Hilarie Burton

I like my hands. They're certainly scarred up, but they're wormy. They're knuckly. They're hands that have done stuff, and they're not going anywhere.

American Actress

Use 'wormy' to evoke a strong visual picture of something being eaten or damaged by worms.

Visual Imagery

'Wormy' suggests poor conditions or quality, often provoking disgust or aversion.

Negative Connotation

'Wormy' can be used literally, to describe something that actually contains worms.

Literal Use

Use 'wormy' when describing actions or movements that mimic a worm's slithering.

Behavior

'Wormy' might describe traits or behaviors in a symbolic way, not literally like a worm.

Figurative Speech

'Wormy' can express a visceral reaction, indicating someone's behavior induces discomfort.

Emotional Reaction

'Wormy' implies a subtle form of repulsion, useful when being polite yet honest.

Subtle Distaste

 You say you feel one way, but your body proves that you feel something else. And we only do this around sexuality, because arousal nonconcordance happens with every emotional and motivational system we have. If my mouth waters when I bite into a wormy apple, does anybody say to me,

The truth about unwanted...

 when i say that it's like i know it and what happened was that they were looking at this mars rock and saw this little wormy thing that looked like it could be a fossilized microbe it looked like a life form