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niggerlike

niggerlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a nigger.

Adjective

niggerlike (comparative more niggerlike, superlative most niggerlike)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) Resembling or characteristic of a nigger.
    • […] now he listens to mine host as he recounts the strange absence of the preacher, pauses and combs his long red beard with his fingers, looks distrustfully, and then says, with a quaintness that disarmed suspicion, "Niggerlike! — preacher or angel, nigger will be nigger! […]1855, Francis Colburn Adams, Our World: Or, The Slaveholder's Daughter

Synonyms of niggerlike

Forms of niggerlike

comparativemore niggerlike
superlativemost niggerlike

Origin of niggerlike

From nigger + -like.

Questions about niggerlike

What does niggerlike mean?
Niggerlike means resembling or characteristic of a nigger.
What part of speech is niggerlike?
Niggerlike is an adjective.

Words near niggerlike in the dictionary

  1. niggerized
  2. niggerizes
  3. niggerizing
  4. Niggerland
  5. niggerless
  6. niggerlike
  7. niggerling
  8. niggerlings
  9. niggerlips
  10. niggerlover
  11. niggerlovers

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