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单词 slimy
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slimy

It felt cold and slimy where the minerals left a residue on the skin.But the trunks of the trees were slimy green and cold to touch.And it was freezing cold and slimy.All that rain is making wooden garden furniture slimy and green.They include worm charming where two teams compete to entice the slimy creatures out of the ground.What's green and slimy and could revitalise hospital food?You couldn't get that with some slimy little politician in a cheap suit.A yard offshore, a shelf of slimy green rock lay just beneath the surface.I once used an illustration about snakes and referred to them as "slimy, poisonous creatures.Waves thick with slimy oil bear down on pristine beaches from Texas to Florida.

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slimy

British English: slimy ADJECTIVE
Slimy substances are thick, wet, and unpleasant.
His feet slipped in the slimy mud.
  • American English: slimy
  • Brazilian Portuguese: lodoso
  • Chinese: 黏糊糊的
  • European Spanish: cenagoso
  • French: gluant
  • German: schleimig
  • Italian: viscido
  • Japanese: ぬるぬるした
  • Korean: 끈적끈적한
  • European Portuguese: lodoso
  • Latin American Spanish: cenagoso

Chinese translation of 'slimy'

slimy

(ˈslaɪmɪ)

adj

    1. [substance] 泥浆(漿)的 (níjiāng de)
    2. (= object) 有泥浆(漿)的 (yǒu níjiāng de)
  1. (Brit) [person] 谄(諂)媚的 (chǎnmèi de)
(adjective) 
Definition
of, like, or covered with slime
Her hand touched something cold and slimy.
Synonyms
viscous
a viscous, white, sticky liquid
clammy
My shirt was clammy with sweat.
glutinous
He was covered in soft, glutinous mud.
muddy
a muddy track
mucous
gloopy (informal)
oozy
miry
(adjective) 
Definition
pleasant and friendly in an insincere way
British) 
his slimy business partner
Synonyms
obsequious
She is positively obsequious to anyone with a title.
creepy
unctuous
the kind of unctuous tone that I've heard at diplomatic parties
smarmy (British, informal)
He is slightly smarmy and eager to impress.
oily
He asked in an oily voice what he could do for them today.
grovelling
soapy (slang)
sycophantic
his clique of sycophantic friends
servile
He was subservient and servile.
toadying

Additional synonyms

in the sense of clammy
Definition
unpleasantly moist and sticky
My shirt was clammy with sweat.
Synonyms
moist,
sweating,
damp,
sticky,
sweaty,
slimy
in the sense of glutinous
Definition
gluelike in texture
He was covered in soft, glutinous mud.
Synonyms
sticky,
adhesive,
cohesive,
gooey,
viscous,
gummy,
gluey,
mucilaginous,
viscid
in the sense of mucous
Synonyms
slimy,
viscous,
glutinous,
gummy,
mucilaginous,
viscid

Nearby words of
slimy

  • slightly
  • slim
  • slime
  • slimy
  • sling
  • slink
  • slinky

Synonyms of 'slimy'

slimy

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of muddy
Definition
covered or filled with mud
a muddy track
Synonyms
boggy,
swampy,
marshy,
miry,
quaggy
in the sense of oily
Definition
attempting to gain favour by insincere behaviour and flattery
He asked in an oily voice what he could do for them today.
Synonyms
sycophantic,
smooth,
flattering,
slick,
plausible,
hypocritical,
fawning,
grovelling,
glib,
ingratiating,
fulsome,
deferential,
servile,
unctuous,
obsequious,
smarmy (British, informal),
mealy-mouthed,
toadying
in the sense of servile
Definition
too eager to obey people
He was subservient and servile.
Synonyms
subservient,
cringing,
grovelling,
mean,
low,
base,
humble,
craven,
fawning,
abject,
submissive,
menial,
sycophantic,
slavish,
unctuous,
obsequious,
toadying,
bootlicking (informal),
toadyish
in the sense of smarmy
Definition
unpleasantly flattering or polite
He is slightly smarmy and eager to impress.
Synonyms
obsequious,
slimy (British),
ingratiating,
unctuous,
smooth,
crawling,
greasy,
oily,
fawning,
suave,
soapy (slang),
fulsome,
sycophantic,
servile,
toadying,
bowing and scraping,
bootlicking (informal)
in the sense of sycophantic
his clique of sycophantic friends
Synonyms
obsequious,
grovelling,
ingratiating,
servile,
crawling,
flattering,
cringing,
fawning,
slimy (British),
slavish,
unctuous,
smarmy (British, informal),
toadying,
parasitical,
arse-licking (taboo, slang),
bootlicking (informal),
timeserving
in the sense of unctuous
Definition
pretending to be kind and concerned but obviously not sincere
the kind of unctuous tone that I've heard at diplomatic parties
Synonyms
obsequious,
smooth,
slick,
plausible,
oily,
gushing,
fawning,
suave,
glib,
ingratiating,
insincere,
sycophantic,
smarmy (British, informal)
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