Viperish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the manner of a viper.
  2. 2
    spiteful; treacherous

    "Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute)."

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"Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute)."

Etymology

From viper + -ish.

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