English-Thai Dictionary

ropy

ADJ ซึ่ง อยู่ ใน สภาพ แย่  sueng-yu-nai-sa-pab-yea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROPY

a.[from rope. ] Stringy; adhesive; that may be drawn into a thread; as a glutinous substance; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy wine; ropy lees.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROPY

ROPY Rop "y, a.

 

Defn: capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ropy

rop y |ˈrōpē ˈroʊpi |(also ropey ) ▶adjective ( ropier, ropiest ) 1 resembling a rope in being long, strong, and fibrous: the ropy roots of the old tree. • (of a liquid ) resembling a rope in forming viscous or gelatinous threads: his spit was thick and ropey as he spat. 2 Brit. informal poor in quality or health; inferior: a portrait by a pretty ropy artist. DERIVATIVES rop i ly |ˈrōpəlē |adverb, rop i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

ropy

ropy |ˈrəʊpi |(also ropey ) ▶adjective ( ropier, ropiest ) 1 resembling a rope, especially in being long, strong, and fibrous: the ropy roots of the old tree. 2 Brit. informal of poor quality: a portrait by a pretty ropy artist. • slightly ill: I did feel a bit ropy earlier. DERIVATIVES ropily adverb, ropiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ropy

ropy adjective ropy strands of lava: stringy, thready, fibrous, filamentous; viscous, sticky, mucilaginous, thick.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ropy

ropy adjective 1 Brit. informal I feel a bit ropy, actually. See ill. 2 Brit. informal the Italians were helped by some ropy defending from the home team. See substandard. 3 ropy strands of sticky lava: viscous, gelatinous, viscid, sticky, glutinous, mucilaginous, thick; stringy, thready, fibrous, filamentous.