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vulturish

vulturish adjective: like a vulture; rapacious.

Adjective

vulturish (comparative more vulturish, superlative most vulturish)

  1. Like a vulture; rapacious.
    • […] as if his vulturish face were tilted to the ceiling and his wicked old eyes were peering through the plaster2000, Brian McNaughton, Even More Nasty Stories

Synonyms of vulturish

Forms of vulturish

comparativemore vulturish
superlativemost vulturish

Origin of vulturish

From vulture + -ish.

Questions about vulturish

What does vulturish mean?
Vulturish means like a vulture; rapacious.
What part of speech is vulturish?
Vulturish is an adjective.

Words near vulturish in the dictionary

  1. Vulturești
  2. vulturine
  3. vulturine parrot
  4. vulturine parrots
  5. vulturing
  6. vulturish
  7. vulturism
  8. vulturisms
  9. vulturous
  10. Vulturu
  11. vulva

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