dwarfish
like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
Origin of dwarfish
1Other words for dwarfish
Other words from dwarfish
- dwarf·ish·ly, adverb
- dwarf·ish·ness, noun
Words Nearby dwarfish
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How to use dwarfish in a sentence
While browsing a Beverly Hills record store he was approached by a “weird dwarfish man with huge eyeglasses”.
The Week in Death: George Jacobs, Sinatra’s Domestic Confidant | The Telegraph | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDialect is the elf rather than the genius of place, and a dwarfish master of the magic of local things.
Ceres' Runaway | Alice MeynellThese men are described as small and dwarfish in appearance and as possessing Eskimo characteristics.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceAnd the foremost of the troop, a thick dwarfish man with a huge two-handed sword, stood aside.
The Long Night | Stanley WeymanA quaint dwarfish figure, crippled but full of vigour, stumped up to the platform.
The Major | Ralph Connor
Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered.
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