Wormy (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old apple had turned wormy and was covered in small holes.
- After the hurricane, the wet carpets had become wormy with tiny larvae.
- She couldn't believe she had spent good money on wormy furniture from the second-hand store.
- The wood paneling was wormy and brittle, having been eaten away by insects.
- His once-healthy beech tree was now wormy and struggling to survive the infestation.