SLOBBERING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in slavering

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slobbering

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verb

present participle of slobber

as in drooling

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth our dog always starts to slobber whenever we open a can of food

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as in raving

to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm right on cue, his entourage of sycophants began to slobber over every inane thing he said

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Hijinks ensue, but no actual harm comes to big, slobbering Beethoven. — Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Incontestably, love letters are, very often, slobbering slop. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 No more Romo slobbering, Star Wars is dead & what's the best time for an NFL game? — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026

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Adjective

The salsa macha is an oily, toasty condiment pasty with peanuts and sesame seeds.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Eucerin’s Clear Skin Sunscreen is formulated with oily, acne-prone skin in mind.

— Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 27 June 2026

Definition of oily

Verb

Isaacs said the symptoms of heat stress or heat stroke include excessive panting, drooling, vomiting, seizures or collapse.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 1 July 2026
This golden lasagna is the perfect way to offer a vegetarian option that meat-eaters will be drooling over.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026

Definition of drooling

Verb

And, all of my American friends, the ones who had never asked me anything about my life in Iran, were raving about Persepolis!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Lagree is everywhere on social media right now, with celebrities and trainers raving about the burn from a machine called the Megaformer.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of raving

Adjective

Except for the unfettered devotion in the latter is replaced by swooping strings and a gushy chorus that merely offer an antiseptic veneer.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 June 2026
The announcement may come as a shock for country fans who have followed the couple through their sappy podcast appearances and gushy acceptance speeches.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026

Definition of gushy

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Jenkins said Macias-Gomez was also charged with battery on a peace officer for spitting.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 1 July 2026
First, play was allowed to restart, which was previously a hard stop on any VAR intervention — except violent conduct and spitting at someone.

— Ben Burrows, New York Times, 13 June 2026

Definition of spitting

Adjective

Toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes and sickening passengers and crew members at an alarming rate, according to a September 2025 report by The Wall Street Journal.

— Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 May 2026

Definition of sickening

Adjective

Using too much detergent leaves soapy residue in fabrics, trapping dirt, bacteria, and hard water minerals, which leaves clothes looking dull, feeling stiff and scratchy, and smelling bad.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Wipe out any obvious crumbs with a dry rag, then return with a soapy microfiber cloth.

— Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 4 July 2026

Definition of soapy

Adjective

One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.

— David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
Ted Cruz, the perennial front-runner, is smug and oleaginous—hated equally by his colleagues and the public.

— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2022

Definition of oleaginous

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