fangish
fangish adjective: resembling, characteristic of, or in possession of fangs.
Adjective
fangish (comparative more fangish, superlative most fangish)
- Resembling, characteristic of, or in possession of fangs.
- hear how they grind their fangish teeth ;
and read their horrors in their hungry eyes !"1862, Dante Alighieri, translated by W. P. Wilkie, The Inferno, page 126 - A narrow forked tongue as red as blood slithered out from between two long fangish teeth and flickered in the air.1999, Jeff Crook, The Rose and the Skull, page 133
- Synonyms:
- fanglike
- hear how they grind their fangish teeth ;
Synonyms of fangish
Forms of fangish
| comparative | more fangish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fangish |
Origin of fangish
From fang + -ish.
Questions about fangish
- What does fangish mean?
- Fangish means resembling, characteristic of, or in possession of fangs.
- What part of speech is fangish?
- Fangish is an adjective.
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