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17 Adjectives That End With NISH

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Word Definitions Synonyms
baboonish (adjective) resembling a baboon
brainish (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation Synonyms: hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway
brownish (adjective) of a color similar to that of wood or earth Synonyms: brown, chocolate-brown, dark-brown
buffoonish (adjective) like a clown Synonyms: clownish, clownlike, zany
clannish (adjective) characteristic of a clan especially in being unified
(adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior Synonyms: cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
clownish (adjective) like a clown Synonyms: buffoonish, clownlike, zany
donnish (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects Synonyms: academic, pedantic
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
heathenish (adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam Synonyms: ethnic, heathen, pagan
hoydenish (adjective) used of girls; wild and boisterous Synonyms: tomboyish
kittenish (adjective) playful like a lively kitten Synonyms: frisky
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
swinish (adjective) resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy Synonyms: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish
tannish (adjective) of a color resembling tan
tokenish (adjective) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) Synonyms: nominal, token
vixenish (adjective) shrewish and malicious
womanish (adjective) having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men

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