Meanings
comparative more niggerish · superlative most niggerish
- derogatoryethnicoffensiveslurvulgarLike or characteristic of a nigger.
So when I say that my Auntie's piety was not of the niggerish kind...
1866, The Atlantic Monthly3 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 261She 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 47In 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 AmericaSynonyms: niggeresque, niggerlike, niggery
- 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 Teaching2 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.
Origin
From nigger + -ish. Piecewise doublet of niggeresque.
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niggerish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niggerish
“niggerish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niggerish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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