froglike
Syllables: frog·like
froglike adjective: similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
Adjective
froglike (comparative more froglike, superlative most froglike)
- Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
- Though it was not far to Jamiltepec, once outside the village, the chauffeur and his little attendant lad began to get frightened, and to go frog-like with fear.1926, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 19, in The Plumed Serpent, New York: Vintage, published 1955, page 316
- I have seen, too, a frog-like beast with protruding green eyes, which is simply a gaping mouth with a huge stomach behind it.1929, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 5, in The Maracot Deep
Adverb
froglike (not comparable)
- In a froglike way
- to hop froglike
- In all our adventures I do not know that I have ever seen a more strange sight than this impassive and still dignified figure crouching frog-like upon the ground and goading to a wilder exhibition of passion the maddened hound, which ramped and raged in front of him, by all manner of ingenious and...1923, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Creeping Man”, in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, London: Murray, published 1927
froglike meaning in Marathi and Arabic
froglike in Marathi
- similar to a frog
- बेडकासारखा beḍkāsārkhā
- in a froglike way
- बेडकाप्रमाणे beḍkāpramāṇe
froglike in Arabic
- similar to a frog
- ضِفْدَعِيّ ḍifdaʕiyy
Examples of froglike in a sentence
- Parsons, Winston's fellow-tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room--a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face.1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 5:
- It was the typical chatter of the moment when each woman was showing off her baby, held against her froglike belly.1988, Yasunari Kawabata, “Samurai Descendant”, in Lane Dunlop, J. Martin Holman, San Francisco, transl., Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, North...
Synonyms of froglike
Forms of froglike
| comparative | more froglike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most froglike |
| alternative form | frog-like |
Origin of froglike
From frog + -like.
Words formed from froglike
Questions about froglike
- What does froglike mean?
- Froglike means similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
- What is froglike in Marathi?
- Froglike in Marathi is बेडकासारखा (beḍkāsārkhā), बेडकाप्रमाणे (beḍkāpramāṇe). See Froglike meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use froglike in a sentence?
- Parsons, Winston's fellow-tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room--a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face.
- What part of speech is froglike?
- Froglike can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near froglike in the dictionary
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