slavering 1 of 2

present participle of slaver
as in drooling
to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth a dog slavering over a bone

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slavering

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adjective

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Recent Examples of slavering
Adjective
Dead Julian topples over her, slavering jaws snapping. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 The welcome wagon on their second night as pioneers was a slavering mob. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slavering
Verb
  • Symptoms may begin within minutes, which include heavy drooling—especially in cats—and redness on the skin and in or around the mouth.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • On day eight of his partial paralysis, Nini finally stopped drooling and could now walk gingerly.
    Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Twice in the past two years, buyout firms have circled Macy’s, attracted not so much to its long-term potential as a business but downright salivating over the real estate its stores occupy.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The arm, the release, the feet, the IQ, left college coaches — and college general managers — salivating.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The lightweight moisturizer with SPF 50 protection leaves a gorgeous glow and no white cast on my combination, oily skin.
    Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers also noted a significant reduction in sebum— an oily substance that contributes to acne—of more than 40 percent by day seven.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • Ted Cruz, the perennial front-runner, is smug and oleaginous—hated equally by his colleagues and the public.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • One newspaper here calling the summit, sickening, shameful, and, in the end, useless.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The practice is one of a sickening array of battlefield mistreatments recorded on video either by Ukrainian surveillance drones or Russian servicemen and then circulated on social media.
    Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
Adjective
  • The device’s design is well-suited for microgravity, preventing issues like pooling liquids and soapy wastewater.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Soak in hot, soapy water for 15 minutes.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Social Security Administration sent a gushy, questionable email July 4 to millions of people collecting Social Security benefits and others.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Eschewing the polished, hagiographic style of many contemporary making-of documentaries, Figgis keeps his footprint small and his perspective immediate.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Years of hagiographic media coverage and his immense social-media reach birthed legions of fanboys and nurtured a cult of personality.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025

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“Slavering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slavering. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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