lionishadj.
/ˈlʌɪənɪsh/ Of or pertaining to a lion; resembling or having the nature of a lion; brave or fierce as a lion.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]
grimlyc893
retheeOE
grim971
bitterOE
bremec1175
grillc1175
grimfula1240
cruel1297
sturdy1297
fiercea1300
fellc1300
boistousa1387
felonousc1386
savagea1393
bestiala1398
bremelya1400
felona1400
hetera1400
cursedc1400
wicked14..
vengeablec1430
wolvishc1430
unnatural?1473
inhuman1481
brutisha1513
cruent1524
felonish1530
mannish1530
abominate1531
lionish1549
boarish?1550
truculent?c1550
unhumanc1550
lion-like1556
beastly1558
orped1567
raw?1573
tigerish?1573
unmanlike1579
boisterous1581
savaged1583
tiger-like1587
yond1590
truculental1593
savage wild1595
tigerous1597
inhumane1598
Neronian1598
immane1599
Phalarical1602
ungentle1603
feral1604
savagious1605
fierceful1607
Dionysian1608
wolvy1611
Hunnish1625
lionly1631
tigerly1633
savage-hearted1639
brutal1641
feroce1641
ferocious1646
asperous1650
ferousa1652
wolfish1674
tiger1763
savage-fierce1770
Tartar1809
Tartarly1821
Neroic1851
tigery1859
Neronic1864
unmannish1867
inhumanitarian1947
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]
grimlyc893
wrothc893
reighOE
grima1000
grillc1175
witherc1175
grimfula1240
sturdy1297
wild1297
fiercea1300
man-keenc1300
stoutc1300
cruelc1330
fell?c1335
wicked1375
felonousc1386
felona1400
cursedc1400
runishc1400
keen?c1425
roid?c1425
wolvishc1430
ranishc1450
malicious1485
mankind1519
mannish1530
lionish1549
truculent?c1550
lion-like1556
tigerish?1573
tiger-like1587
truculental1593
Amazonian1595
tigerous1597
feral1604
fierceful1607
efferous1614
lionly1631
tigerly1633
feroce1641
ferocious1646
asperous1650
ferousa1652
blusterous1663
wolfish1674
boarisha1718
savage-fierce1770
Tartar1809
Tartarly1821
wolfy1828
savagerous1832
hawkish1841
tigery1859
attern1868
Hunnish1915
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > keenness > [adjective] > fierce as a lion or tiger
lionish1549
lion-like1556
lion1631
lionly1631
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [adjective] > of or resembling a lion
leoninec1386
leonell1625
lionish1864
lionesque1882
1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 7, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II This hath Jesus Christ ye sauiour of ye world, deserued & brought to passe wt his lyonyshe might.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 16 Promises..of safety from wicked, lyonish, cruell, and blood~thirstie men.
1644 Answ. Doctr. & Disc. Divorce 10 The Lionish dispositions shall so be changed that they shall be fit for the society of milder natures.
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxx. 450 Our Lions may be..drawn both thoroughly lionish and thoroughly heraldic.
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