Topic: FOOD
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greas‧y
1DF covered in grease or oil [= oily]: a shampoo for greasy hair The food was heavy and greasy.
a shampoo for greasy hairThe food was heavy and greasy.2 slippery : Police say the rain's making the roads greasy.
Police say the rain's making the roads greasy.3 too polite and friendly in a way that seems insincere or unpleasant [= smarmy]
—greasily adverb
—greasiness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: dirty WORD FOCUS: dirty similar words: filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky British English, muddy, greasy, dusty, soiled, contaminated, polluted
➔ See also dirty
