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单词 kittenish
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Definition of kittenish in English:

kittenish

adjective ˈkɪt(ə)nɪʃˈkɪt(ə)nɪʃ
  • Playful, lively, or flirtatious.

    her voice had that kittenish quality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She has glossy blond shoulder-length hair, and boasts a kittenish sex appeal that is completely natural, typically American and exactly in keeping with what we would expect from the daughter of Goldie Hawn.
    • She is now more pixieish than kittenish, which is part of what makes her so annoying.
    • She leaned her head against my shoulder, a kittenish move that would have been appropriate from an eight-year-old, and was extremely odd when performed by a woman who needed bifocals to read a menu.
    • Make-up-free, dressed down in jeans and a tank top with her blonde hair brushing her shoulders, she has the appeal of an old-time screen siren - kittenish, yet savvy and not to be trifled with.
    • It was quite a kittenish pose; she looked so young and coy one was compelled to imagine that her toes were pointed inward, like Minnie Mouse.
    • Some fingers may point at the kittenish Nigella Lawson, whose book How to be a Domestic Goddess introduced a new generation to the old-fashioned joys of baking.
    • She's completely fresh, girlish, and accomplishes neatly the transition from kittenish innocence to energy and greed.
    • The actress has some kittenish mannerisms which sometimes distract but she drifts convincingly enough through the sticky New York nights.
    • Portman's character is the emotional center of the film, and she does an admirable job with a role that allows her to swing from kittenish teasing to calm self-possession to touching vulnerability.
    • Her hair was up now, in an elegantly subdued fashion which allowed only a few of her wild curls to escape and frame her angelically kittenish face.
    • A kittenish nurse smiled up at him, but instantly frowned when she recognized him.
    • From across the English Channel comes Modesty Blaise, kittenish superspy who, with her slippery sidekick Willie Garvin, tangles in various criminal intrigues at Her Majesty's behest.
    • She mocks their employer savagely behind his back and displays a kittenish charm to his face.
    • There is of course a long tradition of French girls delivering breathless, kittenish vocals over smoky, elegant pop.
    Synonyms
    playful, fun-loving, light-hearted, skittish, mischievous, roguish, impish, frisky, lively
    coquettish, flirtatious, cute, coy, arch, teasing, cheeky, naughty
    frivolous, flippant, superficial, trivial, shallow, giddy, empty-headed, scatterbrained, feather-brained, silly
    informal flirty, dizzy
    archaic frolicsome, sportive, gamesome, frolic
    rare ludic

Derivatives

  • kittenishly

  • adverb
  • kittenishness

  • noun
    • From exaggerated mannishness to excruciating kittenishness, Shaw never for a second stops Acting.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘When I hit high school, I was very into mysticism,’ says Ramzy, who projects a combination of kittenishness and authority.
      • She's good and funny as a woman of a certain age, reduced to mewing kittenishness in Cruise's presence.
 
 

Definition of kittenish in US English:

kittenish

adjectiveˈkɪt(ə)nɪʃˈkit(ə)niSH
  • Playful, lively, or flirtatious.

    her voice had that kittenish quality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some fingers may point at the kittenish Nigella Lawson, whose book How to be a Domestic Goddess introduced a new generation to the old-fashioned joys of baking.
    • She mocks their employer savagely behind his back and displays a kittenish charm to his face.
    • There is of course a long tradition of French girls delivering breathless, kittenish vocals over smoky, elegant pop.
    • She leaned her head against my shoulder, a kittenish move that would have been appropriate from an eight-year-old, and was extremely odd when performed by a woman who needed bifocals to read a menu.
    • Her hair was up now, in an elegantly subdued fashion which allowed only a few of her wild curls to escape and frame her angelically kittenish face.
    • Make-up-free, dressed down in jeans and a tank top with her blonde hair brushing her shoulders, she has the appeal of an old-time screen siren - kittenish, yet savvy and not to be trifled with.
    • From across the English Channel comes Modesty Blaise, kittenish superspy who, with her slippery sidekick Willie Garvin, tangles in various criminal intrigues at Her Majesty's behest.
    • A kittenish nurse smiled up at him, but instantly frowned when she recognized him.
    • She has glossy blond shoulder-length hair, and boasts a kittenish sex appeal that is completely natural, typically American and exactly in keeping with what we would expect from the daughter of Goldie Hawn.
    • She's completely fresh, girlish, and accomplishes neatly the transition from kittenish innocence to energy and greed.
    • Portman's character is the emotional center of the film, and she does an admirable job with a role that allows her to swing from kittenish teasing to calm self-possession to touching vulnerability.
    • The actress has some kittenish mannerisms which sometimes distract but she drifts convincingly enough through the sticky New York nights.
    • It was quite a kittenish pose; she looked so young and coy one was compelled to imagine that her toes were pointed inward, like Minnie Mouse.
    • She is now more pixieish than kittenish, which is part of what makes her so annoying.
    Synonyms
    playful, fun-loving, light-hearted, skittish, mischievous, roguish, impish, frisky, lively
 
 
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