WORMY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: wormier , wormiest

I. (adjective)

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: wormier

Superlative: wormiest

Sense 1

Meaning:

Totally submissive

Synonyms:

cringing; groveling; grovelling; wormlike; wormy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

submissive (inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms

Synonyms:

vermiculate; worm-eaten; wormy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)

Derivation:

worm (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)