viperish en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English viper Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English viperish From viper + -ish.
Meanings
- In the manner of a viper.
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spiteful; treacherous
Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).
2023 October 4, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most viperish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more viperish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
ungodly · incorrigible · dastardly · trothless · dark · unloyal · injurious · reprobate · Punic · detrimental · facinorous · malicious · nonfaithful · maleficent · villainous · traitorlike · double-hearted · renegade · nithing · treachersome · hollow-hearted · reptilian · abandoned · guiled · naughty · reprehensible · traitorsome · devilish · malefic · wrong · heinous · Judasly · falseheart · sinister · nefarious · viperish · insidious · baneful · flagitious · malign · traitorly · sordid · demonic · treacherous · double-crossing · iniquous · arrant · vile · recreant · ratlike · bad · double-faced · unholy · malevolent · despicable · sinful · viperous · black-hearted · bad seed · wicked · doublehearted · unfaithful · false · traitorous · harmful · reptilian · malignant · false-hearted · unsteadfast · satanic · no-good · baleful · immoral · disleal · untrue · perfidious · viperous · traitorish · scurrilous · scathful · niding · sullen · reptitious · unleal · disloyal · iniquitous · Judaslike · reptitious · pernicious · depraved · illoyal · deleterious · knavish · evil · swike · infidelitous · diabolical · proditory · proditorious · nidering · faithless · ill-natured · guileful · bad apple · niddering · vicious · ill-intentioned · peccaminous · booky · evil-minded · base · viperous · double-dealing
Translations (3)
de niederträchtig (spiteful; treacherous) · de gehässig (spiteful; treacherous) · de giftig (spiteful; treacherous)