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- [wurm]
- /wɜrm/
- /wɜːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wurm]
- /wɜrm/
Definitions of wormed word
- noun wormed Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids. 1
- noun wormed (loosely) any of numerous small creeping animals with more or less slender, elongated bodies, and without limbs or with very short ones, including individuals of widely differing kinds, as earthworms, tapeworms, insect larvae, and adult forms of some insects. 1
- noun wormed something resembling or suggesting a worm in appearance, movement, etc. 1
- noun wormed Informal. a groveling, abject, or contemptible person. 1
- noun wormed the spiral pipe in which the vapor is condensed in a still. 1
- noun wormed (not in technical use) screw thread (def 1). 1
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Origin of wormed
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English wyrm, dragon, serpent, worm; cognate with Dutch worm, German Wurm, Old Norse ormr; akin to Latin vermis
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Parts of speech for Wormed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wormed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
wormed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wormed
noun wormed
- clowned — Simple past tense and past participle of clown.
- crept — Crept is the past tense and past participle of creep.
- dogged — doggoned; damned; confounded: Well, I'll be dogged!
- heeled — provided with a heel or heels.
- raked — inclining from the vertical or from the horizontal: raked masts; a raked stage.
verb wormed
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- winced — to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
- bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- distorted — not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false: She has a distorted view of life.
- struggled — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
Antonyms for wormed
verb wormed
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- repelled — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disgusted — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dissuaded — Simple past tense and past participle of dissuade.
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