wolfish
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wolf·ish
(wo͝ol′fĭsh)adj.
1. Of or relating to wolves.
2.
a. Suggestive of or resembling a wolf.
b. Fierce or rapacious.
wolf′ish·ly adv.
wolf′ish·ness n.
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Adj. | 1. | wolfish - resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf; "ran in wolflike packs"; "wolfish rapacity" |
2. | wolfish - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
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