slimed
2
7.2
- adjective
- /slaɪmd/
- She recoiled in disgust as her fingers touched the slimed surface of the old pond.
Examples
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- So basically, what you're telling me... ...is you guys were all, heh, slimed.
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He was even more mud-slimed and wind-savaged, but one would have known that squat, tanklike build and the massive, overhanging brow and the perfect blue-black of his skin almost anywhere.
Fiction book (1998) -
After the heavy rain, the path was slimed with puddles of mud.
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The fish was slimed with a shiny coating that made it slippery to hold.
Synonyms
35
2.5
Covered in a wet, slippery layer, like on fish or rocks
8
4.6
Completely covered by something so it is hidden or overwhelmed
3
5.6
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
1
7.7
Covered with sticky, dirty stuff
1
4.4
Covered with smudges or marks that make it look dirty
1
4.8
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
1
8.2
Covered thickly with dark dirt or soot
1
8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
1
7.9
Thick, sticky, and slow to move like wet mud
A thing that has mud on it, like boots or a coat after walking in wet ground
Antonyms
How Slimy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slimed comes from slime, an old word for a 'sticky wet substance' like mud or mucus. So to be slimed is to be covered in that sticky, slippery goo, which explains the modern meaning.