Waggish

Synonyms for "waggish" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

antic arch capersome coltish comic comical devilish droll elfish elvish

Adjective(2 words)

Strong matches (17)

facetious foolish frisky frolicsomefull of mischieffunny gamesomehigh spiritedhigh-spirited humorous impious impish jocose jocular jolly

Adjective(2 words)

humorous jocular

Related words (28)

knavish laughable ludicrous mischief-loving mischievous pert pixilated playful prankish pranksome pranky puckish roguish rompish saucy scampish scapegrace sportful sportive trickish

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tricksy tricky witty

Adjective(5 words)

mirthful mischievous playful roguish sly

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More general

2 entries

adjective descriptor

More specific

4 entries

impish ironic jocose satirical

Collocations

6 entries

waggish banterwaggish grinwaggish humorwaggish remarkwaggish tonewaggish wit

Inflections

2 entries

waggier waggiest

Derivations

2 entries

waggishly waggishness

similar

2 entries

humorous humourous

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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[H]ere Pen was immensely waggish, and caused hysteric giggles of delight from the ladies […]

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