Knee-jerkish

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exhibiting or characteristic of a rash or automatic response. informal

    "Thus to judge their heart-felt reactions, some of which may look "knee-jerkish" at times, without taking into account their past bitter experiences, their present insecurities, or their dreams would be presumptuous, to say the least."

Synonyms

All synonyms
knee-jerky

Example

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"Thus to judge their heart-felt reactions, some of which may look "knee-jerkish" at times, without taking into account their past bitter experiences, their present insecurities, or their dreams would be presumptuous, to say the least."

Etymology

From knee-jerk + -ish.

Related phrases

knee-jerkishly

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