having a slippery surface)
Polish
2 entries- ociekający tłuszczem adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- tłusty adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Portuguese
1 entries- engordurado adj (having a slippery surface)
Russian
3 entries- жи́рный adj (having a slippery surface)
- са́льный adj (having a slippery surface)
- ско́льзкий adj (having a slippery surface)
Spanish
4 entries- grasiento adj (having a slippery surface)
- graso adj (having a slippery surface)
- grasoso adj (having a slippery surface)
- resbaloso adj (having a slippery surface)
Swedish
1 entries- flottig adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Turkish
1 entries- yağlı adj (having a slippery surface)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жи́рний adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- масни́й adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- мастки́й adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
- са́льний adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Welsh
1 entries- seimlyd adj (Containing a lot of grease or fat)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I have greasy skin.
Source: tatoeba (282663)
My hair is greasy.
Source: tatoeba (282707)
His sleeve touched the greasy pan.
Source: tatoeba (287069)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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