A list of 51 words by reesetee.
- dogged appears on 28 other lists
- foxy appears on 25 other lists
- bearish appears on 5 other lists
- bullish appears on 6 other lists
- pigheaded appears on 3 other lists
- birdbrained appears on just this list
- catty appears on 17 other lists
- wolfish appears on 7 other lists
- bullheaded appears on 5 other lists
- horsy appears on 3 other lists
- weaselly appears on 1 other list
- squirrelly appears on 10 other lists
- ratty appears on 5 other lists
- pigeontoed appears on just this list
- mousy appears on 7 other lists
- hawkish appears on 11 other lists
- lionhearted appears on 5 other lists
- asinine appears on 126 other lists
- coltish appears on 8 other lists
- hogtied appears on 1 other list
- sheepish appears on 24 other lists
- chickenhearted appears on 2 other lists
- snakebit appears on 4 other lists
- mulish appears on 8 other lists
- crabby appears on 20 other lists
- sluggish appears on 27 other lists
- waspish appears on 27 other lists
- swinish appears on 8 other lists
- goosy appears on 2 other lists
- owlish appears on 7 other lists
- spidery appears on 11 other lists
- antsy appears on 14 other lists
- ox-eyed appears on 4 other lists
- boarish appears on 2 other lists
- apish appears on 4 other lists
- elephantine appears on 53 other lists
- doe-eyed appears on 3 other lists
- walrusine appears on 5 other lists
- serpentine appears on 89 other lists
- shrewish appears on 7 other lists
- bovine appears on 68 other lists
- aquiline appears on 84 other lists
- reptilian appears on 11 other lists
- chicken-livered appears on 2 other lists
- dovish appears on 2 other lists
- goatish appears on 5 other lists
- henpecked appears on 7 other lists
- batty appears on 21 other lists
- lousy appears on 16 other lists
- bitchy appears on 4 other lists
- loony appears on 13 other lists
ruzuzu How about cuckoo and cuckolded? Jul 16, 2010
madmouth porcine has slipped through the cracks somehow... May 11, 2009
reesetee Thanks for all the suggestions, sionnach. This is one of those lists that fell by the wayside.... :-) Feb 10, 2009
sionnach I think dovish should be on there if hawkish is. Dictionary.com lists goatish as meaning both goat-like and lecherous. The there's henpecked and its more vulgar feline version. A person could be bitchy, eagle-eyed, beetle-browed, or all three.
They could be dog-tired, goose-pimpled and gullible, grubby, loony, or lousy, raven-haired, or just completely batty. Feb 9, 2009
reesetee Wow, thanks! All these great ideas! Aquiline--excellent. Chicken-livered is good--better than chickenhearted, I think. As for all the "-ine" words (feline, canine, etc.)--granted, some are already here, but this list would be HUGE if I added all of them! (Come to think of it, that's an idea for a similar list....) So I'll try sticking to the ones that really seem to define a human trait or feature, but certainly it's a blurry line. :-)
I do like jailbird, though. It's now on my "general" list. Feb 22, 2007
sionnach simian, bovine, aquiline, saurian, reptilian Feb 22, 2007
palooka How about viperish or vulturine? Not to forget pachydermatous. Feb 22, 2007
chained_bear chicken-livered? I guess it's too similar to chickenhearted. You only want adjectives? So jailbird is out? (cue "Mission Impossible" theme) Feb 22, 2007
reesetee Thanks, all! I say we *make* walrusine a word! And I prefer shrewish, although both versions are good ideas.
Funny, I've never heard serpentine used to describe people, but the dictionaries seem to concur. :-) Feb 21, 2007
seanahan the OED says that shrewd is probably from the animal. How about ursine? Feb 21, 2007
trivet serpentine? I've only heard it to describe rivers, but good old dictionary.com says: "shrewd, wily, or cunning"... oooh! do you have shrewd? Feb 21, 2007
trivet elephantine, doe-eyed? I like walrusine, but I'm not sure it is a *real* word... Feb 21, 2007
reesetee Really? Then by all means, it's on! Feb 21, 2007
uselessness Dictionary.com says boarish and spidery are both words to describe people. Boarish is a synonym of swinish. Feb 21, 2007
reesetee Thanks! I think it's boorish, though--and the root actually refers to a person already. (That's another one that popped into my head immediately, along with fishy!) I like owlish and goosy--but does spidery refer to a person? Hmm...okay, it'll work. :-) Feb 21, 2007
uselessness This is a great list! A few more suggestions...
boarish? goosey? owlish? spidery? Feb 21, 2007
reesetee Oooh, waspish is good--thanks! I'm trying to stick to one-word adjectives if possible (and it's driving me crazy that I can't come up with another one related to snake!). Fishy has come to mind too, but I agree with you--less a personality trait or description than an odor. Feb 21, 2007
trivet I like this!
scardey cat, waspish? I'm not sure how often fishy is used to describe a person rather than a situation or odor. Feb 21, 2007