Hooliganish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised by hooliganism; of or relating to hooligans.

    "His first cure had been in a large, slummy parish in East London—a nasty, hooliganish place it had been, and he looked back on it with loathing."

Synonyms

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boorishchurlishcloddishloutishlumpishraffish

Example

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"His first cure had been in a large, slummy parish in East London—a nasty, hooliganish place it had been, and he looked back on it with loathing."

Etymology

From hooligan + -ish.

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