wormy

adjective

ˈwər-mē 

wormier; wormiest

1

: containing, abounding in, or infested with or as if with worms

wormy flour

a wormy dog

also : damaged by worms : worm-eaten

wormy timbers

2

: resembling or suggestive of a worm

Examples of wormy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Furthermore, large bass are more apt to be wormy than younger ones (though this can depend on the body of water). — Hank Shaw, Outdoor Life, 20 May 2026

As part of the restoration, a front door was crafted from a piece of wormy 19th-century chestnut without the use of glue, relying, instead, on pegs to hold it together. — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 5 July 2024

To her surprise, the skinny, wormy creature scrunched up the lower half of its body, then leapt onto the forest floor. — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024

Without it, drug resistance will spread undetected before control programs can adapt, leading to a wormier world for everyone. — Bradley Van Paridon, Scientific American, 1 June 2023

The common ancestor of us and ragworms--a wormy creature that lived 600 million years ago--not only had a brain, but had an ur-cortex. — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2010

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for wormy

• diathermy
• taxidermy

Kids Definition

wormy

adjective

ˈwər-mē 

wormier; wormiest

1

: containing, swarming with, or damaged by worms

wormy soil

wormy flour

2

: resembling or suggestive of a worm

wormy creatures