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cowlike

cowlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cow.

Adjective

cowlike (comparative more cowlike, superlative most cowlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
    • He was one of those dangerous people who are soft, squidgy and cowlike provided they have what they want. And because he had always had what he wanted, and had seemed easily pleased with it, it had never occurred to anybody that he was anything other than soft, squidgy and cowlike.1987, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Simon & Schuster, page 102
    Synonyms:
    cowish

Synonyms of cowlike

Forms of cowlike

comparativemore cowlike
superlativemost cowlike

Origin of cowlike

From cow + -like.

Words formed from cowlike

Questions about cowlike

What does cowlike mean?
Cowlike means resembling or characteristic of a cow.
What part of speech is cowlike?
Cowlike is an adjective.

Words near cowlike in the dictionary

  1. cowlick
  2. cowlicked
  3. cowlicks
  4. cowlift
  5. cowlifts
  6. cowlike
  7. Cowlin
  8. cowling
  9. cowlings
  10. Cowlishaw
  11. Cowlishaws

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