gish: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of gish
- sluggish«Word Popularity Bar3/5
sluggish
- adjective satellite moving slowly
sulky.
- a sluggish stream
- adjective satellite (of business) not active or brisk
slow; dull.
- business is dull (or slow)
- a sluggish market
- adjective satellite moving slowly
- youngish«2/5
youngish
- adjective satellite somewhat young
- adjective satellite somewhat young
- priggish«2/5
priggish
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
puritanical; prissy; square-toed; straight-laced; straitlaced; strait-laced; tight-laced; victorian; prudish; prim; straightlaced.
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
- longish«2/5
longish
- adjective satellite somewhat long
- adjective satellite somewhat long
- whiggish«2/5
whiggish
Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.
- waggish«1/5
waggish
- adjective satellite witty or joking
- Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper
- adjective satellite witty or joking
- piggish«1/5
piggish
- adjective satellite resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
hoggish; swinish; piggy; porcine.
- piggish table manners
- the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
- swinish slavering over food
- adjective satellite resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
- hoggish«1/5
hoggish
- adjective satellite resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
swinish; piggy; piggish; porcine.
- piggish table manners
- the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
- swinish slavering over food
- adjective satellite resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
- largish«1/5
largish
- adjective satellite somewhat large
biggish.
- adjective satellite somewhat large
- orangish«1/5
orangish
- adjective satellite of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange
orange.
- adjective satellite of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange
- biggish«1/5
biggish
- adjective satellite somewhat large
largish.
- adjective satellite somewhat large
- thuggish«1/5
thuggish
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- doggish«1/5
doggish
Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. --Dog"*gish*ly , adv. --Dog"gish*ness , n.
Derived words of gish
- sluggishness«Word Popularity Bar2/5
sluggishness
- noun a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
lethargy; lassitude.
- noun the pace of things that move relatively slowly
- the sluggishness of the economy
- the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold
- noun a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
- sluggishly«2/5
sluggishly
- adverb in a sluggish manner
- the smoke rose sluggishly
- adverb in a sluggish manner
- waggishly«1/5
waggishly
- adverb in a waggish manner
- adverb in a waggish manner
- priggishness«1/5
priggishness
- noun exaggerated and arrogant properness
primness.
- noun exaggerated and arrogant properness
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `gish`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `gish`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `gish`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `gish`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.