SLIMY

despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched

(adjective) morally reprehensible; “would do something as despicable as murder”; “ugly crimes”; “the vile development of slavery appalled them”; “a slimy little liar”

slimed, slimy

(adjective) covered with or resembling slime; “a slimy substance covered the rocks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

slimy (comparative slimier, superlative slimiest)

Of or pertaining to slime

resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime

Synonyms: viscous, glutinous

(slang, figuratively) Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky; slick; smarmy.

Synonyms

• (slippery) lubricous

• (underhanded) conniving

Noun

slimy (plural slimies)

A ponyfish.

Anagrams

• ILYSM, misly

Source: Wiktionary

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Slim"y, a. [Compar. Slimier; superl. Slimiest.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime. Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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