monkeyish

adjective

Definition of monkeyishnext
as in prankish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkeyish
  1. prankish
  2. uncontrollable
  3. knavish
  4. wrongheaded
  5. impish
  6. waggish
  7. wayward
  8. arch
Adjective
  • While Gandhi begins his pursuit with a largely prankish approach, his film (and the gimmick anchoring it) surprisingly illuminates what some people gain from becoming part of a communal family.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
  • The movie alternates between prankish laughs and visual poetry.
    Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Definition of prankish
Adjective
  • In Milwaukee, the danger of uncontrollable gunshots was made clear in a recent homicide.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Such an intermediate order could witness an internal implosion of societies and an uncontrollable explosion of external conflicts.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of uncontrollable
Adjective
  • Wells could be playful, knavish, and his tone here is one of urgency and optimism about the distribution of information.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
  • The same people who are now telling us that only Republican-voting obscurantists, ignorant deplorables and knavish right-wing media pundits are raising doubts about the vaccine would have been oozing skepticism.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 July 2021
Definition of knavish
Adjective
  • There’s a widespread and sadly tragic misunderstanding of Bridgerton as a show primarily about romance, and this sensible but wrongheaded conclusion has some basis in fact.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 18 June 2024
  • Even many allies in the fight for racial justice dismiss his brand of antiracism as unworkable, wrongheaded or counterproductive.
    Rachel Poser January LaVoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Definition of wrongheaded
Adjective
  • Eisner was a quirky Detroit character with an impish sense of humor.
    Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Janice is wonderful and talented and funny and sparkly and mischievous and impish in all the right ways.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of impish
Adjective
  • After publishing a New York Times piece about grieving her late husband, the waggish writer received an email from a kindly old acquaintance who was also recently widowed.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
  • He’s left a distinctive stamp on the orchestra’s sound in the years since, whether declaiming the beginning of Mahler 5 with a preacher’s conviction or, as in a recent Ravinia concert, tossing off a ragtime solo with waggish virtuosity.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of waggish
Adjective
  • The other director’s note that kept him anchored to the spirit of a wayward teen?
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Fixing up any spots that might be leaking water, such as wayward pipes or wet fountains, will also reduce moisture in your garden, which will ward off gnats seeking egg-laying spots.
    Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of wayward
Adjective
  • Back-to-back defeats at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu have seen Real Madrid embarrassed by arch rivals FC Barcelona and then AC Milan in 4-0 and 3-1 losses respectively, leaving coach Carlo Ancelotti in a vulnerable position.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • This set contains five foam shapes that are easy to stack and maneuver, including a base, arch, half-sun, and two stairs.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of arch
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monkeying (with)

monkeyish

monkeys

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