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254 words match “KISH”

MAWKISHNESS n.
The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.
MOCKISH a.
Mock; counterfeit; sham. [Obs.]
MONKISH a.
Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. -- Monk"ish*ness, n.
MOUNTEBANKISH a.
Like a mountebank or his quackery. Howell.
OVERBOOKISH a.
Excessively bookish.
PEAKISH a. 3 definitions
Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. "Her peakish spring." Drayton. "His peakish dialect." Bp. Hall.
PECKISH a.
Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] "When shall I feel peckish again" Beaconsfield.
PINKISH a.
Somewhat pink.
PRANKISH a.
Full of pranks; frolicsome.
PUCKISH a.
Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous. "Puckish freaks." J. R. Green.
QUACKISH a.
Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. Burke.
QUIRKISH n.
, Consisting of quirks; resembling a quirk. Barrow.
RAKISH a. 2 definitions
Dissolute; lewd; debauched. The arduous task of converting a rakish lover. Macaulay.
RAKISHLY adv.
In a rakish manner.
RAKISHNESS n.
The quality or state of being rakish.
SICKISH a. 2 definitions
Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste. -- Sick"ish*ly, adv. -- Sick"ish*ness, n.
SKUNKISH a.
Like the skunk, especially in odor.
SNAKISH a.
Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
SPARKISH a. 2 definitions
Like a spark; airy; gay. W. Walsh.
STOCKISH a.
Like a stock; stupid; blockish. Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. Shak.
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