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Definition of wormy in English: wormyadjectivewormier, wormiest ˈwəːmiˈwərmi 1(of organic tissue) infested with or eaten into by worms. （器官组织）有蠕虫的；有蛀虫的；有寄生虫的 the prisoners received wormy vegetables 犯人吃的是有蛀虫的蔬菜。 Example sentencesExamples - Once an old lady had complained about a wormy flounder and he said, "Hey, go fish yourself!"
- Inside, she's still the little girl she was in third grade, the one that wore the dark colors constantly, who was surrounded by the wormy peaches, spider webs, vampires, dead cats, and mummies.
- It's like selling wormy apples and telling customers that they're just going to have to become more sophisticated eaters of apples.
- I cut a bit of the wormy thing off and popped it in my mouth.
- In a case, along with a mesh of wormy buckskin, were three little locks of blond hair, held in beaded clasps.
Synonyms decaying, decayed, rotting, bad, off, decomposed, decomposing, putrid, putrescent, spoiled, spoilt, tainted, perished, mouldy, mouldering, mildewy, sour, rancid, rank, festering, fetid, stinking, smelly, unfit for human consumption - 1.1 (of wood or a wooden object) full of holes made by woodworm.
（木头，木制品）满是蛀洞的 this room, with its wormy beams and eaved ceiling, is most attractive Example sentencesExamples - Over the centuries, which makers used wormy wood?
- His paintings inspired a new type of frame made of wormy chestnut wood.
- A lot of wormy chestnut was left to rot in the forest or fed into wood stoves to heat homes before it became a prized wood.
- After eating from wormy, mouldy trenchers, one would get ‘trench mouth.’
2informal (of a person) weak, abject, or repulsive. 〈非正式〉（人）软弱的，卑躬屈膝的，卑下的，令人作呕的 you wormy piece of slime! in combination I remember this tall, wormy-looking kid Example sentencesExamples - Starting her own record label with the money she's gotten in a divorce settlement from her ex-husband Abe, Anna is disparagingly called a ‘housewife’ by her wormy former brother-in-law Ben.
- Rodman's nickname was The Worm; Wallace makes his living in the weight room, and there isn't a thing wormy about him.
- In front of him was a small wormy guy, holding a small gun and glaring.
- Flanagan's actually decent here, given that all he has to do is yell a lot and look intimidating in a wormy sort of way - with a little luck, he could have a great career playing villains in better projects.
- He ignored his wormy friend, concentrating again on his hatred for the boy they were spying on.
Derivativesnoun The worm never lost his grip on God and with his worminess even had more to grip with. Example sentencesExamples - Having decided that these ideas represented eternal verities, the theology of that day was shaped to insure the evil, unhappiness, tears and worminess that were man's.
- I have seen the pinnacle of worminess with Jen's video, no need to see anything else.
- Most of these worms give up on the worminess after they realize that it takes some of the glory out of the game by playing wormy.
Definition of wormy in US English: wormyadjectiveˈwərmēˈwərmi 1(of organic tissue) infested with or eaten into by worms. （器官组织）有蠕虫的；有蛀虫的；有寄生虫的 the prisoners received wormy vegetables 犯人吃的是有蛀虫的蔬菜。 Example sentencesExamples - It's like selling wormy apples and telling customers that they're just going to have to become more sophisticated eaters of apples.
- Once an old lady had complained about a wormy flounder and he said, "Hey, go fish yourself!"
- In a case, along with a mesh of wormy buckskin, were three little locks of blond hair, held in beaded clasps.
- Inside, she's still the little girl she was in third grade, the one that wore the dark colors constantly, who was surrounded by the wormy peaches, spider webs, vampires, dead cats, and mummies.
- I cut a bit of the wormy thing off and popped it in my mouth.
Synonyms decaying, decayed, rotting, bad, off, decomposed, decomposing, putrid, putrescent, spoiled, spoilt, tainted, perished, mouldy, mouldering, mildewy, sour, rancid, rank, festering, fetid, stinking, smelly, unfit for human consumption - 1.1 (of wood or a wooden object) full of holes made by woodworm.
（木头，木制品）满是蛀洞的 Example sentencesExamples - His paintings inspired a new type of frame made of wormy chestnut wood.
- A lot of wormy chestnut was left to rot in the forest or fed into wood stoves to heat homes before it became a prized wood.
- After eating from wormy, mouldy trenchers, one would get ‘trench mouth.’
- Over the centuries, which makers used wormy wood?
2informal (of a person) weak, abject, or revolting. 〈非正式〉（人）软弱的，卑躬屈膝的，卑下的，令人作呕的 Example sentencesExamples - Flanagan's actually decent here, given that all he has to do is yell a lot and look intimidating in a wormy sort of way - with a little luck, he could have a great career playing villains in better projects.
- Starting her own record label with the money she's gotten in a divorce settlement from her ex-husband Abe, Anna is disparagingly called a ‘housewife’ by her wormy former brother-in-law Ben.
- He ignored his wormy friend, concentrating again on his hatred for the boy they were spying on.
- Rodman's nickname was The Worm; Wallace makes his living in the weight room, and there isn't a thing wormy about him.
- In front of him was a small wormy guy, holding a small gun and glaring.
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