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Synonyms for wolfish

  • adjective

Most common

savage inhuman brutish truculent ravenous ravening wolflike

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Savage — fierce; menacing; savage

savage, truculent, brutish, inhuman, barbarous, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, brutal, barbaric, pagan, fell, ferocious, ruthless, uncouth, sadistic, vicious, fierce, barbarian, diabolic, sanguinary, diabolical, heathen, uncultured

2. Ravenous

ravenous, ravening, rapacious, voracious, edacious formal, esurient

Other

wolflike

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Fierce; menacing; savage.

  2. adj. 2

    Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.

Related words

Other spellings
wolvish

Example sentences

  • savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
  • inhuman At least I'm not starting to praise inhuman practices.
  • brutish He was coarse in his habits and brutish in his ways.
  • ravenous Whenever I'm worried, I work up a ravenous appetite.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wolfishrising
savagerising
inhumansteady
brutishrising
truculentsteady
ravenousrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
fell1
5 letters
pagan2
6 letters
brutal2, savage2, fierce1
7 letters
vicious2, inhuman3, heathen2, brutish2, uncouth2
8 letters
ruthless2, barbaric3, sadistic3, ravenous3, diabolic, ravening, edacious, esurient, wolflike
9 letters
barbarian4, ferocious3, voracious3, barbarous3, rapacious3, truculent3
10 letters
diabolical5, uncultured, sanguinary
11 letters
uncivilized4, uncivilised

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pagan2 = 2 syllables).