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
  • Netflix has worked assiduously to burnish its reputation as a home for advertisers seeking to align themselves with its popular programs and eager to avoid the traditional model of deploying typical 30-second commercials.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars invested into their respective football teams by eager boosters, both SMU and Texas Tech have jumped ahead of everyone else in this state for the best view of UT and A&M’s backsides.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • The already rich reap the most, though the thin spreading of payments means the payouts are relatively miserly for the game’s elite.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 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
  • Tuesday Weld played Thalia Menninger, Dobie’s beautiful, materialistic first love.
    — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • New, fashionable clothing, it was implied, was materialistic and ungodly.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Definition of materialistic
Adjective
  • For 20 years, Laurie Hill experienced a burning, itchy rash on her genitals.
    — Erica Sweeney, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Socks made from wool are also naturally odor-resistant, and while some can get itchy, choosing Merino wool will alleviate that issue.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 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 30 Aug. 2026.

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