slippery

a. வழுக்கலான, தள வகையில் சறுக்குகிற, வழுவழுப்பான, நிலைகொடுக்காத, பிடிகொடாத, நிலையற்ற, அடிக்கடி மாறுபடுகிற, நம்பத்தகாத, கணித்துப்பார்க்கஇடந்தராத, வரையறுக்கமுடியாத.

Synonyms

smooth glassy lubricated insecure perilous unsafe unstable shifty elusive shuffling unprincipled deceptive evasive untrustworthy uncertain

Antonyms

rough firm unslippery secure safe stable solid trustworthy

Slip"per*y, a. Etym: [See Slipper, a.] 1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery. 2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. The slippery tops of human state. Cowley. 3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden. 4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak. 5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." Denham. 6. Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange. 7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast.

slippery - Similar Words

slipper slipperily slippy sipper lipper slippered swipper snipper slapper skipper