worm-eaten

1. 1.

   infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms

   Synonymsvermiculatewormy

   Similarworn

Questions about worm-eaten

What does worm-eaten mean?

worm-eaten means "infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms".

How many syllables are in worm-eaten?

worm-eaten has 4 syllables: wor-m-e-a-ten. The stress falls on "m-e".

What is another word for worm-eaten?

Close synonyms include vermiculate, wormy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worm-eaten a common word?

worm-eaten is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.