jerkish
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8.5
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɜrkɪʃ/
- Offensive
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imbécil
- Players who were jerks eventually had their jerkish ways come back to bite them on the butt, and the rest of the server community happily resumed playing.
Examples
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They were just being kind of jerkish to be jerkish 'cause they could, you know, poke at people's things and criticize them and and kind of get away with it.
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I can't believe how jerkish she was when she ignored my greetings.
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I just wanted you to know I'm a little jerkish today.
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And so that justifies for them that jerkish behavior.
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Here's a nice list of all the jerkish things people do when I introduce myself.
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Though neither TF nor you have laid out what exactly jerkish behavior would warrant refusal of admission?
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It's something we're guilty of at Stack Overflow, and it comes off as elitist and jerkish.
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His jerkish comments made everyone feel uncomfortable during the meeting.
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It was such jerkish behavior to criticize him in front of his friends.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not polite or showing little respect for others
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6.7
Being short and rude in the way someone speaks
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8.2
Being rude and not caring about other people's feelings or manners
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9.7
Being rude and acting like you are better than other people
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9.9
Rude and unkind in a way that annoys other people
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6.3
Not polite and often rude to others
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8.1
Easily annoyed and quick to speak sharply
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8.9
Being rude and getting upset by small things
A person who speaks in a rude, harsh way
Antonyms
How Rude
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jerkish comes from the simple word jerk plus the ending -ish. A jerk is a rude person, so jerkish means behaving 'like a jerk' — rude, mean, or inconsiderate.