Ropy

(a.) capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy syrup; ropy lees.

Thesaurus Entries

adhesive, amylaceous, below par, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy, cirrose, cirrous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, cohesive, coriaceous, curdled, deficient, doughy, durable, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, filamentous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, gossamery, gristly, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, heavy, ill, inadequate, indifferent, inferior, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, mediocre, mucilaginous, out of sorts, pasty, poor, poorly, questionable, resistant, rough, sickly, silky, sinewy, sketchy, slabby, slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky, stiff, stodgy, stringy, strong, stubborn, substandard, syrupy, tacky, taeniate, taeniform, tenacious, thick, thickened, threadlike, thready, tough, tough as leather, tremelloid, tremellose, under the weather, unsatisfactory, untiring, unwell, vigorous, viscid, viscose, viscous, wiry