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The synonyms of “Slimy” are: despicable, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, slimed, slippery, slithery, greasy, oozy, muddy, mucky, miry, obsequious, sycophantic, subservient, fawning, ingratiating, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, reptilian, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, slavish, abject, craven, humble
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slimy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abject | (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. The abject condition of the peasants. |
| craven | Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. The craven fellow turned and ran. |
| cringing | Totally submissive. He was left cringing with embarrassment after stumbling over his lines during a West End performance of Macbeth. |
| despicable | Morally reprehensible. Would do something as despicable as murder. |
| fawning | Attempting to win favor by flattery. Fawning adoration. |
| greasy | Containing or cooked with too much oil or fat. Greasy hamburgers. |
| grovelling | Totally submissive. His grovelling references to great historians. |
| humble | Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful. I felt very humble when meeting her. |
| ingratiating | Calculated to please or gain favor. A smooth ingratiating manner. |
| miry | (of soil) soft and watery. Miry roads. |
| mucky | Mildly pornographic. Mucky books. |
| muddy | Clouded as with sediment. Muddy coffee. |
| obsequious | Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. Obsequious shop assistants. |
| oily | Smeared or soiled with grease or oil. Oily puddles in the streets. |
| oleaginous | Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil. Oleaginous seeds. |
| oozy | Leaking out slowly. |
| reptilian | Of or relating to the class Reptilia. A reptilian villain with no redeeming features. |
| slavish | Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant- S.H.Adams. Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life. |
| slimed | Covered with or resembling slime. |
| slippery | (of a word or concept) elusive in meaning because changing according to one’s point of view. Her hand was slippery with sweat. |
| slithery | Having a slippery surface or quality. Slithery mud. |
| subservient | Prepared to obey others unquestioningly. The whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights. |
| sycophantic | Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. A sycophantic interview. |
| toadyish | Attempting to win favor by flattery. |
| unctuous | (chiefly of minerals) having a greasy or soapy feel. The unctuous Uriah Heep. |
| unworthy | Not deserving. Dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy. |
| vile | Extremely unpleasant. Vile smells. |
| worthless | (of a person) having no good qualities; deserving contempt. That promise is worthless. |
| wretched | Characterized by physical misery. She disliked the wretched man intensely. |
| dumpling | Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry. He was a 250 pound dumpling. |
| fawning | Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. Fawning interviews with Hollywood celebs. |
| glue | Join or attach with or as if with glue. I was glued to the telly when the Olympics were on. |
| glutinous | Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. Glutinous mud. |
| groveling | Totally submissive. |
| hormone | A synthetic substance with a similar effect to that of an animal or plant hormone. She told herself she was suffering from hormones that she would cheer up soon. |
| insincere | Lacking sincerity. She flashed him an insincere smile. |
| insulin | A hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes. |
| lubricant | Lubricating. The pipe ends had been smeared with lubricant. |
| mucous | Relating to, producing, covered with, or of the nature of mucus. Mucous tissue. |
| mucus | Protective secretion of the mucus membranes in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithe. |
| obsequious | Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. They were served by obsequious waiters. |
| phlegm | The thick viscous substance secreted by the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages, especially when produced in excessive quantities during a cold. Phlegm and determination carried them through many difficult situations. |
| pitchy | Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal. |
| saliva | A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. |
| secretion | A substance discharged by secretion. Alcohol had a stimulatory effect on gastric acid secretion. |
| servile | Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves. The incurably servile housekeeper. |
| slippery | Not to be trusted- James Agee. How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is. |
| sputum | Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness. |
| sticky | Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. A sticky label. |
| submissive | Abjectly submissive characteristic of a slave or servant. Replacing troublemakers with more submissive people. |
| sycophant | A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. |
| sycophantic | Attempting to win favor by flattery. A sycophantic interview. |
| tacky | Not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch. Tacky varnish. |
| texture | Give something a rough or uneven texture. The artist textures the paper with scalpel blades. |
| toady | Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering. She imagined him toadying to his rich clients. |
| unctuous | Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. The unctuous Uriah Heep. |
| viscid | Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. The viscid mucus lining of the intestine. |
| viscosity | The state of being thick, sticky, and semi-fluid in consistency, due to internal friction. Cooling the fluid raises its viscosity. |
| viscous | Having a relatively high resistance to flow. Viscous lava. |
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