# gooey

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡuːi/ · frequency rank #34,508

## Definitions
1. Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky.
2. Emotional or sentimental, especially to an excessive extent; mushy, soppy.
3. Distasteful, unpleasant.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
English burgoo?
Proto-Indo-European *gleyH-
Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥
Proto-Italic *gloiten
Latin glūten
Late Latin glūs
Old French glubor.
Middle English glew
English glue?
English goo
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -ey
English gooey
The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

## Easily confused with
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-grey)
- **gore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-gore)
- **goon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-goon)
- **goof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-goof)
- **gory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-gory)
- **gove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-gove)
- **goop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-goop)
- **goose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-goose)
- **goofy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-goofy)
- **Gower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-gower)
- **Gordy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-gordy)
- **groovy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-groovy)
- **googly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gooey-vs-googly)
- **goo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goo-vs-gooey)
- **good** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/good-vs-gooey)
- **goes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goes-vs-gooey)
- **gone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-gooey)
- **goer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goer-vs-gooey)
- **goods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goods-vs-gooey)
- **glory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glory-vs-gooey)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ggooey`, `goeoy`, `goey`, `gooeyy`, `gooye`, `ogoey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gooey