different between wormy vs wormish
wormy
English
Etymology
worm +? -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(r)mi
Adjective
wormy (comparative wormier, superlative wormiest)
- Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
- Infested with worms.
Synonyms
- (of or like a worm): vermian, vermicular (in shape), vermiform (in shape)
- (infested with worms): worm-eaten, wormed, wormridden
Derived terms
- wormily
- worminess
Translations
Anagrams
- Mowry
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wormish
English
Etymology
worm +? -ish
Adjective
wormish (comparative more wormish, superlative most wormish)
- Like a worm.
- 1917?, Edwin L. Sabin, How Are You Feeling Now? (page 70)
- He has scarcely time wishfully to choose the prettiest one of the nurses who look curiously down from the windows above when he glides, still wormish, underneath a portcullis, which clangs behind him like the clang of doom, and the elevator slowly ascends.
- 1917?, Edwin L. Sabin, How Are You Feeling Now? (page 70)
Synonyms
- wormy
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