4
thick(adjective, heavy, tight, tacky, oppressive)
4
touchy(difficult, delicate, awkward, uneasy, tricky)
4
troublesome(adjective, tough, rough, difficult, heavy)
4
unpleasant(adjective, tough, difficult, dirty, foul)
3
beery
3
clinging(adjective, tacky, viscous, adhesive, gummy)
3
critical(difficult, delicate, awkward, tricky, complicated)
3
distasteful(adjective, terrible, dirty, badly, scary)
3
gushing
3
namby-pamby
3
nostomanic
3
oversentimental
3
oversentimentalized
3
romantic
3
sentimentalized
3
slushy
3
static(adjective, still, motionless, stationary, changeless)
3
steaming
3
sugary(adjective, sweet, syrupy, sugar, sweetened)
3
tear-jerking
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