slimy

  • 21slimy — slimily, adv. sliminess, n. /sluy mee/, adj., slimier, slimiest. 1. of or like slime. 2. abounding in or covered with slime. 3. offensively foul or vile. [1350 1400; ME; see SLIME, Y1] * * * …

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  • 22slimy — Synonyms and related words: abject, adhesive, adulatory, amylaceous, barfy, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, crappy, creeping, curdled, disgusting,… …

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  • 23Slimy — unpleasantly ingratiating …

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  • 24slimy — Australian Slang unpleasantly ingratiating …

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  • 25slimy — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. oozy, miry, mucky; see muddy 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. covered with mucous, viscid, viscous, muddy, mucky, scummy, sludgy, *gunky, *gooey, disgusting, repulsive, foul, vile, *gross. III (Roget s Thesaurus …

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  • 26slimy — slim|y [ slaımi ] adjective 1. ) covered with a thick wet unpleasant substance 2. ) INFORMAL polite and friendly in a way that is unpleasant because it is not honest or sincere a ) AMERICAN INFORMAL offensive and unpleasant ╾ slim|i|ness noun… …

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  • 27slimy — slim·y || slaɪmɪ adj. covered with slime; resembling slime, liquid and slippery like slime, viscous; vile, offensive, disgusting, repulsive …

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  • 28slimy — adjective (slimier, slimiest) 1》 covered by or having the feel or consistency of slime. 2》 informal repulsively obsequious. Derivatives slimily adverb sliminess noun …

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  • 29slimy — a. 1. Miry, muddy, oozy. 2. Ropy, clammy, viscous, viscid, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, gelatinous, mucous, slabby …

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  • 30slimy — adj 1. muddy, mucky, miry, oozy, sludgy, Sl. gloppy, Inf. gunky, Inf. gooey, Sl. goopy; messy, sloppy, slushy, sloshy, mushy, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy, splashy, plashy; marshy, marshlike, Archaic. marish, boggy, boggish, swampy, swampish,… …

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