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Synonyms for maggoty

  • adjective

Most common

fantastic strange maggoted

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Worm-eaten — infested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown

fly-blown, worm-eaten

2. Fantastic

fantastic, strange, odd, whimsical, fantastical, capricious, crotchety, queer, grotesque, fanciful, freakish

Other

maggoted, maggotish dated rare

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Infested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.

  2. adj. 2

    Full of whims; capricious; freakish.

Related words

Phrases
maggoty bay bean
Other spellings
maggotty

Example sentences

  • fantastic It would be fantastic if you could do that for me.
  • strange Press the red button if something strange happens.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
maggotyrising
fantasticrising
strangerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
odd1
5 letters
queer1
7 letters
strange1
8 letters
fanciful3, freakish, maggoted
9 letters
fantastic3, grotesque2, whimsical3, crotchety3, maggotish
10 letters
capricious3
11 letters
fantastical

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fanciful3 = 3 syllables).