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tiffish

tiffish adjective: inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant; quarrelsome.

Adjective

tiffish (comparative more tiffish, superlative most tiffish)

  1. Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant; quarrelsome.

Forms of tiffish

comparativemore tiffish
superlativemost tiffish

Origin of tiffish

From tiff + -ish.

Questions about tiffish

What does tiffish mean?
Tiffish means inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant; quarrelsome.
What part of speech is tiffish?
Tiffish is an adjective.

Words near tiffish in the dictionary

  1. tiffined
  2. tiffing
  3. tiffings
  4. tiffining
  5. tiffins
  6. tiffish
  7. tiffoon
  8. tiffoons
  9. tiffs
  10. Tifft
  11. Tiffts

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