toadish

English

Etymology

From toad +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: toad‧ish.

Adjective

toadish (comparative more toadish, superlative most toadish)

1. Like a toad.
   • 1869, Mary Frere, Love's Triumph:

     revel in a toadish insensibility

   • 2012, Andrew Vachss, Blackjack: A Cross Novel:

     The only human occupant of the back seat was a toadish little creature. He held out a severely mangled hand, with clawed, yellowish nails.

Synonyms

• toadlike
• toadly

See also

• anuran
• batrachian
• froggish
• froggy
• froglike
• frogly
• ranine
• salientian

References

• “toadish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hidatos