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Recent Examples of impish But Nathalie would never let this drop and would bring it up again years later with that wink in her eye and her impish smile. Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025 The grid is a perfect romp of impish misdirection and original cluing, with an appropriately festive theme hidden in plain sight. Sam Corbin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024 The impish heartthrob has been using Legos to unwind while on a weekslong promotional tour for the blockbuster movie musical, which tells the origin story of the witches of Oz. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024 But here, Huppert channels Hong’s impish tendencies with purposeful awkwardness. David Opie, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for impish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impish
Adjective
  • Clark, who wore a mischievous smile, flayed her arm once more for the dramatics before stepping on the court and finishing a defensive drill.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Isaacs appeared in the film series as the father of Tom Felton's Draco Malfoy, a Hogwarts student wizard who serves as a mischievous antagonist opposite Harry Potter (Radcliffe), Ron Weasley (Grint), and Hermione Granger (Watson).
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Havoc brings the heat, throwing Tom Hardy's stony Walker into a hotbed of gangsters, dirty cops, corrupt elites, and wicked assassins.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Dafoe rocks an aerodynamic pompadour and wicked attitude as the leader of a biker gang who kidnaps a rock singer (Diane Lane) and has a showdown with her ex (Michael Paré).
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Johansson brings a playful, global sensibility to Greenlandic staples—using local ingredients like capelin and ptarmigan in ways that draw from both Asian and Mediterranean influences.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • This playful, colorful apartment block designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser ignores straight lines entirely and proves that architecture can be joyful rebellion.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Impish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impish. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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