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skunkish

skunkish adjective: resembling the skunk, especially in smell.

Adjective

skunkish (comparative more skunkish, superlative most skunkish)

  1. Resembling the skunk, especially in smell.

Forms of skunkish

comparativemore skunkish
superlativemost skunkish

Origin of skunkish

From skunk + -ish.

Questions about skunkish

What does skunkish mean?
Skunkish means resembling the skunk, especially in smell.
What part of speech is skunkish?
Skunkish is an adjective.

Words near skunkish in the dictionary

  1. skunkies
  2. skunkiest
  3. skunkiness
  4. skunking
  5. skunking up
  6. skunkish
  7. skunkless
  8. skunklet
  9. skunklets
  10. skunklike
  11. skunkpox

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