greasy

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

grasiento

grasso

gras

schmierig

fettig

graisseux

grasoso

vettig

untuoso

unto

gordo

graso

yağlı

vet

oleoso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹi.si/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gresi

In summary

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