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SLIMINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
Example:
the vileness of his language surprised us
Synonyms:
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; vileness; wickedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sliminess" is a kind of...):
distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness (the quality of being offensive)
Derivation:
slimy (morally reprehensible)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A property resembling or being covered with slime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sliminess" is a kind of...):
viscosity; viscousness (resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow))
Derivation:
slimy (covered with or resembling slime)
