slimy
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2.5
- adjective
- /ˈslaɪmi/
- Oh, you can really feel the wet, slimy, cold bacon through the chip bag.
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- This has a disgusting slimy feel to it.
- Oh, you can really feel the wet, slimy, cold bacon through the chip bag.
- It smells like a wet, slimy compost pile on a warm, nasty day.
- Maybe it's the slimy goo on your face, but you're looking fine.
- Or you get something slimy on your hands and you want to go and wash your hands.
- But I thought tomatoes were sour and interesting and the mushrooms were slimy and tasted weird.
- Pasta is like slimy, flavorless noodle.
- I don't like to eat anything that looks or or feels too slimy.
- If you know, you know, there's nothing worse than harvesting lettuce and it's just slimy and full of slugs.
- This one's got more of the slimy in that pumpkin spice flavor.
Examples
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The spot was crawling along, leaving a slimy trail between the floorboards.
Fiction book (1995) -
This has a disgusting slimy feel to it.
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Get your own slimy rock.
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Or you get something slimy on your hands and you want to go and wash your hands.
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And the headstone was all green and slimy from the rain.
Fiction book (1994) -
This darker, slimy layer is the beginning of the compost pile breaking down.
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And you can always spot spoiled produce by off odors, slimy surfaces, and mold.
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But I thought tomatoes were sour and interesting and the mushrooms were slimy and tasted weird.
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I felt as though I were wrestling with an octopus, soft, slimy, and underwater: I couldn't breathe.
Fiction book (1991) -
The old fish had a slimy texture that made it unappetizing.
Synonyms
108
1.0
Covered in oil or fat and feels slippery
40
1.0
Covered in oil or grease and feeling slippery
30
3.2
Soft and sticky like warm chocolate or cheese
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3.0
Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy
21
3.5
A little damp, slightly sticky, and cool in a way that feels unpleasant
12
6.1
Thick and sticky so it does not flow easily
4
3.7
Sticky and likely to cling to your hands
4
4.9
Not completely dry and slightly sticky to the touch
3
5.6
Thick and sticky in a wet, unpleasant way
2
3.2
Thick and sticky so things stick together
1
5.5
Thick and sticky in a messy way
1
7.7
Covered with sticky, dirty stuff
1
4.8
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
1
7.4
Soft and a little wet so you can squeeze it easily
1
2.5
Food that is soft to touch with a sticky, melted inside
1
6.1
Soft, wet ground that makes a sucking sound when you step on it
1
4.8
Wet and soft with water that splashes when you walk on it
1
8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
1
7.9
Thick, sticky, and slow to move like wet mud
1
8.4
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
Sticky and thick so it stays on hands or objects
Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
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Etymology
Slimy comes from the word slime, an old English word for 'sticky, wet stuff', plus the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So, something slimy is covered in or feels like slime.