brownish
/ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/
brownish adjective: of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
Adjective
brownish (comparative more brownish, superlative most brownish)
- Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
- The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were 'sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over […]1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Leopard Got His Spots”, in Just So Stories
- Two pumps stood side by side in our kitchen. One was for well water and one was a cistern pump—water from the former was hard and clear, from the cistern it was brownish and soft.1942, Emily Carr, “Waterworks”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- browny, brunneous, brunnescent
brownish meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Assamese
brownish in Tamil
- அப்பை, உருப்பாத்தி, நூறை, நெய்வெட்டி, சமுத்திரசித்தி, சடக்கன்
brownish in Bengali
- brownish
- বাদামি badami, বাদামী badami
brownish in Assamese
- brownish
- পৰলা porola
Examples of brownish in a sentence
- White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.
- The deflorate rose-bushes take on a brownish tint.
- Many brunisols have brownish B horizons without much evidence of clay accumulation, as in luvisols, or amorphous materials, as in podzols.
Synonyms of brownish
Antonyms
Forms of brownish
| comparative | more brownish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most brownish |
Origin of brownish
From brown + -ish.
Words formed from brownish
Words that rhyme with brownish
Questions about brownish
- What does brownish mean?
- Brownish means of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
- What is brownish in Tamil?
- Brownish in Tamil is அப்பை, உருப்பாத்தி, நூறை. See Brownish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is brownish?
- Brownish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce brownish?
- Brownish is pronounced /ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/.
Words near brownish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: brownish (page history and authors); brownish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাদামি (Bengali) (page history and authors); পৰলা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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