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screwballish

screwballish adjective: characteristic of a screwball, being wacky or crazy.

Adjective

screwballish (comparative more screwballish, superlative most screwballish)

  1. Characteristic of a screwball, being wacky or crazy.

Forms of screwballish

comparativemore screwballish
superlativemost screwballish

Origin of screwballish

From screwball + -ish.

Questions about screwballish

What does screwballish mean?
Screwballish means characteristic of a screwball, being wacky or crazy.
What part of speech is screwballish?
Screwballish is an adjective.

Words near screwballish in the dictionary

  1. screwball comedies
  2. screwball comedy
  3. screwballer
  4. screwballers
  5. screwballery
  6. screwballish
  7. screwballism
  8. screwballs
  9. screwbean
  10. screwbean mesquite
  11. screwbean mesquites

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