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258 Adjectives That Contain ISH

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gnomish (adjective) used of small deformed creatures
goodish (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree Synonyms: goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy
(adjective) moderately good of its kind
grayish (adjective) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black Synonyms: gray, grey, greyish
greenish (adjective) of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass Synonyms: dark-green, green, light-green
greyish (adjective) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black Synonyms: gray, grayish, grey
hawkish (adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies Synonyms: militant, warlike
heathenish (adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam Synonyms: ethnic, heathen, pagan
hellish (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, satanic, unholy
(adjective) (informal) very unpleasant Synonyms: beastly, god-awful
hoggish (adjective) resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy Synonyms: piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
hottish (adjective) somewhat hot
hoydenish (adjective) used of girls; wild and boisterous Synonyms: tomboyish
huffish (adjective) sullen or moody Synonyms: sulky
imperishable (adjective) not perishable
(adjective) lasting a long time Synonyms: abiding, enduring
impish (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful Synonyms: arch, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
impoverished (adjective) destroyed financially Synonyms: broken, wiped out
(adjective) poor enough to need help from others Synonyms: destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
indistinguishable (adjective) not capable of being distinguished or differentiated Synonyms: undistinguishable
(adjective) exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different Synonyms: identical
inextinguishable (adjective) difficult or impossible to extinguish
introvertish (adjective) somewhat introverted Synonyms: shut-in
kittenish (adjective) playful like a lively kitten Synonyms: frisky
knavish (adjective) marked by skill in deception Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
largish (adjective) somewhat large Synonyms: biggish
latish (adjective) somewhat late
lavish (adjective) very generous Synonyms: munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
(adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion Synonyms: lucullan, plush, plushy
leftish (adjective) tending toward the political left
liverish (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic
(adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress Synonyms: bilious, livery
longish (adjective) somewhat long
loutish (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance Synonyms: boorish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish
lumpish (adjective) mentally sluggish Synonyms: lumpen, unthinking
malnourished (adjective) not being provided with adequate nourishment
mannish (adjective) characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman
(adjective) resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman
mawkish (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy
mobbish (adjective) characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless Synonyms: moblike
modish (adjective) in the current fashion or style Synonyms: a la mode, in style, in vogue, latest
monkish (adjective) befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial
mulish (adjective) unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack Synonyms: hardheaded
nightmarish (adjective) extremely alarming Synonyms: bloodcurdling, hair-raising
nourished (adjective) being provided with adequate nourishment
nourishing (adjective) of or providing nourishment Synonyms: alimental, alimentary, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive
oafish (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, swinish
oddish (adjective) somewhat strange
offish (adjective) lacking cordiality; unfriendly Synonyms: standoffish
oldish (adjective) somewhat elderly
orangish (adjective) of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange Synonyms: orange
outlandish (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outre
owlish (adjective) resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance
palish (adjective) slightly pale
peckish (adjective) somewhat hungry
(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
peevish (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
perishable (adjective) liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
pettish (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy
piggish (adjective) resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy Synonyms: hoggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
pinkish (adjective) of a light shade of red Synonyms: pink
polished (adjective) perfected or made shiny and smooth
(adjective) (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed Synonyms: milled
(adjective) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience Synonyms: refined, urbane
(adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth Synonyms: dressed
pollyannaish (adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic Synonyms: cheerful, upbeat
popish (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism Synonyms: papist, papistic, papistical, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish
prankish (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, puckish, wicked
priggish (adjective) exaggeratedly proper Synonyms: prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
prudish (adjective) exaggeratedly proper Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
publishable (adjective) suitable for publication
published (adjective) prepared and printed for distribution and sale
(adjective) formally made public Synonyms: promulgated
puckish (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, wicked
punishable (adjective) liable to or deserving punishment
(adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law Synonyms: penal
punished (adjective) subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
punishing (adjective) resulting in punishment
(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome
puppyish (adjective) characteristic of a puppy Synonyms: puppylike
purplish (adjective) of a color intermediate between red and blue Synonyms: purple, violet
raffish (adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce
(adjective) marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness Synonyms: devil-may-care, rakish
rakish (adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, snappy, spiffy, spruce
(adjective) marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness Synonyms: devil-may-care, raffish
ravishing (adjective) stunningly beautiful
reddish (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet
relinquished (adjective) that has been withdrawn or retreated from
rightish (adjective) tending toward the political right
roguish (adjective) lacking principles or scruples Synonyms: blackguardly, rascally, scoundrelly
(adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way Synonyms: devilish, rascally
romish (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism Synonyms: papist, papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist
roughish (adjective) somewhat rough
roundish (adjective) somewhat round in appearance or form
rubbishy (adjective) cheap and inferior; of no value Synonyms: trashy
ruttish (adjective) feeling great sexual desire Synonyms: aroused, horny, randy, steamy, turned on
saltish (adjective) somewhat salty
scarecrowish (adjective) resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged
schoolboyish (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young boy Synonyms: boyish, boylike
schoolgirlish (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young girl Synonyms: girlish
selfish (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others Synonyms: egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving
sheepish (adjective) showing a sense of shame Synonyms: shamefaced
(adjective) like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity Synonyms: sheeplike
shortish (adjective) somewhat short
shrewish (adjective) continually complaining or faultfinding Synonyms: nagging
sickish (adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit Synonyms: nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick
silverish (adjective) of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver Synonyms: argent, silver, silvery
sissyish (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy
skittish (adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) Synonyms: flighty, nervous, spooky
slavish (adjective) abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant Synonyms: submissive, subservient
(adjective) blindly imitative
sluggish (adjective) slow and apathetic Synonyms: inert, soggy, torpid
(adjective) (of business) not active or brisk Synonyms: dull, slow
(adjective) slow or slothful Synonyms: sulky
sluttish (adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior Synonyms: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, wanton
(adjective) characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women Synonyms: blowsy, blowzy, slatternly
smallish (adjective) rather small
snappish (adjective) apt to speak irritably Synonyms: snappy
snobbish (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobby
softish (adjective) somewhat soft Synonyms: semisoft
sottish (adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol Synonyms: bibulous, boozy, drunken
sourish (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, tangy, tart
squarish (adjective) somewhat square in appearance or form

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