alienlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an alien.

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Meanings

adjectivealienlike (comparative more alienlike, superlative most alienlike)

comparative more alienlike · superlative most alienlike

  1. literatureResembling or characteristic of an alien.

    On the screen there was this creepy image: a giant head, mouth agape, with clawing hands reaching out of it, alienlike, toward the figure of a girl.

    2009 July 14, Melena Ryzik, “Curtain Down, Light the Lights!”, in New York Times

Origin

From alien + -like.

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APA

alienlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alienlike

MLA

“alienlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alienlike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alienlike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alienlike.

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