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beggarlike

beggarlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.

Adjective

beggarlike (comparative more beggarlike, superlative most beggarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
    Synonyms:
    beggarly

Synonyms of beggarlike

Forms of beggarlike

comparativemore beggarlike
superlativemost beggarlike

Origin of beggarlike

From beggar + -like.

Questions about beggarlike

What does beggarlike mean?
Beggarlike means resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
What part of speech is beggarlike?
Beggarlike is an adjective.

Words near beggarlike in the dictionary

  1. beggarized
  2. beggarizes
  3. beggarizing
  4. beggarlier
  5. beggarliest
  6. beggarlike
  7. beggarliness
  8. beggarly
  9. beggarman
  10. beggarmen
  11. beggars

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