Slimy
['slaɪmɪ] or ['slaɪmi]
Definition
(superl.) Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Miry, muddy, oozy.[2]. Ropy, clammy, viscous, viscid, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, gelatinous, mucous, SLABBY.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sticky, viscous, viscid, glutinous,[See SLENDER]
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Examples
- A cold, moist, slimy something fastened itself upon my throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As the captive men were faded and haggard, so the iron was rusty, the stone was slimy, the wood was rotten, the air was faint, the light was dim. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No slimy silian that haunts the depths of Korus is more at home in water than is Xodar, he replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Come, flame of gas, burning so sullenly above the iron gate, on which the poisoned air deposits its witch-ointment slimy to the touch! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Substances belonging to this group usually have a bitter taste and a slimy, soapy feeling. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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