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Dictionary: wolf·ish   (wʊl'fĭsh) pronunciation
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adj.
  1. Of or relating to wolves.
    1. Suggestive of or resembling a wolf.
    2. Fierce or rapacious.
wolfishly wolf'ish·ly adv.
wolfishness wolf'ish·ness n.

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adjective

    Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious. See kind/cruel.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf
  Synonym: wolflike
  Pertains to noun: wolf (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: devouring or craving food in great quantities
  Synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious

 
 
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