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tigresslike

tigresslike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tigress.

Adjective

tigresslike (comparative more tigresslike, superlative most tigresslike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tigress.
    • She brought a tigresslike seductiveness and a husky-voiced irreverence to roles as worldly, devil-may-care women, becoming adept at playing exotic vamps and free-spirited protagonists, […]1990 January 26, Peter B. Flint, “Ava Gardner Is Dead at 67; Often Played Femme Fatale”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2021

Forms of tigresslike

comparativemore tigresslike
superlativemost tigresslike
alternative formtigress-like

Origin of tigresslike

From tigress + -like.

Questions about tigresslike

What does tigresslike mean?
Tigresslike means resembling or characteristic of a tigress.
What part of speech is tigresslike?
Tigresslike is an adjective.

Words near tigresslike in the dictionary

  1. tigre
  2. tigres
  3. tigress
  4. tigress-like
  5. tigresses
  6. tigresslike
  7. tigridia
  8. tigridias
  9. Tigrigna
  10. tigrillo
  11. tigrillos

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