Meanings
comparative more cougarish · superlative most cougarish
- Resembling or characteristic of a cougar, or sexually predatory woman.
Janet gave him a cougarish once-over that made him feel like a piece of raw meat she was looking to sink her teeth into.
2011, Janelle Denison, Night After Night1 more example
Cougarish Carol Vorderman, a Mensa-level Vanna White who drew letters and numbers for contestants for more than a quarter century, left the show in 2008 but remains a pop-culture fixture[…]
2009, Jason Cochran, Pauline Frommer's London, page 300
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cougarish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cougarish
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