wormlike
Squirming and cylindrical
Wormlike describes something resembling a worm in shape or movement—long, narrow, and limbless, often with a writhing or creeping motion: wormlike larvae, the wormlike motion of his fingers.
The word typically suggests something unpleasant or unsettling.
Curving in repeated bends
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- twistedWound around itself
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
coiled · spiral · undulating · meandering · snaking · squirming · writhing · convoluted
Twisting with short movements
- squirmingTwisting restlessly from discomfort
- bendableAble to curve
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- suppleFlexing without damage
sinuous · undulating · contorting · twisting · writhing · elastic · yielding · flexuous
Shaped like a worm
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- tubularHaving cylinder form
- threadlikeResembling thin strands
- stringyFull of fibers
narrow · filiform · ribbonlike · rodlike · hairlike · whiplike · linear · fusiform
Small in diameter
wispy · slight · tenuous · fine · delicate · threadlike · pencil-thin · twiggy
serpentine
Curving in repeated bends
winding · coiled · spiral · undulating · meandering · snaking · squirming · writhing · convoluted · tortuous
wriggling
Twisting with short movements
supple · sinuous · undulating · contorting · twisting · writhing · elastic · yielding · flexuous · limbless
vermiform
Shaped like a worm
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
- tubularHaving cylinder form
- threadlikeResembling thin strands
stringy · narrow · filiform · ribbonlike · rodlike · hairlike · whiplike · linear · fusiform · annulate
thin
Small in diameter
spindly · wispy · slight · tenuous · fine · delicate · threadlike · pencil-thin · twiggy · willowy
squirmy
Inclined to wriggle
wriggling · grotesque · repulsive · unsettling · disgusting · revolting · parasitic · infested · maggoty · grubby
wormlikedomineering
Aggressively asserting control
commanding · proud · assertive · lordly · imperious