niggerlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a nigger.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveniggerlike (comparative more niggerlike, superlative most niggerlike)

comparative more niggerlike · superlative most niggerlike

  1. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslurResembling or characteristic of a nigger.

    […] now he listens to mine host as he recounts the strange absence of the preacher, pauses and combs his long red beard with his fingers, looks distrustfully, and then says, with a quaintness that disarmed suspicion, "Niggerlike! — preacher or angel, nigger will be nigger! […]

    1855, Francis Colburn Adams, Our World: Or, The Slaveholder's Daughter

    Synonyms: niggeresque, niggerish, niggery

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a nigger.

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