pepperish
pepperish adjective: synonym of peppery (“resembling or characteristic of pepper, the spice”).
Adjective
pepperish (comparative more pepperish, superlative most pepperish)
- Synonym of peppery (“resembling or characteristic of pepper, the spice”).
- Synonyms:
- peppery
- Synonym of peppery (“having a fiery temperament”).
- He lived out his life in that cabin, crusty and pepperish to the end, surviving into the Age of Ecology to the discomfiture of earnest young hikers whom he confronted in the back country, […]2011, John Madson, Up on the River: People and Wildlife of the Upper Mississippi, page 221
- Synonyms:
- peppery
Synonyms of pepperish
Forms of pepperish
| comparative | more pepperish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pepperish |
Origin of pepperish
From pepper + -ish.
Words formed from pepperish
Questions about pepperish
- What does pepperish mean?
- Pepperish means synonym of peppery (“resembling or characteristic of pepper, the spice”).
- What part of speech is pepperish?
- Pepperish is an adjective.
Words near pepperish in the dictionary
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