pixieish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pixieish
Adjective
  • Her intelligence is that vital and exacting, her wit that mischievous, her concerns – feminism, environmentalism, dystopian societies – that urgently relevant.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
  • Wearing a now-iconic red tie and less cartoonish design with more angular and mischievous features, DKC’s version of Kong has been a staple for over 30 years.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Tiernan McKinney often works on guitar necks, while Kennedy himself has input along the way on design, wood type, color and the wicked inlays found from top to bottom of each piece.
    Otto Rabe, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
  • Zayn fought back valiantly, but was cut off in midair with a wicked Spear from Breakker.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Ludus refers to playful, game-like love that values fun and avoids deep commitment.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • Even more recently, Dua Lipa debuted a playful French manicure with white polka dots on black tips, adding even more white spots all-over a couple accent nails.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • But in a new post added to Instagram, Mayim decided to make a more dramatic and permanent switch to her hairstyle by chopping it off into a semi-pixie cut.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The cute little 4-year-old boldly shouted when someone asked her where pixie dust comes from.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
Adjective
  • Today, the Bra, as Nguyen calls it, is an institution imbued with that puckish idealism.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • The 131-centimeter (51-inch) mint green figurine with a gremlin-like appearance, sharp teeth and puckish grin went for 1.08 million yuan ($150,325) at the Yongle International Auction house that normally specializes in selling jewelry and modern art.
    Fred He, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • The others were Dan Lucas, the guitarist, from York, and Taylor Stewart, the drummer, from outside Glasgow—the group’s impish prankster, who has a penchant for choking his mates and kicking them in the balls.
    Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Fit, tan and still charmingly impish, Sanz met with Billboard over a glass of red wine at Sony’s 5020 Studios in Miami in early May.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 22 May 2025
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“Pixieish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pixieish. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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