Common Suffixes: Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ish

This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "like or similar."
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  1. amateurish
    lacking professional skill or expertise
  2. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  3. childish
    indicating a lack of maturity
  4. clownish
    like a clown
  5. foolish
    lacking good sense or judgment
  6. girlish
    befitting or characteristic of a young girl
  7. impish
    naughtily or annoyingly playful
  8. selfish
    concerned chiefly with your own advantage
  9. skittish
    unpredictably excitable, especially of horses
  10. stylish
    having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  11. thievish
    given to thievery
  12. whitish
    resembling milk in color not clear
Created on Fri May 03 15:07:20 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Jul 26 16:23:14 EDT 2024)

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