Viperish

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Spiteful or malicious; venomous: a viperish retort.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. In the manner of a viper.
  • adj. spiteful; treacherous
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Somewhat like a viper; viperous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like a viper; somewhat viperous; malignant; ugly: as, a viperish old woman.
    • Word Usage
    "This morning in the NY Times, Virginia Heffernan found herself missing the viperish presence of Joan Rivers on the red carpet, and quoted some Rivers line about how she's so old and saggy her gynecologist wears a crash helmet."
    Form
    viperishly    viperishness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    viperous    malignant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Jesuitical    fetterless    serpents'    liver-colored    puckish    ready-witted    sinners'    wassat    wondrous    sandpapery   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.