Usually means: Wriggling or twisting the body.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 14 dictionaries that define the word squirming:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. squirming: Merriam-Webster
  2. squirming: Collins English Dictionary
  3. squirming: Vocabulary.com
  4. Squirming, squirming: Wordnik
  5. squirming: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. squirming: Wiktionary
  7. squirming: Dictionary.com
  8. squirming: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Squirming: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. squirming: Rhymezone
  11. Squirming: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. squirming: FreeDictionary.org
  13. squirming: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squirming: Idioms

(Note: See squirm as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (squirming)

▸ noun:  The motion of something that squirms.

Similar:
wiggling, wriggling, writhing, twisting, moving, squirmage, squirmer, twitching, jiggling, wriggler, more...

Opposite:
still, motionless, stationary, calm, composed

Types:
writhing, shuddering, quivering, quaking, trembling, shaking, shivering, more...

Phrases:
constantly squirming, stops squirming, more...

Adjectives:
much, terrible, little, constant, considerable, wormy, restless, own, inward, undue, uncomfortable

Colors:
    lime,     chartreuse,     neon yellow,     acid green,     shocking pink, more...



▸ Words similar to squirming

▸ Usage examples for squirming

▸ Idioms related to squirming

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing squirming

▸ Words that often appear near squirming

▸ Rhymes of squirming

▸ Invented words related to squirming

Similar:
wiggling, wriggling, writhing, twisting, moving, squirmage, squirmer, twitching, jiggling, wriggler, more...

Opposite:
still, motionless, stationary, calm, composed

Types:
writhing, shuddering, quivering, quaking, trembling, shaking, shivering, more...

Phrases:
constantly squirming, stops squirming, more...

Adjectives:
much, terrible, little, constant, considerable, wormy, restless, own, inward, undue, uncomfortable

Colors:
    lime,     chartreuse,     neon yellow,     acid green,     shocking pink, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "squirming" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux