tigerish

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He says it is only because of him that she refuses the handsome offer The woman's face grew tigerish, and she nodded rapidly, muttering, "Ah!

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  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tiger in appearance, nature, or habits. Fierce, bloodthirsty, or cruel. Let this thought thy tigrish courage pass. Sir P. Sidney, Astrophel and Stella.
  2. Swaggering; bully-like. Compare tiger, 4. Nothing could be more vagrant, devil-me-carish, and, to use a slang word, tigrish, than his whole air. Bulwer, My Novel, vi. 20.

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  • Larger herds with larger animals were visible now to the west, being stalked by tigerish-looking things. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
  • Everything about him was tigerish, elemental, untamed. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • Always known for a tigerish devotion to tough-tackling and improvisational technique, Haiti seem to have found an organised system to complement their native technique. —  WordPress.com News
  • The association of qualities with animals is still shown in such words as asinine, owlish, foxy, leonine, mulish, dogged, tigerish, and so on; but since the inferiority of animals to man has long been recognised, most of the animal adjectives have a derogatory sense. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
  • Lieutenant Feraud crouched and bounded with a tigerish, ferocious agility--enough to trouble the stoutest heart. —  The Point Of Honor A Military Tale
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