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🕷️ Like a spider 🕸️ Thin and delicate
spiderish

spiderish

8.4
Like a spider in look or movement with long thin parts reaching out
  • adjective
  • /ˈspaɪdərɪʃ/
translation icon : arácnido
  • He wore a spiderish costume with long, black threads hanging from the sleeves.

Examples

  • The dancer moved across the stage in a spiderish way, her arms reaching out like legs.

  • The old tree's spiderish branches cast eerie shadows on the ground at night.

  • The spiderish legs of the insect made it hard to catch.

  • She had a spiderish grace as she moved through the room.

  • The ghostly figure moved with a spiderish grace, its long limbs undulating like a web in the breeze.

  • Her hair had a spiderish quality, with fine strands curling and intertwining delicately.

  • The artist's painting featured a spiderish design, capturing the intricate details of a spider's web.

Synonyms

spidery
vsspiderish
4 6.4

Thin and delicate like a spider's web or legs

is about general animal likeness including movement and manner, not only thinness
arachnoid
vsspiderish
1 9.8

Looking like a spider or a spider's web

targets resemblance to the animal itself rather than to its web patterns
spiderlike
vsspiderish
1 5.5

Shaped or moving like a spider with long thin legs

is about general likeness rather than only physical structure or design
spiderly
vsspiderish
8.9

Having thin, long legs or parts and moving like a spider

focuses more narrowly on likeness in appearance movement or manner
araneidal
vsspiderish
  • Specialized
9.9

Having the shape of a spider or spider web

covers general resemblance in appearance movement or manner rather than only form
araneidan
vsspiderish
  • Specialized
9.9

Like a spider or like a spider's web

is broader, also including characteristic movement or manner not only look
araneiform
vsspiderish
  • Specialized
9.9

Shaped like a spider or a spider's web

emphasizes the animal likeness more than the web or pattern aspect
spider-shaped
vsspiderish
3.8

Having the shape of a spider with legs and a round body

is more general, covering characteristic movement or manner as well as shape
arachnidian
vsspiderish
  • Specialized
9.9

Relating to animals like spiders and scorpions

is specific to likeness of the single common eight-legged animal rather than the whole class

How Spider-Like

spiderly
8.9
spiderish
8.4
spiderlike
1 5.5
spidery
4 6.4

Surface Forms

spiderish positive

Morphology

spiderish = spider (transparent) = spider + ish

Clear adjectival formation from 'spider' + '-ish' meaning 'resembling a spider', which a B1 learner can infer.

Etymology

Spiderish comes from the common word spider and the ending -ish, which means 'like'. Picture a person moving with long, reaching arms like many legs, and you see why spiderish means 'resembling a spider' in look or movement.