wolfish

wolfish
Synonyms and related words:
Draconian, Tartarean, all-devouring, all-engulfing, animal, anthropophagous, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodsucking, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, canine, cannibalistic, cruel, cruel-hearted, demoniac, demoniacal, devilish, diabolic, dog-hungry, doggy, empty, extortionate, famished, famishing, fasting, fell, feral, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, foxlike, foxy, grabby, grasping, grim, half-famished, half-starved, hellish, hungering, hungry, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, lupine, murderous, parasitic, peckish, pinched with hunger, predacious, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, ravenous, ruthless, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, sharkish, sharp-set, slavering, starved, starving, subhuman, truculent, unchristian, uncivilized, unfilled, unhuman, vicious, voracious, vulpine, vulturine, vulturous

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Wolfish — Wolf ish, a. Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs. [1913 Webster] {Wolf ish*ly}, adv. {Wolf ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wolfish — index predatory, rapacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • wolfish — [wool′fish] adj. of or like a wolf; rapacious wolfishly adv. wolfishness n …   English World dictionary

  • wolfish — adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. suggestive of a wolf < wolfish mongrel dogs Hoffman Birney > < a wolfish and withdrawn youth Marshall Frady > b. befitting or characteristic of a wolf < a wolfish appetite > 2. of or relating to wolves •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wolfish — adjective a) Pertaining to wolves. a wolfish appetite b) Akin to the characteristics or habits of a wolf …   Wiktionary

  • wolfish — adj. Wolfish is used with these nouns: ↑grin …   Collocations dictionary

  • wolfish — wolf|ish [ wulfıʃ ] adjective looking as though you want to hurt or trick someone: a wolfish smile ╾ wolf|ish|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • wolfish — UK [ˈwʊlfɪʃ] / US adjective looking as though you want to hurt or trick someone a wolfish smile Derived word: wolfishly adverb …   English dictionary

  • wolfish — wolf ► NOUN (pl. wolves) 1) a carnivorous mammal that lives and hunts in packs and is the largest member of the dog family. 2) informal a man who habitually seduces women. ► VERB (usu. wolf down) ▪ devour (food) greedily. ● cry wolf Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • wolfish — adjective 1. resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf ran in wolflike packs wolfish rapacity • Syn: ↑wolflike • Pertains to noun: ↑wolf, ↑wolf (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • wolfish — wolfishly, adv. wolfishness, n. /wool fish/, adj. 1. resembling a wolf, as in form or characteristics. 2. characteristic of or befitting a wolf; fiercely rapacious. [1560 70; WOLF + ISH1] * * * …   Universalium

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