waxy

waxy is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
2. adjective. having the paleness of wax- Bram Stoker

   "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"

   "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"

   Synonyms: waxen, waxlike

3. adjective. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

   "a flexible wire"

   "a pliant young tree"

   Synonyms: bendable, pliable, pliant

4. adjective. easily impressed or influenced

   "an impressionable youngster"

   "an impressionable age"

   Synonyms: impressible, impressionable

5. adjective. made of or covered with wax

   "waxen candles"

   "careful, the floor is waxy"

   Synonyms: waxen

Synonyms

waxen, waxlike, bendable, pliable, pliant, impressible, impressionable

Common word forms

waxier, waxily, waxiest

Words from these letters

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