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thievish

[ thee-vish ]

/ ˈθi vɪʃ /

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adjective

given to thieving.

of, relating to, or characteristic of a thief; stealthy: a furtive, thievish look.

Origin of thievish

1400–50; late Middle English thevisch; see thief, -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM thievish

thiev·ish·ly, adverb thiev·ish·ness, noun un·thiev·ish, adjective un·thiev·ish·ly, adverb

un·thiev·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby thievish

thiethylperazine maleate, thieu, thieve, thievery, thieving, thievish, thigh, thigh-high, thigh-slapper, thighbone, thigmesthesia

Example sentences from the Web for thievish

The torment they suffered from thievish and idle servants is pitiful to read.

The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. |E. Rameur
They had a hard time on the steamer with a disreputable lot of conscripts and substitutes, who were thievish and quarrelsome.

Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army |Augustus Meyers
It's a very moral song written specially to deplore the—the thievish habits of the rabbits.

Rainy Week |Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
M. le Baron de Tott says that the Moldavians are thievish, mean and faithless.

The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916 |Various

They were pastoral in their habits and thievish in their propensities, without laws or government worthy of the name.

The Pirate City |R.M. Ballantyne