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View synonyms for tigerish

tigerish

[ tahy-ger-ish ]

adjective

  1. tigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
  2. fiercely cruel; bloodthirsty; relentless.


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Other Words From

  • tiger·ish·ly adverb
  • tiger·ish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tigerish1

First recorded in 1565–75; tiger + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

Brazzier was a man of tigerish temper, and he became infuriated in a few seconds at this repeated baffling of his purpose.

"Not one shall escape," Koyala reiterated, the tigerish light glowing in her eyes.

This was a side of him—a tigerish side—of which she had never dreamed, but she did not shrink from it, not one atom.

Shadow sprang to her side even as I secured the tigerish woman, and he said that she had only fainted.

At length the tigerish determination of Bascomb's foe began to drive the big fellow back again.

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