All worm synonyms
worm
W w verb worm
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- kowtow β to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
- oil β any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- seduce β to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- snow β Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905β80, English novelist and scientist.
- soap β a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- lay it on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- soften up β make softer
- jerk β to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically.
- jiggle β a jiggling movement.
- shimmy β an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.
- twitch β to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck: She twitched him by the sleeve.
- wag β to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
- waggle β to wobble or shake, especially while in motion: The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- zigzag β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- convulse β If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- recoil β to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- wince β to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- struggle β to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- suffer β to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- thrash β to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- thresh β to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.
- honey β a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
noun worm
- sly β cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- boor β If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude.
- bounder β If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- clown β A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
- creep β When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
- cur β A cur is an unfriendly dog, especially a mongrel.
- dog β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
- louse β any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lout β an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- rake β inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- rascal β a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- rat β any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- rotter β a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- rounder β any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- scoundrel β an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- stinker β a person or thing that stinks.
- rotten β decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- blackguard β an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- cad β CAD refers to the use of computer software in the design of things such as cars, buildings, and machines. CAD is an abbreviation for 'computer aided design'.
- coward β If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.