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ratlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English rat Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ratlike From rat + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rat, whether physically or (in behavioral terms) cunning, disloyal, or cowardly.
    • a sly, ratlike face
    • to move with ratlike speed

Forms

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most ratlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more ratlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

traitorlike · trothless · cunning · rabbit-hearted · spineless · proditory · perfidious · sly · timorous · cowhearted · rattish · traitorsome · shrewd · slim · candy-assed · cringey · poor-spirited · caitiff · artful · craven · astute · niding · ratlike · hen-hearted · chicken-livered · chickenshit · dastardly · weak-kneed · unfaithful · disloyal · wimpish · kiasi · cowardy · low-hearted · timid · unsteadfast · poltroonish · miching · reptitious · devious · guileful · foxlike · reptilian · mousy · traitorish · nerveless · doublehearted · white-livered · base · treacherous · pussylike · yellow-bellied · false-hearted · swike · Judasly · mouse-hearted · nonfaithful · retromingent · yellow · niddering · proditorious · invalorous · foxy · crafty · gizzardless · unloyal · nidering · liver-hearted · Judaslike · diabolical · cowardish · renegade · heartless · double-hearted · milky · treachersome · tricksy · vulpine · faithless · double-faced · invertebrate · infidelitous · sissy · nutless · dickless · Punic · pigeon-livered · courageless · lily-livered · tricky · wily · bitch-ass · unleal · chicken · falseheart · punk · ratty · white-hearted · traitorous · dough-faced · fraidy · guiled · disleal · gutless · milk-livered · false · ratlike · hollow-hearted · viperous · backboneless · frood · cowish · guileful · unhearty · fainthearted · pusillanimous · recrayed · chicken-hearted · soft · viperish · untrue · booky · traitorly · fearful · liver-faced · nithing · boneless · cautelous · subtle · cravenhearted · dastard · cowardly · double-crossing · recreant · illoyal · insidious · dastardly · double-dealing

ratlike en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English rat Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English ratlike From rat + -like.

Meanings

  1. In a ratlike way

Forms

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most ratlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more ratlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

proditoriously · rattishly · traitorwise · disloyally · perfidiously · Judasly · rattily · traitorly · ratlike · dastardly · falsely · treacherously · false · unfaithfully · traitorously