Something cold and slimy touched Nastya’s cheek, and she cringed, seeing it was a giant tentacle.
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Slimy
//ˈslaɪ.mi//
Synonyms for "slimy" (172 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (86)
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(8 words)
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6 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- мазен adj (underhanded)
- подмазвачески adj (underhanded)
- слизест adj (like slime; glutinous)
Czech
4 entries- falešný adj (underhanded)
- mazlavý adj (like slime; glutinous)
- slizký adj (like slime; glutinous)
- slizký adj (underhanded)
Dutch
2 entries- achterbaks adj (underhanded)
- slijmerig adj (like slime; glutinous)
Esperanto
1 entries- mucida adj (like slime; glutinous)
French
4 entries- gluant adj (like slime; glutinous)
- gluante adj (like slime; glutinous)
- visqueuse adj (like slime; glutinous)
- visqueux adj (like slime; glutinous)
German
4 entries- aalglatt adj (underhanded)
- schleimig adj (like slime; glutinous)
- schleimig adj (underhanded)
- schmierig adj (underhanded)
Italian
1 entries- viscido adj (like slime; glutinous)
Latin
2 entries- lūbricus adj (like slime; glutinous)
- vīrōsus adj (like slime; glutinous)
Middle English
2 entries- slimi adj (like slime; glutinous)
- slymy adj (like slime; glutinous)
Māori
4 entries- hahohaho adj (like slime; glutinous)
- hāwaniwani adj (like slime; glutinous)
- hāwareware adj (like slime; glutinous)
- kakī mohokura adj (underhanded)
Norman
3 entries- lîncreux adj (like slime; glutinous)
- v'lînmeux adj (like slime; glutinous)
- vâseux adj (like slime; glutinous)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- slimet adj (like slime; glutinous)
- slimete adj (like slime; glutinous)
Rarotongan
1 entries- varevare adj (like slime; glutinous)
Russian
1 entries- скользкий adj (underhanded)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- ljigav adj (like slime; glutinous)
- podao adj (underhanded)
- sluzav adj (like slime; glutinous)
Slovak
1 entries- slizký adj (like slime; glutinous)
Spanish
4 entries- baboso adj (like slime; glutinous)
- empalagoso adj (like slime; glutinous)
- gelatinoso adj (like slime; glutinous)
- pegajoso adj (like slime; glutinous)
Swedish
1 entries- slemmig adj (like slime; glutinous)
Tahitian
1 entries- hāvarevare adj (like slime; glutinous)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Something green and slimy was on the rock.
Source: tatoeba (3170690)
Tom is covered in slimy goo.
Source: tatoeba (3428633)
Sea urchin has a slimy texture.
Source: tatoeba (4466795)
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