Word Study
wormy
CIDE DICTIONARY
wormy, a.
- Containing a worm; abounding with worms. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wormy, adj. (wormier, wormiest)
1 full of worms.
2 wormeaten.
1 full of worms.
2 wormeaten.
Derivative
worminess n.
THESAURUS
wormy
barfy, beset, blasted, blighted, blown, crappy, despoiled, disgusting, fecal, feculent, fetid, filthy, flyblown, foul, frowsty, frowsy, frowzy, fusty, gloppy, grubby, gunky, icky, infested, lousy, maggoty, malodorous, mephitic, mildewed, moldering, moldy, moth-eaten, mucky, musty, nasty, nauseating, odious, ordurous, pedicular, pediculous, plagued, puky, putrid, rank, ratty, ravaged, repulsive, rotten, scabby, scummy, scurfy, shitty, slabby, slimy, sloppy, sloshy, sludgy, slushy, smutted, smutty, sposhy, teeming, vermiform, vile, vomity, weevily, worm-eaten, wormlike, yecchyFor further exploring for "wormy" in Webster Dictionary Online