weevilled
Riddled with pests
Weevilled describes grain, flour, or other food that has become infested with weevils—small beetles that bore into seeds and stored goods.
The word typically signals spoilage: The weevilled rice had to be thrown out.
Also spelled weeviled.
Immature metamorphosing creatures
- beetleHard-winged insect
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- flourMilled grain powder
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
boll · insects · maggots · moths · eggs · hatch · bore · burrow
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- siloAgricultural storage tower
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- flourMilled grain powder
- cerealProcessed grain for breakfast
warehouse · bins · containers · stockpile · larder · granary · mill · harvest
Contaminated, made impure
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- adulteratedDiluted with inferior substances
- impureNot wholly clean
unfit · unwholesome · degraded · corrupted · damaged · deteriorated · stale · rancid
larvae
Immature metamorphosing creatures
pantry · boll · insects · maggots · moths · eggs · hatch · bore · burrow · infested
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
cereal · warehouse · bins · containers · stockpile · larder · granary · mill · harvest · barley
tainted
Contaminated, made impure
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- adulteratedDiluted with inferior substances
impure · unfit · unwholesome · degraded · corrupted · damaged · deteriorated · stale · rancid · musty
weevilleduninfested
Lacking parasites or pests
clean · untainted · uncontaminated · pure · sterile