apish

adj.

1. Resembling an ape.
2. Slavishly or foolishly imitative: "My own performances were apish imitations of Olivier's stirring cadences" (Robert Brustein).
3. Silly; outlandish.

apishly ap'ish·ly adv.
apishness ap'ish·ness n.

adjective

Copying another in an inferior or obsequious way: emulative, imitative, slavish. See same/different/compare.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: being or given to servile imitation
  Synonym: apelike

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - efterabe-, abelignende

Nederlands (Dutch)
aapachtig, na-apend, stompzinnig

Français (French)
adj. - moqueur, simiesque

Deutsch (German)
adj. - affenartig, sklavisch nachäffend, affig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μαϊμουδίσιος, (μτφ.) μιμητικός

Italiano (Italian)
scimmiesco

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - simiesco, ridículo, insensato, imitante

Русский (Russian)
имеющие обезьяньи черты

Español (Spanish)
adj. - simiesco, tonto, necio, imitador

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - aplik, narraktig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
像猴子的, 愚蠢的, 一味模仿的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 像猴子的, 愚蠢的, 一味模仿的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 원숭이 같은, 흉내내는, 어리석은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 猿まねをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قردي, كالقرد, مقلد, شديد التصنع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קופי, מחקה‬

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