dungeonish
dungeonish adjective: characteristically like a dungeon.
Adjective
dungeonish (comparative more dungeonish, superlative most dungeonish)
- Characteristically like a dungeon
- Yeller has given the cellar a more dungeonish smell with cabbage water and by poking old cheese into cracks.2000, Ian Whybrow, Little Wolf's Haunted Hall for Small Horrors, page 50
- Along the way, she said, “That was the first thing I thought about the house, too—that all the dreary paneling down here makes it seem dungeonish. But wait till you see the orange bathroom upstairs and the candy-cane pink bedroom. […]”2011, Victoria Pade, The Baby Deal
Forms of dungeonish
| comparative | more dungeonish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dungeonish |
Origin of dungeonish
From dungeon + -ish.
Questions about dungeonish
- What does dungeonish mean?
- Dungeonish means characteristically like a dungeon.
- What part of speech is dungeonish?
- Dungeonish is an adjective.
Words near dungeonish in the dictionary
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