lickerish

adjective

Definition of lickerishnext
as in eager

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lickerish
  1. eager
  2. desirous
  3. miserly
  4. hoggish
  5. materialistic
  6. itchy
  7. piggish
  8. piggy
Adjective
  • Most residents in Flagler Village are eager to see more tall towers built, according to Glassman.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Recast as geometry, the old identities now point toward unmapped territory, raising questions that mathematicians are eager to explore.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of eager
Adjective
  • Into this murky brew come companies that are desirous of using AI and finding a means to stir their employees towards becoming avid users of AI.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • Dracula and his brides are not the only hungrily desirous characters on display.
    — Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of desirous
Adjective
  • When not making inflammatory political statements, United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe is committed to a miserly mantra of cost-saving prudence.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The plot involves two sons of rich, miserly fathers in love with girls their fathers will never approve of and what happens when the fathers’ devious servants decide to give the boys a hand.
    — Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026
Definition of miserly
Adjective
  • Despite the plot’s violence and death, this is not a despairing book, but a hopeful one, of Appalachian women taking back their life stories from hoggish men whose power, both in the home and outside of it, is largely an illusion.
    — Amy Rowland, New York Times, 12 May 2020
Definition of hoggish
Adjective
  • Ditto smutty-lite, materialistic franchises—like Cecily von Ziegasar’s Gossip Girl series.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Frankel feels for anyone looking for The One in the Magic City, which maintains a worldwide rep of being shallow and materialistic (despite much of the city being suburban sprawl).
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of materialistic
Adjective
  • Hives can appear without a predictable external trigger, so Hines thinks about how an outfit might feel if her skin becomes itchy or inflamed.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026
  • This new ringworm, which is highly contagious, causes chronic, inflamed, and itchy skin plaques all over the body.
    — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of itchy
Adjective
  • Grabs a ketchup bottle and garnishes his face, before squirting mustard into his hateful, piggish eyes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Pork Belly A breakfast diner that added piggish flair to Kuna’s dining scene is no more.
    — Michael Deeds January 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
Definition of piggish
Adjective
  • They are told to put money in piggy banks and not eat all their Halloween candy at once.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Mottola and Hamm, who thought the movie needed more time, decided to break open their piggy banks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
Definition of piggy
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“Lickerish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lickerish. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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