sharkish

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US/ˈʃɑɹkɪʃ/

adjective

Having shark-like characteristics, such as fierceness or agility.

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Meanings

adjectivesharkish (comparative more sharkish, superlative most sharkish)

comparative more sharkish · superlative most sharkish

  1. Having shark-like characteristics, such as fierceness or agility.

    Pious harpooneers never make good voyagers—it takes the shark out of 'em; no harpooneer is worth a straw who aint pretty sharkish.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “His Mark”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 101

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sharky

Origin

From shark + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Shirshak
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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