as in thick
being of a consistency that resists flow
viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottle
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Recent Examples of viscous
Dye stripped from photos by lacquer moves in viscous flows that seep into other areas of the composition.
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Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Curtis said Gulf Coast refineries are already equipped to handle the viscous Venezuelan oil since those refineries were built to process similar grades of oil from Canada and Mexico.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
Nikola Tesla’s bladeless turbine design relies on viscous drag rather than traditional blades to generate rotational motion.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
While heavy crude oil is what is predominantly being drilled for today, its viscous consistency and high levels of metals and sulfur mean extracting and refining this product is significantly more costly than its light crude counterpart.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
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Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Curtis said Gulf Coast refineries are already equipped to handle the viscous Venezuelan oil since those refineries were built to process similar grades of oil from Canada and Mexico.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
Nikola Tesla’s bladeless turbine design relies on viscous drag rather than traditional blades to generate rotational motion.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
While heavy crude oil is what is predominantly being drilled for today, its viscous consistency and high levels of metals and sulfur mean extracting and refining this product is significantly more costly than its light crude counterpart.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for viscous
Adjective
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Louise touched her phone screen to look at the picture of Diana again—gorgeous Diana smiling into the wind, all that thick hair billowing.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The slide appears to have involved a thick slab of soft snow breaking loose at a weak layer in the snowpack, the report said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Equal parts creature feature and Florida noir, Mermaid is sticky, sunburned, and defiantly strange.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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Maurer imagines blending the fungi with Martian or lunar dirt; their sticky mycelia would cement it into an extraterrestrial equivalent of particle board.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Viscous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viscous. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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