SQUIRMY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

squirmy

adjective

Definition of squirmy

as in wiggly

making jerky or restless movements a squirmy baby

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Recent Examples of squirmy The screwworm is actually a parasitic fly named for its larvae, which look like squirmy worms. — Alice Park, Time, 2 July 2026 Simply set out bowls of coffee grounds among your outdoor seating areas to prevent ants, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and squirmy critters from crashing your barbecue. — Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 17 June 2026 Fjord is a squirmy drama in which Stan and Renate Reinsve play a married couple who move with their five children from Romania to Norway to be closer to Reinsve’s mother, only to draw the interest of child protective services when a teacher at school spots bruises on one of the kids. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 26 May 2026 With that disclosure out in the open, the rest of the squirmy attendees subtly sank deeper into their seats, accepting Steinem’s orbit as a safe space. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 22 Apr. 2026 One of them is a squirmy, intensely relatable dark comedy about the escalating horrors of planning a wedding. — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 Adding to the action is a colorful, squirmy worm that will get kids laughing and moving. — Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squirmy

Adjective

Teaching first grade has always involved dealing with wiggly and talkative kids.

— Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
At the edges of the channel, near the walls, Rout and Lim’s team saw rapid fluctuations of molecules — those were the wiggly nucleoporins.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of wiggly

Adjective

Atlanta artist Truett Dietz’s twitchy, colorful, anxiety-laden drawings at Wolfgang Gallery are visions of our brains on internet.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 13 June 2026
But the potential for a face-plant remains, especially given the large percentage of shares that will be doled out to retail investors who are, by and large, big Musk fans but also tend to be twitchy.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 June 2026

Definition of twitchy

Adjective

Both players are wriggly, elusive dribblers.

— Luke Bosher, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Medieval Christians looked at the very same phenomenon and imagined it as a reflection of divine will, the transformation of a wriggly worm into a flying jewel an earthly reminder of the transfiguration of Jesus to Christ.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of wriggly

Adjective

If anyone was worried about a lack of personality from SEC coaches this coming season, their fears were likely quelled during SEC Media Days this week.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
Luria, however, worried about that tangle of investments which bind the AI giants to their own customers; the love triangle of Google, Amazon and Anthropic; Microsoft and OpenAI, Nvidia and CoreWeave.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of worried

Adjective

And investors are increasingly nervous about when and whether the mind-boggling sums being spent by Big Tech on data centers will ever generate returns.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
This can reduce uncertainty for patients who are nervous about traveling abroad.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of nervous

Adjective

Meditation, deep breathing, physical exercise or something as simple as doing laundry can interrupt the cycle of anxious searching.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Students are less anxious about money, less overwhelmed; their physical and mental health has improved.

— Jay A. Perman, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026