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startish

startish adjective: easily startled; skittish or shy (said especially of a horse.).

Adjective

startish (comparative more startish, superlative most startish)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) Easily startled; skittish or shy (said especially of a horse.)
    Synonyms:
    startful

startish meaning in Tamil

startish in Tamil

நிர்வமிசியம்

Synonyms of startish

Forms of startish

comparativemore startish
superlativemost startish

Origin of startish

From start + -ish.

Questions about startish

What does startish mean?
Startish means easily startled; skittish or shy (said especially of a horse.).
What is startish in Tamil?
Startish in Tamil is நிர்வமிசியம். See Startish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is startish?
Startish is an adjective.

Words near startish in the dictionary

  1. starting with a clean sheet
  2. starting with a clean sheet of paper
  3. starting with a clean slate
  4. startingly
  5. startings
  6. startish
  7. startle
  8. startle reflex
  9. startle reflexes
  10. startle up
  11. startled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: startish (page history and authors); startish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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