squirmy

[ skwur-mee ]

adjective

, squirm·i·er, squirm·i·est.

1. characterized by squirming.

squirmy

/ ˈskwɜːmɪ /

adjective

1. moving with a wriggling motion
2. making one squirm

Other Words From

• squirmi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of squirmy¹

First recorded in 1830–40; squirm + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Now, scientists are using that allure to build a squirmy new tool to detect cancer.

From Science News For Students

The mountain bikes of yesterday were not without their quirks—think narrow bars and squirmy knobbies—but some of them are just a cockpit swap and some René Herse tires away from all-day mixed-terrain bliss.

From Outside Online

Like a chain, folding locks are squirmy under a cutting device.

From Popular-Science

Me, Bucky Greenfield—to go down and out on account of a bug—a little squirmy bug!

From Project Gutenberg

There were forty scholars: squirmy, grimy little things that I found it hard to tell apart at first.

From Project Gutenberg

Squirmy searched his half-dressed congregation witheringly over the tops of his spectacles.

From Project Gutenberg

She owned up to the fact that they made her “squirmy” and she hated to see live bait on a hook.

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I never c'ud abear castor-ile, jest the mention of it makes me squirmy.

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