Ish meaning

Of, relating to, or being.

Swedish.

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Approximately; somewhat.

Greenish.

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Tending toward; preoccupied with.

Selfish.

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Characteristic of.

Girlish.

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Having the usually undesirable qualities of.

Childish.

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Of or belonging to (a specified nation or people)

Spanish, Irish.

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Like or characteristic of.

Devilish, boyish.

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Tending to be or verging on being (a specified person or thing)

Knavish.

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Somewhat, rather.

Tallish, bluish.

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Approximately, about.

Thirtyish, or about thirty years old.

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Eye dialect spelling of is.
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(colloquial) Somewhat, reasonably, fairly.

"How was the film?" "It was good, ish."

The exam went well, ish.

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(colloquial) About, approximately.
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The name of the letter which stands for the sh sound IPA: /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.
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Origin of ish

Middle English from Old English -isc

Sentence Examples

  • To Ish's initial disbelief, the ' world has ended ' in his absence.

  • Dear Ish, Here's a joke - A little boy opened his big family Bible.

  • Baudissin (Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopddie) prefers to derive it from ish, to drive, set in motion; whence ish-min, driving, impetuous.

  • 1 Miles]] Bul arian divisions 1 Turkish /11 ish ?

  • , n r?eo ers ot e° "o And e itC o S ish e oo, .r1  ?ins G 't' ..

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