Meanings
comparative wormier · superlative wormiest
- Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
The Siamese boy brought in plates containing wormy shreds of over-fried egg, seasoned with blackened bits of onion.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 417Synonyms: vermian, vermicular, vermiform
- Infested with worms.
I am your witness. If their Ladyships so much as mention the word FIRE or STEERPIKE, you shall take them with you under wormy ground.
1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus GroanSynonyms: worm-eaten, wormed, wormridden
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
adjectiveInfested with worms.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinfested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
adjectivetotally submissive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wurmiz
- Proto-West Germanic*wurmi
- Old Englishwyrm
- Middle Englishworm
- Englishworm
- Englishwormy
Translations
Bulgarian червив
- червив (červiv)infested with worms
Czech červivý
- červivýinfested with worms
German wurmig
- wurmiginfested with worms
Italian bacato
- bacatoinfested with worms
Portuguese verminado, bichado
- verminadoinfested with worms
- bichadoinfested with worms
Russian черви́вый
- черви́вый (červívyj)infested with worms
Spanish agusanado
- agusanadoinfested with worms
Turkish kurtlu
- kurtluinfested with worms
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
wormy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wormy
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