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Definition of apish in English: apishadjective ˈeɪpɪʃˈeɪpɪʃ 1Resembling or likened to an ape. Australopithecus had an apish cranium Example sentencesExamples - But why did women - and men, for that matter - lose the apish fur that covered most of our bodies to begin with?
- Lately, he has taken to apish chest-thumping in proclaiming that various individuals are ‘ducking’ and ‘backing down’ from him.
- Compared to our apish ancestors, which could run only short distances, we have a more balanced head, flatter face, and smaller teeth and nose.
2Foolish or silly. Example sentencesExamples - In truth, he had suspected all his subordinates were just as apish as each other.
- But the plot and its apish qualities ultimately aren't very important.
Derivatives adverb Legs hooked over the board, he hangs apishly, body massively contracted, even his extremities. Example sentencesExamples - At regular intervals, backbenchers apishly banged their desks to salute their leader or, in response to their opponents, broke into bursts of sarcastic laughter.
- Equally unsettling was the frequency with which Jeremy - middle-aged, fat and apishly hairy - removed his consistently ill-fitting shirt.
- We were visionary idealists, purposefully choosing to pursue a lifestyle that did not apishly conform to culture.
- I felt a rush of jitters, my arms swung apishly like pendulums and my legs seemed disconnected, lumbering stilts.
noun Failure did not become victory, weakness did not become strength and we apes stopped emailing one another and greeting one another, and withdrew into mute apishness and mute despair. Example sentencesExamples - The General was struck just as much by the wildman's humanity as his apishness.
- Formerly man's apishness did not matter so much, but now he is gaining dangerous powers, and may destroy himself.
- That movement from the silent movie world of our apishness to the incredible communications of our never stilled tongue - it has left a scar inside us.
- Few people would go to excess if they were not unwholesomely over-excited about their trivial apishness.
Definition of apish in US English: apishadjectiveˈāpiSHˈeɪpɪʃ 1Resembling or likened to an ape. Australopithecus had an apish cranium Example sentencesExamples - Compared to our apish ancestors, which could run only short distances, we have a more balanced head, flatter face, and smaller teeth and nose.
- But why did women - and men, for that matter - lose the apish fur that covered most of our bodies to begin with?
- Lately, he has taken to apish chest-thumping in proclaiming that various individuals are ‘ducking’ and ‘backing down’ from him.
2Foolish or silly. Example sentencesExamples - But the plot and its apish qualities ultimately aren't very important.
- In truth, he had suspected all his subordinates were just as apish as each other.
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