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thistlish

thistlish adjective: synonym of thistly (“resembling a thistle”).

Adjective

thistlish (comparative more thistlish, superlative most thistlish)

  1. Synonym of thistly (“resembling a thistle”).
    Synonyms:
    thistly

Synonyms of thistlish

Forms of thistlish

comparativemore thistlish
superlativemost thistlish

Origin of thistlish

From thistle + -ish.

Questions about thistlish

What does thistlish mean?
Thistlish means synonym of thistly (“resembling a thistle”).
What part of speech is thistlish?
Thistlish is an adjective.

Words near thistlish in the dictionary

  1. Thistletons
  2. thistlewarp
  3. thistlewarps
  4. thistlier
  5. thistliest
  6. thistlish
  7. thistly
  8. thiswise
  9. thither
  10. thither-ward
  11. thithermost

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