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apish
[ey-pish]
adjective
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
slavishly imitative.
foolishly affected; silly.
apish
/ ˈeɪpɪʃ /
adjective
stupid; foolish
resembling an ape
slavishly imitative
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Other Word Forms
- apishly adverb
- apishness noun
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We, these weird, apish creatures capable of pondering their own origins, are the biggest mystery of all, I say.
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Returning to our humble, apish roots is the only way to see anti-science sentiment go the way of the dodo.
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They are evolutionary throwbacks, “savages” with apish, “atavistic” features.
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In his grossest display of disaffection, he apishly smeared his feces on the embassy walls, according to Ecuador’s interior minister.
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A hero who is apishly alpha or beatifically beta?
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