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slimyslim‧y /ˈslaɪmi/ adjective - The had the usual slimy politician on TV talking about "the innate good sense of the voters".
- What a slimy, horrible man.
- He sees romance, mystery and science in the 2, 000 miles of rat-infested, slimy tunnels he has explored.
- His oh-so-careful slimy grin that lashed out and maimed as much as a punch or a kick.
- I start down the slimy path toward him.
- It mildewed towels, made sleeping bags clammy, soaked the pressed bamboo of the cockpit floor so it was unpleasantly slimy.
- Suddenly I start puking into the road, but nothing comes up except this slimy stuff.
- Their warty, slimy and sometimes scaly skins can be almost any colour.
- These slimy teams play in New Jersey and call themselves New York.
- These hairy, slimy crawlers not only invaded fictional cities, they crept into the darker crevices of our minds.
too friendly in a way that is unpleasant► familiar talking to someone as if you know them very well although in fact you do not, especially in a way that people think is unpleasant or offensive: · I don't like it when men I've just met are too familiar.· She came up to me and started talking in such a familiar way that I thought I must have met her before. ► smarmy informal someone who is smarmy behaves in a very friendly way but seems completely insincere: · He's been criticized for his smarmy behavior when interviewing celebrities.· a slick, smarmy public relations officer· He denies calling the Prime Minister "smarmy". ► over-friendly British if someone is over-friendly , they are too friendly in a way that is unpleasant, for example standing or sitting too close to you: · A man in the pub was a little over-friendly, so I left early. ► obsequious formal someone who is obsequious always tries too hard to be friendly and helpful, and always agrees with what other people say, in a way that people think is very annoying: · The waiter was polite and efficient, but not obsequious.· All this obsequious praise for his actions is enough to make most normal people sick. ► slimy informal someone who is slimy is too friendly and praises people too much in a way that is clearly dishonest and makes you think they are just trying to get an advantage for themselves: · What a slimy, horrible man.· They had the usual slimy politician on TV talking about "the innate good sense of the voters". 1covered with slime, or wet and slippery like slime: slimy mud2informal friendly in an unpleasant way that does not seem sincere – used to show disapproval: a slimy politician—sliminess noun [uncountable] |