wolfish

[ wool-fish ]
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adjective
  1. resembling a wolf, as in form or characteristics.

  2. characteristic of or befitting a wolf; fiercely rapacious.

Origin of wolfish

1
First recorded in 1560–70; wolf + -ish1

Other words from wolfish

  • wolf·ish·ly, adverb
  • wolf·ish·ness, noun

Words Nearby wolfish

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How to use wolfish in a sentence

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

    They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
  • I just can't look at those baking-powder biscuits without grabbing one; I'm that wolfish.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • The ocean wind tore at the windows with wolfish claws, savage to enter.

    Wayside Courtships | Hamlin Garland
  • 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.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson