swarmy
- adjective
- /ˈswɔrmi/
:
infestado
- The pond was so swarmy with gnats that we had to cover our faces.
Examples
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We avoided the swarmy field at dusk because of all the mosquitoes.
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The pond was so swarmy with gnats that we had to cover our faces.
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After the rain, the garden became swarmy with tiny flying insects.
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The garden was swarmy with bees and butterflies.
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After the rain, the pond became swarmy with insects.
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After the rain, the garden became swarmy with tiny flying insects.
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We avoided the swarmy field at dusk because of all the mosquitoes.
Synonyms
4
6.1
Full of small animals like insects that crawl
1
4.7
Full of many living things, often moving about
1
7.9
Full of many moving things like insects or people
Full of busy activity like a beehive
Antonyms
How Teeming
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swarmy is formed from swarm ('a large moving group') and the ending -y ('full of'), so it literally means 'full of swarms'. That's why swarmy can describe a place 'full of insects' or other small creatures.