Antonyms for worm

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : wurm

Phonetic Transcription : wɜrm

Definition of worm

Origin : Old English wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, dragon," also in later Old English "earthworm," from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German, German wurm, Old Frisian and Dutch worm, Old Norse ormr, Gothic waurms "serpent, worm"), from PIE *wrmi-/*wrmo- "worm" (cf. Greek rhomos, Latin vermis "worm," Old Russian vermie "insects," Lithuanian varmas "insect, gnat"), possibly from root *wer- (3) "turn" (see versus).
The ancient category of these was much more extensive than the modern, scientific, one and included serpents, scorpions, maggots, and the supposed causes of certain diseases. For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come. As an insult meaning "abject, miserable person" it dates from Old English.

As in cad : noun sly, dastardly person
As in maggot : noun insect
As in wretch : noun derelict
As in cur : noun rotten, lowly animate being
As in grub : noun larva
As in sneak : verb move stealthily
As in squirm : verb wiggle, fidget
As in wheedle : verb talk into
As in wiggle : verb shake back and forth
As in wriggle : verb maneuver out of; wiggle
As in writhe : verb contort; toss back and forth
As in wangle : verb finagle
As in sweet-talk : verb coax
As in coax : verb persuade
As in crawl : verb move very slowly
As in creep : verb crawl along, usually on ground
As in edge : verb defeat narrowly

Example sentences :

Hasn't it even dawned on you that this worm was ever going to turn?
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Hers were ice cold—but inside they tingled and glowed, like a worm of fire in a chrysalis of ice.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

You know, I think it wrong to kill a bird, or worm, or even a Tartar.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

You must think this, look you, that the worm will do his kind.
Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater

If any of the plants are eat by this worm, you must set another one by it.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Was it that in his own eyes he was but a worm glorified with the boon of serving an angel?
Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

The caterpillar, for example, resembles the worm which is the ancestor of the insects.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Has he not a faith and a sincerity which in a Worm of the Earth ought to be reckoned sublime?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

The worm was in the trunk, it has ascended into the fruit, and is devouring it.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

That seemed sensible, and Charley's own hook now had a worm on it, and so had Jeff's.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for worm

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