gelatinous
Americanadjective
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having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
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pertaining to, containing, or consisting of gelatin.
adjective
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consisting of or resembling jelly; viscous
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of, containing, or resembling gelatine
Other Word Forms
- gelatinity noun
- gelatinously adverb
- gelatinousness noun
- nongelatinous adjective
- nongelatinously adverb
- nongelatinousness noun
- subgelatinous adjective
- subgelatinously adverb
- subgelatinousness noun
- ungelatinous adjective
- ungelatinously adverb
- ungelatinousness noun
Etymology
Origin of gelatinous
Example Sentences
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This Thanksgiving, you deserve better than gelatinous, canned cranberry sauce slop.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
Some ingredients commonly found in Chinese fine dining include qi-boosting gelatinous fish maw, collagen-rich bird’s nest and nutrient-dense sea cucumber.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
“Smell good,” Rep. Golden offered about the gelatinous, sugary body parts.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2025
Eventually, after language “melted into a gelatinous pool,” she quit and entered the Iowa Writers Workshop in 1965.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024
She held out the half shell full of gelatinous glop.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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