Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

animalish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-i-mal-ish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling an animal.

Etymology

From animal + -ish. Piecewise doublet of animalesque.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: animal

Inflected Forms

more animalish (comparative) most animalish (superlative)

Synonyms

animalesque animal-like animalian animalish animalistic beastly bestial brutish

Questions

What does animalish mean?: Resembling an animal.
Where does animalish come from?: From animal + -ish. Piecewise doublet of animalesque.

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