as in wiggly
making jerky or restless movements
a squirmy baby
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Recent Examples of squirmy
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Adding to the action is a colorful, squirmy worm that will get kids laughing and moving.
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Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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
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Teaching first grade has always involved dealing with wiggly and talkative kids.
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At the edges of the channel, near the walls, Rout and Lim’s team saw rapid fluctuations of molecules — those were the wiggly nucleoporins.
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Even Jason notices the guests are fidgety.
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The two go toe-to-toe in power and precision, but the Breville’s intuitive assembly is a massive improvement on the Cuisinart’s notoriously fidgety and fussy locking mechanisms.
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Atlanta artist Truett Dietz’s twitchy, colorful, anxiety-laden drawings at Wolfgang Gallery are visions of our brains on internet.
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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.
Adjective
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Katie Wilson won an upset victory to lead Seattle last fall.
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This is an odd thing to be upset about.
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Jose Luis Rodriguez and Yoel Barcenas were wriggly and dangerous.
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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.
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Now, multiple residents are left worried about what's to come next week with extremely hot temperatures in the forecast.
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With voters nationwide worried about inflation and the rising cost of living, some Californians might feel less inclined to provide full healthcare coverage to those lacking legal status.
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Oprah selected it for her book club; at her compound in Montecito, Whitehead was so nervous that her staff insisted on blow-drying the damp patches of his dress shirt before they were introduced.
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The low unemployment rate had made many economists nervous, including some on the Fed.
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Though fans are anxious to see Andrade return to more events, her job in Rio is done.
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Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
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“Squirmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squirmy. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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