sticky

Adjective

• covered with an adhesive material

• hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
  • awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
    
  • an awkward pause followed his remark
    
  • a sticky question
    
  • in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
    

• hot or warm and humid
  • muggy weather
    
  • the steamy tropics
    
  • sticky weather
    

• moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
  • felt sticky and chilly at the same time
    

• having the sticky properties of an adhesive

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  awkward , embarrassing , unenviable , muggy , steamy , gluey , glutinous , gummy , mucilaginous , pasty , viscid , viscous