slimy

comparative slimier · superlative slimiest · alternative slimey

1. Of or pertaining to slime.
2. Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime.

   The frog's body was all slimy.

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   Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.

   1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere

   Synonyms: viscous, glutinous

3. figurativelyslangFriendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.

   "I looked at this moon-faced, smooth skinned, slimy fraud, with his patronising smile."

   1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 83

   Synonyms: lubricous, conniving

4. figurativelyslangFilthy; disgusting; unclean.

   Act two: A social scientist has the student watch either a neutral film, nonviolent porn, or some slimy concoction that shows a woman being raped violently (and apparently enjoying it).

   1997, Playboy, “Studies Showing Pornography Causes Violence Are Flawed”, in Carol Wesseker, editor, Pornography: Opposing Viewpoints, page 49

plural slimies · alternative slimey

1. A ponyfish.