Meanings
comparative more tigerish · superlative most tigerish · alternative tigrish
- Having the characteristics of a tiger.
Thomas P. Puccio, a tigerish New York lawyer who won fame prosecuting congressmen in the 1980s Abscam scandals, then switched sides and defended Claus von Bülow, corrupt politicians, an accused rapist who ran off to the ski slopes of Europe and other notorious clients, died on Monday in New Haven.
2012 March 13, Robert D. McFadden, “Thomas Puccio, Ex-Prosecutor and Lawyer for Notorious Clients, Dies at 67”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: tigerlike
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving the characteristics of a tiger.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveresembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishtigrisċ“of a tiger; tigerish”
- Middle English*tigrish
- Englishtigerish
From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisċ (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish tygrysi, tygrysowy
- tygrysihaving the characteristics of a tiger
- tygrysowyhaving the characteristics of a tiger
Russian тигри́ный
- тигри́ный (tigrínyj)having the characteristics of a tiger
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tigerish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tigerish
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