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Synonyms for dwarfish

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dwawr-fish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdwɔr fɪʃ

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Définition of dwarfish

Origin :
  • 1560s, from dwarf (n.) + -ish. Related: Dwarfishly; dwarfishness.
  • As in stunted : adj kept from growing
Example sentences :
  • It was a primrose—a dwarfish thing, but perfect in shape—a baby-wonder.
  • Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
  • At the door they found the dwarfish Grasshopper with Black Bess.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish.
  • Extract from : « The Short-story » by William Patterson Atkinson
  • The oak is left behind, and the pine grows stunted and dwarfish.
  • Extract from : « The Rifle Rangers » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • A fine, dwarfish, curled variety, long cultivated in England.
  • Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr
  • The calf of the leg is not developed in any of these dwarfish people.
  • Extract from : « Man And His Ancestor » by Charles Morris
  • A Numidian slave, dwarfish and deformed, was sweeping his master's chamber.
  • Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Roby
  • These gigantic truths retained in view, would put to shame the littleness of their dwarfish morality.
  • Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce
  • The dress of the dwarfish Jew was not, however, favourable to this expedient.
  • Extract from : « Jack Sheppard, Vol. I (of III) » by W. Harrison Ainsworth
  • It presents us with a cramped, dwarfish, and childish conception of Deity.
  • Extract from : « The Bible Of Bibles; » by Kersey Graves

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