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thickish

thickish

3.5
Slightly thicker than normal, like a sauce or sweater
  • adjective
  • /ˈθɪkɪʃ/
translation icon : grueso (ropa, capa)
  • The painter used a thickish layer of paint to create texture on the canvas.

Like it's, I would say it's quite a thickish kind of formula.

Examples

  • Thickish ankles were her one physical flaw; to conceal them, she favored pants or boots.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • My icing is slightly thicker, but I love it.

  • It was impossible, gazing at the tableau—the thickish arms, the confident gestures—not to imagine the man in the left-hand seat as Jack.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • He preferred his soup to be thickish, giving it a heartier feel.

  • The book had thickish pages that felt substantial in hand.

Synonyms

thicky
vsthickish
6.8

A thick, not runny texture in food like soup or sauce

is only a slight increase in bulk rather than clearly dense

Antonyms

thin
420 1.0

Not thick from side to side, for example a line or a slice

How Thick

thick
585 1.0
thickish
3.5
medium
162 1.3
thin
420 1.0

Surface Forms

thickish positive
thicker comparative
thickest superlative

Morphology

thickish = thick (transparent) = thick + ish

The meaning 'somewhat thick' is a direct, productive formation from 'thick' + '-ish' and is easily inferred by learners.

Etymology

Thickish comes from joining thick and the small ending -ish, so it means 'somewhat thick', the same -ish you see in smallish or greenish to mean 'a little'. That's why you might call a sauce or fog thickish when it is only slightly thicker than normal.