maggoty

An old-fashioned adjective meaning infested with maggots or, figuratively, rotten and worthless.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv, das bedeutet, von Fliegenlarven befallen zu sein, oder im übertragenen Sinne faulig und wertlos.

1. Infested with maggots C1 informal

   Describes something, typically food or organic matter, that has become spoiled and is infested with the larvae of flies.

   • The meat was left out too long and turned maggoty.
   • He threw away the maggoty cheese immediately.
   • The garbage bin smelled awful and was full of maggoty scraps.
   • We found a maggoty apple in the back of the fridge.

   🇩🇪Vermaden

   Synonyme: flyblowngrubbywormy

• maggotier comparative form
• more maggoty comparative form
• maggotiest superlative form
• most maggoty superlative form