viperish

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adjective

In the manner of a viper.

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Meanings

adjectiveviperish (comparative more viperish, superlative most viperish)

comparative more viperish · superlative most viperish

  1. In the manner of a viper.

    Synonyms: viperous

  2. Spiteful; treacherous.

    Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).

    2023 October 4, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: reptilian, reptitious, viperous, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIn the manner of a viper.

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viperous

adjectiveSpiteful; treacherous.

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reptilianreptitiousviperousabandonedarrantbadbad applebad seedbalefulscurrilousbanefulbaseblack-hearteddarkdeleteriousdemonicdepraveddespicabledetrimentaldevilish
Also see
reptilianreptitioustreacherousviperous

Origin

From viper + -ish. Piecewise doublet of viperesque.

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Translations

German gehässig, giftig
  • gehässigspiteful; treacherous
  • giftigspiteful; treacherous
  • niederträchtigspiteful; treacherous
Cite this entry
APA

viperish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viperish

MLA

“viperish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viperish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viperish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viperish.

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