squirmy
adjUS /ˈskwɝmi/ · UK /ˈskwɜːmi/
Etymology From squirm + -y.
1
That squirms, writhes or wriggles.
- Over a tense 83 minutes, Sweeney and Satter present a complex and contradictory image of Reality Winner: not as a lefty firebrand or a noble whistle-blower, but as a squirmy, self-deprecating over-achiever[…]2023 February 17, Scott Roxborough, “Berlin: Sydney Sweeney on Becoming NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner for Docu-Fiction ‘Reality’”, in The Hollywood Reporter:
- Derived terms
- squirmily, squirminess