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scapegoatish

scapegoatish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a scapegoat.

Adjective

scapegoatish (comparative more scapegoatish, superlative most scapegoatish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a scapegoat.

Forms of scapegoatish

comparativemore scapegoatish
superlativemost scapegoatish

Origin of scapegoatish

From scapegoat + -ish.

Questions about scapegoatish

What does scapegoatish mean?
Scapegoatish means resembling or characteristic of a scapegoat.
What part of speech is scapegoatish?
Scapegoatish is an adjective.

Words near scapegoatish in the dictionary

  1. scapegoated
  2. scapegoater
  3. scapegoaters
  4. scapegoating
  5. scapegoatings
  6. scapegoatish
  7. scapegoatism
  8. scapegoatisms
  9. scapegoats
  10. scapegrace
  11. scapegraces

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