Wolfish Synonyms

wo͝olfĭsh
Resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. wolflike
Devouring or craving food in great quantities
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. edacious
  2. esurient
  3. rapacious
  4. ravening
  5. ravenous
  6. voracious
Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. barbarous
  2. bestial
  3. cruel
  4. fell
  5. feral
  6. ferocious
  7. fierce
  8. inhuman
  9. savage
  10. truculent
  11. vicious

Wolfish Sentence Examples

  • And " he added with a sort of wolfish grin " I want to be a model lover !

  • I could almost see the wolfish smile on the Ministers ' faces as they denounced him for going further than they intend.

  • The four wolfish dogs were so startled by the whirr, that their spirits were roused to the mischievous point.

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