🔄 Synonyms of "Slithering"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| slippery | Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. |
| slippingnoun | The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion. |
| slippy | (slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ireland, Ottawa Valley) Slippery. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slithering"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| slippy | (slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ireland, Ottawa Valley) Slippery. |
| slippingnoun | The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion. |
| slippery | Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. |
| serpentnoun | (now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one. |
| limpingnoun | The motion of one who limps. |
| scrawlinessnoun | The quality of being scrawly. |
| creepsnoun | (figurative) A feeling or sensation of fear or horror. |
| lumberingnoun | The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement. |
| wimpling | A rippling or meandering. |
| slytherinnoun | A person having traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series, including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colours green and silver. |
| slimeballnoun | (figuratively, originally US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable. |
| slimenoun | Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. |
| limp | Physically weak. |
| slouchnoun | A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance |
| creepy-crawlynoun | (informal) Any small crawling animal such as a spider, insect or worm that is unpleasant. |
| scheminessnoun | cunning; deviousness |
| shiveringverb | The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling. |
| swayingverb | The motion of something that sways. |
| flitteringverb | The motion of something that flitters. |
| droopnoun | Something which is limp or sagging. |
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