as in adhesive
tending to adhere to objects upon contact
a bad horror movie from the 1950s about a glutinous blob that devoured Manhattan
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Recent Examples of glutinous
Testers found that The Only Bean’s edamame pasta absorbed the sauces and flavors of their favorite dishes beautifully, and as a bonus, cooked faster than your standard glutinous options.
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Grace McCarty, SELF, 13 Mar. 2024
Step 3: Prepare the dough by combining glutinous sweet rice flour with water, gradually adding water until a soft and pliable dough forms.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
When anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent wheat flour is added, the result is a little more tender and chewy, but not as glutinous and stretchy as noodles made from 100 percent wheat flour.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Hart House’s shakes are also free of oats, which, while gluten-free themselves, can come into contact with wheat and other glutinous grains during the farming, sorting, storage and transportation processes.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
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Grace McCarty, SELF, 13 Mar. 2024
Step 3: Prepare the dough by combining glutinous sweet rice flour with water, gradually adding water until a soft and pliable dough forms.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
When anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent wheat flour is added, the result is a little more tender and chewy, but not as glutinous and stretchy as noodles made from 100 percent wheat flour.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Hart House’s shakes are also free of oats, which, while gluten-free themselves, can come into contact with wheat and other glutinous grains during the farming, sorting, storage and transportation processes.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glutinous
Adjective
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The species has an adhesive plate on its head that helps to create a kind of vacuum seal, allowing the fish to grab a whale and hang on for the ride.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Make your custom linens with DIY adhesive foam stamps and fabric paint by cutting leaf shapes from craft foam.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Next, add the pumpkin and peanut butter and blend until the mixture is sticky.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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At the heart of this first of what could be many such trials is the premise that social media and its algorithms and sticky attraction have harsh consequences of thoughts of suicide, depression, sleep disruption, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and anxiety.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Glutinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glutinous. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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