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wolfish

/ˈwʊlfiʃ/

wolfish adjective: of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.

Adjective

wolfish (comparative more wolfish, superlative most wolfish)

  1. Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
    Synonyms:
    lupine, wolfy, wolflike
    1. Suggestive or characteristic of a wolf.
      • a wolfish appetite
      • “[…] Here, Fangs! Fangs!” he ejaculated at the top of his voice to a ragged wolfish-looking dog […]1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter I, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst...
  2. Fierce; menacing; savage.

wolfish meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

wolfish in Tamil

கொடூரமான

wolfish in Malayalam

lascivious, lecherous, lustful
ചെന്നായ്സ്വഭാവമുള്ള, സ്ത്രീകളെ അനുധാവനം ചെയ്യുന്ന, കാമക്കണ്ണുള്ള, കാമാർത്തനായ, കാമാസക്തനായ, കാമാർത്തിപൂണ്ട

Synonyms of wolfish

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Forms of wolfish

comparativemore wolfish
superlativemost wolfish
alternative formwolvish

Origin of wolfish

From wolf + -ish.

Words formed from wolfish

Questions about wolfish

What does wolfish mean?
Wolfish means of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
What is wolfish in Tamil?
Wolfish in Tamil is கொடூரமான. See Wolfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wolfish?
Wolfish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wolfish?
Wolfish is pronounced /ˈwʊlfiʃ/.

Words near wolfish in the dictionary

  1. wolfing back
  2. wolfing down
  3. wolfing up
  4. Wolfinger
  5. Wolfingers
  6. wolfish
  7. wolfishly
  8. wolfishness
  9. Wolfkill
  10. wolfkin
  11. wolfkind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wolfish (page history and authors); wolfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wolfish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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