weevilly

Crawling with beetles

Weevilly means infested with or damaged by weevils—small beetles that bore into grain, nuts, and other stored foods.

Flour or rice that has sat too long may become weevilly, riddled with the insects or their larvae: The weevilly hardtack was all they had left to eat.

Also spelled weevily.

infestation

infested

Overrun by pests

  • grainCereal plant's harvest unit
  • flourMilled grain powder
  • pantryHousehold provisions closet

beetles · larvae · storage · contaminated · spoiled · maggots · mites · moths · tainted · insects

deterioration

spoiled

Ruined or overindulged

musty · stale · fusty · ruined · blighted · deteriorated · mildewed · putrid · tainted · damaged

Opposites
pest infestation

weevillyuninfested

Lacking parasites or pests

clean · clear · untouched · untainted · unmolested

food purity/quality

weevillywholesome

Conducive to well-being

pure · fresh · unspoiled · pristine · sound

Phrases
Family

weevil, weevils, boll weevil

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G