greasy

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
2. Containing a lot of grease or fat.
3. (slang) Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical.
4. (obsolete) Fat, bulky.
5. (obsolete) Gross; indelicate; indecent.
6. Afflicted with the disease called grease.

Noun

An annoyed or contemptuous look; a dirty look.

Concepts

gras

graisseux

huileux

oléagineux

sébacé

glissant

imprégné d’huile

gros

sale

onctueux

poisseux

Synonymes

oily

fatty

fat

slippery

oleaginous

unctuous

dirty

slimy

smooth

adipose

rich

🤑

grease

slithery

sebaceous

thick

grimy

soft

spotty

suety

tallowy

unethical

sebum

resiniferous

not thick

abounding in ghee

adipic

clatty

cunning

glib

gunky

ingratiating

insinuating

lard

lardy

lazy

lipid

ointment

pinguid

rabble

resinous

slick

smarmy

Traductions

grasiento

grasso

schmierig

fettig

untuoso

vettig

unto

grasoso

vet

yağlı

graso

gordo

greixós

oleoso

speckig

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɹi.si/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: gresi

In summary

From Middle English gresi, gressy, equivalent to grease + -y.