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English Dictionary: slimy by the DICT Development Group
2 results for slimy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slimy
adj
  1. covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"
    Synonym(s): slimed, slimy
  2. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
    Synonym(s): despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slimy \Slim"y\, a. [Compar. {Slimier}; superl. {Slimiest}.]
      Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of
      slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with
      slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
  
               Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
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