Slimy and Tough

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Slimy adjective - Full of or covered with soft wet earth.

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Tough and slimy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tough" instead an adjective "Slimy".

Nearby Words: slime, slimed, sliming

Tough adjective - Not easily chewed.

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Slimy and tough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slimy" instead an adjective "Tough".

Nearby Words: toughness, toughen, toughening, tougher, toughed

It's tough to make a main character into one of these without them coming off as more slimy and irritating than funny.

Source: Dirty Coward

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