wolfish
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
/ˈwʊlfiʃ/
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/ˈwʊlfiʃ/ · /ˈwʊlviʃ/
Definition of wolfish
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
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adj
- Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
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Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
“a wolfish appetite”
““[…] Here, Fangs! Fangs!” he ejaculated at the top of his voice to a ragged wolfish-looking dog […]”
“He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.”
- Fierce; menacing; savage.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From wolf + -ish.
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