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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wolflike, wolfishadjective

    resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf

    "ran in wolflike packs"; "wolfish rapacity"

  2. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfishadjective

    devouring or craving food in great quantities

    "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"

Wiktionary

  1. wolfishadjective

    Pertaining to wolves.

  2. wolfishadjective

    Akin to the characteristics or habits of a wolf; lupine.

    a wolfish appetite

  3. wolfishadjective

    Fierce; savage; menacing.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wolfishadjective

    Resembling a wolf in qualities or form.

    Etymology: from wolf.

    Thy desires
    Are wolfish, bloody, starv’d, and ravenous. William Shakespeare.

    I have another daughter,
    Who, I am sure, is kind and comfortable;
    When she shall hear this of thee, with her nails
    Shall flea thy wolfish visage. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Nothing more common than those wolfish back-friends in all our pretensions. Roger L'Estrange.

    A pretence of kindness is the universal stale to all base projects: all wolfish designs walk under sheeps cloathing. Gov. Ton.

ChatGPT

  1. wolfish

    Wolfish generally refers to characteristics, behaviors, or appearances resembling or suggestive of a wolf. It might imply fierceness, savagery, aggressiveness, or slyness. It could also denote a related appearance, such as a hungered look or a predatory stare. Additionally, in certain contexts, it might represent wolflike physical aspects.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wolfishadjective

    like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wolfish in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wolfish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of wolfish in a Sentence

  1. Hamid Rasaei:

    It's already a year since Mr Rouhani tried his magic key to turn around America's wolfish nature. Instead of turning, the key of trust and optimism broke in the lock, we have no idea what happened in Vienna ... What has been agreed upon in Vienna?

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