toadish
- a word derived from toad.
Example Sentences
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A skewer of toadish olives slouched against the side of the glass, blue cheese innards oozing grease across the surface of the drink.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
Either you plump for shiny high jinks, as epitomized by the early Bond pictures, or you descend into a stagnant netherworld of multiple bluffs, home to the toadish guile of George Smiley.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2015
Among them is Margaret Harbottle, one of the ubiquitous breed of freeloaders who roam the world as travel writers, and a toadish old sultan called Buffles, who keeps the past alive with elaborate polo parties.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every decade since, as shown in the current glut of reflective movies, looks tacky, toadish, its own parody.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the last three days Githa had been more than usually what the girls called "toadish".
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela
