dwarfish
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈdwɔːrfɪʃ/
- Father O'Rourke seemed almost dwarfish compared to the towering figure of the man in the dark jacket.
- looked dwarfish
- almost dwarfish
- dwarfish man
Examples
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The night nurse, so short as to seem almost dwarfish, had to stand on a stool to reach the top shelf.
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Hawkins Bridge looked dwarfish.
Fiction book (1992) -
The night nurse, so short as to seem almost dwarfish.
Fiction book (1993) -
And are you grown so high in his esteem; because I am so dwarfish and so low?
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They are dwarfish, I would guess, although you would need the word of an expert to be sure.
Fiction book (1994) -
He looked dwarfish in his jacket.
Fiction book (1998) -
On the beach, a dwarfish statue gazes at them in anguish.
Fiction book (2002) -
She was a dwarfish woman with bulbous features and a crossed eye whom Diana knew by sight.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now does he feel his title hang loose about him… like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish thief.
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The pant legs have been cut off and hemmed, but the crotch of the trousers hangs down three inches too low, giving him a stumpy, dwarfish look.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
So small it can fit in your hand
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3.6
Very small in size compared with the usual type
86
1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
55
8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
54
3.4
Very small and weak, not impressive
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4.4
Very small in size or amount
21
5.1
Very small in size, like a tiny coin
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6.3
Very small in a way that seems cute
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6.8
Very small in size
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4.3
Very small and easy to miss
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6.3
A very small thing that is much smaller than usual
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2.0
A little smaller than usual
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4.2
Very small, often used for a person, animal, or thing that is lively
8
3.3
Smaller than the normal size for its kind
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7.7
Very small and hard to see
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7.7
A person who is smaller and thinner than others
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7.8
Smaller and weaker than others of the same kind
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7.1
Small in size or amount, often used in law and food
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5.3
Small in size with short features like a tiny person
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9.9
Very small or unimportant
A person or thing that seems very small and weak
So small that you can hardly see it
Antonyms
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dwarfish comes from the word dwarf, a small mythical person, plus the ending -ish, which means 'like'. So something dwarfish is 'like a dwarf' and is therefore unusually small or much smaller than expected.