viperish
viperish adjective: in the manner of a viper.
Adjective
viperish (comparative more viperish, superlative most viperish)
- In the manner of a viper.
- Synonyms:
- viperous
- spiteful; treacherous
- Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).2023 October 4, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- reptilian, reptitious, viperous, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, scurrilous
Synonyms of viperish
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Forms of viperish
| comparative | more viperish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most viperish |
Origin of viperish
From viper + -ish.
Words formed from viperish
Questions about viperish
- What does viperish mean?
- Viperish means in the manner of a viper.
- What part of speech is viperish?
- Viperish is an adjective.
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