Tigerish
[taigәriʃ]
Definition
(adj.) resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy; 'a tigerish fury' .
Checked by Llewellyn--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Like a tiger; tigrish.
Typist: Nelly
Examples
- The cat leaped down and ripped at a bundle of rags with her tigerish claws, with a sound that it set my teeth on edge to hear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His wife's tigerish jealousy came to my rescue and forced his attention away from me the moment he possessed himself of my hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Nelly