niggerish

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adjective

Like or characteristic of a nigger.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveniggerish (comparative more niggerish, superlative most niggerish)

comparative more niggerish · superlative most niggerish

  1. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslurvulgarLike or characteristic of a nigger.

    So when I say that my Auntie's piety was not of the niggerish kind...

    1866, The Atlantic Monthly
    3 more examples

    [T]hey should specially avoid the fanatics who […] have temporarily changed a federal republic into a sort of niggerish monarchy or empire […]

    1886, Michael Magaul, Eli Robinson McCall, No-history Versus No-war or The Great Tootle Rebellion Exposed, page 261

    She told him in her native Virginia mountain-area dialect: "That's what ah said. Ah don't like these niggerish places."

    1958, “Talking About”, in Jet, volume 14, number 3, page 47

    In a voice dripping with sarcasm, Bernhard related, "Mariah's been getting a little niggerish on us... she been seeing those rap stars..."

    2002, Loretta I Winters, Herman L DeBose, New faces in a changing America

    Synonyms: niggeresque, niggerlike, niggery

nounniggerish (uncountable)
  1. UScolloquialderogatoryethnicoffensivesluruncountablevulgarAfrican-American Vernacular English.

    One boy claims he speaks “niggerish." Whatever they are speaking I do not understand, which is good.

    2015, Evelyn Uddin-Khan, The Other Side of Teaching
    2 more examples

    You all seem really fucked-up, talking niggerish and all--'taken care of' means ELIMINATION thru DEADLY MEANS! SEE its POLL @ goodbuddytoil on YAHOO.

    2006 August 22, goodbu...@gmail.com, “POLLING”, in alt.music.white-power (Usenet)

    But the good news is he's gonna make us all learn Spanish and Niggerish and I figure when we are called to arms being able to tell the Beaners and the Nappy Power Rangers what we think so they can understand it is a good thing.

    2008 November 21, Patriot Games, “FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE GEORGE W BUSH AND REPUBLICANS-FINANCIAL CRISIS IS NOT THE DEMS FAULT!”, in alt.politics (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLike or characteristic of a nigger.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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