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Definition: Thievish |
ThievishAdjective1. Given to thievery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thievish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Synonym: ThievishSynonym: thieving(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Stealing | Adjective: thieving; Verb: thievish, light-fingered; furacious, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial; raptorial; (rapacious). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Thievish |
| English words defined with "thievish": Furacious ♦ maori hen ♦ Thiefly ♦ weka, wood hen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "thievish": Candles of the Night ♦ HANG GALLOWS LOOK ♦ LIGHT-FINGERED ♦ magpie. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "thievish": Thiefly. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MAGPIE, n. A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "thievish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vjedhacak (furtive). (various references) | |
Arabic | لصوصي, سارق (burglar, pirate, thief). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | крадлив (larcenous, light fingered). (various references) | |
Czech | zlodìjský (larcenous). (various references) | |
Farsi | خوگرفته به دزدی , دست کج , دزدوار, دزدانه , درخوردزدان . (various references) | |
French | voleur (thief). (various references) | |
German | diebisch (impish, larcenous, mischievous, thieving, unholy). (various references) | |
Greek | κλεπτικόσ, κλεφτικόσ, λωποδυτικόσ (larcenous). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lopós (larcenous). (various references) | |
Italian | ladresco. (various references) | |
Manx | myngyragh (light-fingered, thieving), bredagh (stolen). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ievishthay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gatuno (black list, lifter, light-fingered, lurcher, pickpocket, pilferer, prig, prowler, shark, sharp, sharper, thief), desonesto (cambered, crooked, devious, dishonest, drossy, false, immodest, impure, knavish, light-fingered, low-down, nasty, shady, sharp, shifty, tortuous, unchaste, unfair, unfaithful, untrustworthy). (various references) | |
Romanian | tâlhãresc (flash, gangster), hoţesc (flash, furtive, roguish, stealthy). (various references) | |
Russian | вороватый (light fingered). (various references) | |
Scottish | bradach (thieving). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lopovski (priggish, roguish, thieving, thievishly). (various references) | |
Swedish | tjuvaktig (light fingered, thieving). (various references) | |
Thai | ขี้ขโมย (snitch). (various references) | |
Turkish | hırsızlık gibi, hırsıza benzer, çalmaya alışmış. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | như kẻ trộm, hay ăn trộm, hay ăn cắp, có tính tắt mắt giống kẻ ăn trộm, có tính chất trộm cắp. (various references) | |
Welsh | lladronllyd (pilfering). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | furtificus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "thievish": thievishly, thievishness, thievishnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Thievish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: timeish. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "thievish" (pronounced 'Thiev"ish'): Abolish, Admonish, Affamish, Alish, Amateurish, Apish, Aspish, Assish, Astonish, Babish, Baboonish, Balkish, Banish, Bardish, Basquish, Bearish, Beauish, Blackish, Blockish, Bluish, Bluntish, Boarish, Bookish, Boorish, Boyish, Brackish, Brainish, Brinish, Broadish, Brockish, Brownish, Buccaneerish, Buckish, Buffoonish, Bullish, Calvish, Cavalierish, Cherish, Childish, Churlish, Clayish, Clownish, Coldish, Coltish, Coolish, Coyish, Czarish, Dampish, Danish, Dankish. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-h-i-i-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: heishi. | |
-3 letters: heist, heths, hives, ivies, shive, visit. | |
-4 letters: eths, hehs, hest, heth, hets, hies, hist, hits, hive, shiv, site, sith, this, ties, vest, vets, vies, vise. | |
-5 letters: eth, heh, hes, het, hie, his, hit, its, sei, set, she, shh, sit, the, tie, tis, vet, vie, vis. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-h-i-i-s-t-v" | |
+2 letters: thievishly. | |
+4 letters: thievishness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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