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[ thee-vish ] / ˈθi vɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thievish ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiven to thieving. of, relating to, or characteristic of a thief; stealthy: a furtive, thievish look. Origin of thievish1400–50; late Middle English thevisch;see thief, -ish1 OTHER WORDS FROM thievishthiev·ish·ly, adverbthiev·ish·ness, nounun·thiev·ish, adjectiveun·thiev·ish·ly, adverb un·thiev·ish·ness, noun Words nearby thievishthiethylperazine maleate, Thieu, thieve, thievery, thieving, thievish, thigh, thighbone, thigh-high, thigh-slapper, thigmesthesia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thievishThe torment they suffered from thievish and idle servants is pitiful to read. The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur They had a hard time on the steamer with a disreputable lot of conscripts and substitutes, who were thievish and quarrelsome. Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army|Augustus Meyers It's a very moral song written specially to deplore the—the thievish habits of the rabbits. Rainy Week|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott M. le Baron de Tott says that the Moldavians are thievish, mean and faithless. The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916|Various
Words related to thievishcrooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, larcenous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, stealing, stealthy, light-fingered, pilfering, piratic, plunderous, sticky-fingered |