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Meanings of slimy in anglès

Morally reprehensible.

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Pejorative expression for a person who gets on the nerves of others by constantly trying or pretending to do them favours and ask favours from them in a deceptive and unpleasantly submissive way for his or her own benefit.

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Covered with or resembling slime.

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Usage of slimy in anglès
1
The ocean in the spaces between the foam was slimy in appearance.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
2
Into a stinking ditch; into water that was thick, cold, and slimy.
The lake
3
Ice after freezing to prevent the icing going slimy and coming off.
Radio NZ
4
The water was warm, slimy, and smelled like a clogged sink drain.
The Child Thief
5
Maybe it's an easy target because Robin Thicke is kind of slimy.
The Guardian
6
It is worms, large and slimy, and fleas in the thundering millions.
The new yorker
7
He was wet, slimy; his clothes were streaked and stained with mud.
Rainbow's End
8
Both shoes were gone, in midair, before they reached the slimy floor.
Witch Week
9
He shivered as if he had cold slimy water next his skin.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
10
You can see why. She caressed a hand down the slimy hide.
The Laughing Corpse
11
Weary and slimy with wet mud, I shot down the cable line.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
12
I don't need your offering to pay for this little slimy suit.
Ebony
13
It was a wall, seemingly of stone masonry-verysmooth, slimy, and cold.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
14
Mixed with the pebbles was a greenish, slimy matter that appeared woolly.
Ismailia
15
Thanks for leaving your slimy washcloth in the middle of the shower.
Ender’s Game
16
He tipped the slimy residue into a sluice hammered into the floor.
Perdido Street Station
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