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ropy adjective [ ˈrəʊpi ]

• resembling a rope, especially in being long, strong, and fibrous.
• "the ropy roots of the old tree"
Similar: viscous, gelatinous, viscid, sticky, glutinous, mucilaginous, thick, stringy, thready, fibrous, filamentous,
• of poor quality.
• "a portrait by a pretty ropey artist"
Similar: ill, unwell, sick, not (very) well, ailing, poorly, sickly, afflicted, indisposed, infirm, liverish, out of sorts, not oneself, not in good shape, not up to par, under/below par, bad, in a bad way, bedridden, invalided, on the sick list, valetudinarian, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, weak, feeble, frail, diseased, infected, off colour, peaky, under the weather, not up to snuff, laid up, funny, peculiar, iffy, crummy, lousy, rough, groggy, green around the gills, at death's door, like death warmed up, grotty, dicky, wabbit, crook, queer, seedy, inferior, second-rate, low-quality, low-grade, poor, poor-quality, inadequate, substandard, imperfect, faulty, defective, jerry-built, shoddy, shabby, crude, unsound, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unworthy, disappointing, below par, not up to scratch, tenth-rate, duff, rubbish, farkakte, crappy, crap, chickenshit,
Opposite: well, healthy,


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