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Maggoty (Adjective)

Meaning

Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The abandoned dumpster was filled with maggoty food waste that attracted swarms of flies.
  • After a few days of neglect, the leftover meat had become maggoty and was no longer edible.
  • The fruit bowl had been left unattended for weeks, and the once-ripe apples had turned maggoty and mushy.
  • The hunter discovered a maggoty carcass of a deer in the woods, likely the result of a recent animal attack.
  • The health inspector condemned the restaurant's kitchen after finding a maggoty batch of spoiled vegetables in the storage room.

Synonyms

  • Flyblown

Related Words

  • Maggot (noun)
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