shareef

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adjective

meek, gentle, gentlemanly, upstanding, innocent

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

shareef1

adjectiveshareef (comparative more shareef, superlative most shareef)

comparative more shareef · superlative most shareef

  1. Indiameek, gentle, gentlemanly, upstanding, innocent

    Sling bags are another variety that have caught the fancy of DU students because of their sheer style. "They come in so many designs and sizes. The big ones make you look like a very shareef student, which is a good thing sometimes..."

    2011 June 27, Muskaan Tandon, “DU's bagging it”, in The Times of India

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proper nounShareef (plural Shareefs)

plural Shareefs

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Origin

shareef · adjective

  1. Arabicشَرِيف
  2. Urduشریف
  3. Hindiशरीफ़
  4. Englishshareef

From Hindi शरीफ़ (śarīf)/Urdu شریف, from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).

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Shareef · proper noun

Variant of Sharif.

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APA

shareef. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shareef

MLA

“shareef.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shareef. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shareef,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shareef.

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