slimy

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  1. adjective Consisting of or resembling slime; viscous.
  2. adjective Covered with or exuding slime.
  3. adjective Vile; foul.

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  • Our water back home is a bit slimy, about the consistency of your mushroom and barley soup, so we might as well hold back on the frills until I get you to my world. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 02 - August 2002
  • It looked somewhat slimy, and its stones were greenish, and its moat was clogged with gook. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • The water was dark and looked almost slimy, as if pus had oozed into it and turned it to jelly. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • Isn't tasting a living pig snout like licking a cold, slimy *****. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Something is cleaning out of my system and it is mucus, slimy, and putrid. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
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slippery ·  sticky ·  muddy ·  filthy ·  moist ·  wet ·  yellowish ·  clammy ·  viscous ·  spongy ·  poisonous ·  loathsome
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  1. from Middle English slimy, from Anglo-Saxon slīmig (= Dutch slijmig = German schleimig), slimy, from slīm, slime: see slime.
 

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/ˈslaɪmi/
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