tigerish

Examples

• All

• Oh, how did the Times put it? -- "a tigerish ferocity that delighted admirers and enraged critics."

  Blog text (10)

• Her tigerish attitude during negotiations frightened off potential partners.

• Clayton's in a tigerish mood today.

  A Warm December (1973)

• "The screen filled with a tigerish countenance.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Tate could not pin on Allie's, so someone else stuck on her yellow orchid with tigerish brown spots.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden's tigerish blazer and dove-like shoe.

  Academic text (2011)

• This role in particular showcased her young body's beauty and grace, and Dumont grinned a tigerish grin.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The child's tigerish temper emerged when he was told to share his toys.

Synonyms

B

beastly

vstigerish

3 6.5

Cruel and showing no care for other people like an animal

focuses on fierce, merciless qualities rather than coarse inhuman cruelty

T

tigerlike

vstigerish

4.8

It looks and acts like a tiger

emphasizes fierce and merciless traits rather than general resemblance

L

lionlike

vstigerish

4.1

Looking or acting like a lion

highlights fierceness and lack of mercy rather than general animal resemblance

Antonyms

G

gentle

235 1.0

Kind and not strong in action, sound, or touch

M

merciful

54 3.3

Kind and willing to forgive someone who is suffering or has done wrong

How Fierce

ferocious

64 5.5

tigerish

1 8.4

fierce

220 3.0

aggressive

311 3.7

edgy

41 5.2

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology