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lunkish

lunkish adjective: like a lunk; stupid, foolish.

Adjective

lunkish (comparative more lunkish, superlative most lunkish)

  1. Like a lunk; stupid, foolish.
    • The lunkish Jannik (the enormously affecting Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is the family screw-up just out of prison for robbery.2007 February 16, Caryn James, “In Foreign Oscar Entries, the Past Masks the Present”, in New York Times

Forms of lunkish

comparativemore lunkish
superlativemost lunkish

Origin of lunkish

From lunk + -ish.

Questions about lunkish

What does lunkish mean?
Lunkish means like a lunk; stupid, foolish.
What part of speech is lunkish?
Lunkish is an adjective.

Words near lunkish in the dictionary

  1. lunkhead
  2. lunkheaded
  3. lunkheads
  4. lunkier
  5. lunkiest
  6. lunkish
  7. lunks
  8. lunky
  9. Lunn
  10. lunner
  11. lunners

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