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witch-like

witch-like adjective: like a witch.

Adjective

witch-like (comparative more witch-like, superlative most witch-like)

  1. Like a witch.
    • `Hail!' squeaked Arumugam, witch-like.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 471
    • Witch-like she smiled and moved away.1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 34

Forms of witch-like

comparativemore witch-like
superlativemost witch-like

Origin of witch-like

From witch + -like.

Questions about witch-like

What does witch-like mean?
Witch-like means like a witch.
What part of speech is witch-like?
Witch-like is an adjective.

Words near witch-like in the dictionary

  1. witch-huntings
  2. witch-hunts
  3. witch-hunty
  4. witch-knot
  5. witch-knots
  6. witch-like
  7. witch-meal
  8. witch-ridden
  9. witch-smeller
  10. witch-smellers
  11. witcha

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