Hunnish
adjective
of or relating to the Huns.
Hunnish
American
[huhn-ish]
/ ˈhʌn ɪʃ /
adjective
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of or relating to the Huns.
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(sometimes lowercase) barbarous; destructive.
hunnish
British
/ ˈhʌnɪʃ /
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the Huns
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barbarously destructive; vandalistic
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Example Sentences
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The Nibelungen Lied deals with the colossal crimes, loves, and sorrows of Burgundian kings and princesses at the time of the Hunnish invasion.
From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt
Then came a period of division and of Hunnish conquests from which China arose refreshed, more rapidly and more completely than Europe was destined to do.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Away on the steppes of eastern Asia various Mongolian tribes, the Hunnish peoples, were domesticating the horse and developing a very wide sweeping habit of seasonal movement between their summer and winter camping places.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The Nibelungenlied is the crystallization of the Burgundian Low Rhenish Hunnish cycle of Sagas.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
All night the lamentations of the Hunnish women filled the air.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
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