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hookish

hookish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hook.

Adjective

hookish (comparative more hookish, superlative most hookish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hook.
    • a hookish nose

Forms of hookish

comparativemore hookish
superlativemost hookish

Origin of hookish

From hook + -ish.

Questions about hookish

What does hookish mean?
Hookish means resembling or characteristic of a hook.
What part of speech is hookish?
Hookish is an adjective.

Words near hookish in the dictionary

  1. hooking off
  2. hooking up
  3. hooking up on
  4. hookings
  5. Hookins
  6. hookish
  7. hookium
  8. hookkeeper
  9. hookkeepers
  10. hookless
  11. hooklessness

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