wolfish
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6.9
- adjective
- /ˈwʊlfɪʃ/
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lobo
- I looked at Timothy, and for the first time saw that a thin, dark down of wolfish hair had grown upon his cheek.
- wolfish grin
- wolfish smile
- wolfish look
Examples
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He gave me a wolfish grin that made me feel uneasy.
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Ward Gibbon's lip curled into a wolfish leer of triumph.
Fiction book (1994) -
Right? He had a wolfish smile with very large white teeth.
Fiction book (1996) -
His fur was matted to his body with rain, showing clearly the weight he had lost; he looked wolfish and severe.
Fiction book (1998) -
Pushing off again, he rushed down the lengthy slope, his wolfish brothers at his heels.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rochefort wears a wolfish grin.
Fiction book (1993) -
As before, he stared at the car, a long, wolfish, disinterestedly rude stare.
Fiction book (1995) -
But even now, when being introduced to a stranger, she pressed her lips together to suppress a wolfish grimace.
Fiction book (1993) -
In Eliot's poem, the wolfish sailors show cruelty not only by their murderous plotting but also by disrupting the creative process.
Academic text (2016) -
Jondalar noticed the gasps of astonishment from Joharran and the others and realized how frightening the familiar act of wolfish affection must seem to people who didn't understand.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
3
6.5
Cruel and showing no care for other people like an animal
Like a wolf in look or behaviour
Being very aggressive and ready to take advantage of others to win
Antonyms
How Wolf-like
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wolfish comes from wolf (the animal) + -ish meaning 'like', so it literally means 'like a wolf' and is used for looks or behaviour that remind us of a wolf.