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What is the adjective for squirms?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb squirm which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

squirmy
  1. That squirms, writhes or wriggles
  2. Synonyms:
      3. twitchy, wriggly, fidgety, wiggly, antsy, jumpy, jittery, shaky, restless, quivering, jerky, itchy, restlessly moving, jiggly, edgy, agitated, anxious, nervous, tense, uptight, nervy, worried, wired, uneasy, on edge, troubled, perturbed, apprehensive, upset, keyed up, unquiet, aflutter, dithery, het up, worked up, ill at ease, hyper, in a tizzy, strung out, insecure, queazy, queasy, stressed, hinky, goosey, atwitter, overwrought, overstrung, spooky, unsettled … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Many people start to get squirmy and bored after the fourteenth or fifteenth viewing of a movie.”
      “This boy and my son were squirmy and they wanted to run outside at night and play on the sidewalk now that their ice cream was done.”
      “What's more, both of the boys read this site on occasion, which makes me feel even more squirmy about all the commentary.”
squirmier
  1. comparative form of squirmy: more squirmy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. twitchier, wrigglier, fidgetier, wigglier, antsier, jumpier, jitterier, shakier, more restless, jerkier, itchier, jigglier, edgier, tenser, more anxious, more nervous, more worried, uptighter, more uneasy, more agitated, nervier, more apprehensive, more perturbed, more troubled, more upset, more insecure, more wired, more dithery, unquieter, more ill at ease, more disturbed, more keyed up, queasier, queazier, more unsettled, more fretful, more stressed, more aflutter, more worked up, more stressy, more het up, hinkier, more strung out, more overwrought, fearfuller, more overstrung, more distressed, more hyper, more restive, more bothered … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They are squirmier, chattier and more easily distracted than the fourth-grade girls.”
      “Some of the movie's squirmier scenes find Tommy awkwardly trying to playing surrogate father to a boy who turns out to be more sophisticated than he is.”
squirmiest
  1. superlative form of squirmy: most squirmy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. twitchiest, wriggliest, fidgetiest, wiggliest, antsiest, jumpiest, jitteriest, shakiest, most restless, jerkiest, itchiest, jiggliest, edgiest, tensest, most anxious, most nervous, most worried, uptightest, most uneasy, most agitated, nerviest, most apprehensive, most perturbed, most troubled, most upset, most insecure, most wired, most dithery, unquietest, most ill at ease, most disturbed, most keyed up, queasiest, queaziest, most unsettled, most fretful, most stressed, most aflutter, most worked up, most stressy, most het up, hinkiest, most strung out, most overwrought, fearfullest, most overstrung, most distressed, most hyper, most restive, most bothered … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Now, I am not trying to be crude, but what happened next was the squirmiest bit of all.”
squirmed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of squirm
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wriggled, writhed, wrothe, writhen, jerked, twisted, twitched, thrashed, tossed, tost, flailed, struggled, shifted, agonised, agonized, wormed, fidgeted, fidgetted, wiggled, skewed, winded, wound, jiggled, floundered, threshed, turned, fiddled, jigged, slid, slidden, slithered, squiggled, tossed and turned, quivered, stirred, convulsed, wobbled, joggled, moved around, budged, fluttered, twisted and turned, wagged, waggled, agitated, zigzagged, moved restlessly, thrashed about, moved about, shaken … more
squirming
  1. present participle of squirm
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wriggling, writhing, jerking, twisting, twitching, thrashing, tossing, flailing, struggling, shifting, agonising, agonizing, worming, fidgeting, fidgetting, wiggling, skewing, winding, jiggling, floundering, threshing, turning, fiddling, jigging, sliding, slithering, squiggling, tossing and turning, quivering, stirring, convulsing, shaking, wobbling, joggling, moving around, budging, fluttering, twisting and turning, wagging, waggling, agitating, zigzagging, moving restlessly, thrashing about, moving about, waving, shuddering, moving, rolling, jolting … more
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