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View synonyms for kittenish

kittenish

[ kit-n-ish ]

adjective

  1. coyly playful.
  2. like or in the manner of a kitten.


kittenish

/ ˈkɪtənɪʃ /

adjective

  1. like a kitten; lively
  2. (of a woman) flirtatious, esp coyly flirtatious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈkittenishness, noun
  • ˈkittenishly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • kitten·ish·ly adverb
  • kitten·ish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kittenish1

First recorded in 1745–55; kitten + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

Friends speak of a steely and determined operator beneath the kittenish veneer.

Still, the way Zemeckis talks about Staar is in a coy, kittenish way that does not entirely suggest unparallel lives.

And they finished with a gentle pat on his cheek and a momentary, kittenish rumpling of his hair.

A little kitten came up out of the garden and said something kittenish to me, and then I heard a muffled step within.

She tossed her head with a kittenish movement, and arched her poorly pencilled eyebrows.

While this kittenish comedy was going on something younger and more tragical was in progress in the two adjacent houses.

This object is not to be accomplished by adopting juvenile dress and kittenish ways.

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