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wolfish

[ wool-fish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Origin of wolfish¹

First recorded in 1560–70; wolf + -ish ¹

With wolfish eyes he saw her white hand close shrinkingly over the dead one on the table.

I just can't look at those baking-powder biscuits without grabbing one; I'm that wolfish.

The ocean wind tore at the windows with wolfish claws, savage to enter.

And they were fastened with a wolfish glare on Sylvia's half-bared arm.

Even the prowling dogs in their wolfish hunger could not overcome a certain prejudice.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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