monkeyish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monkeyish
Adjective
  • And within the prankish world created by the production, not everyone was in on the joke.
    David Renard, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • In person, Wood is funny but sedate, speaking in a deadpan carried along by a prankish undercurrent.
    Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Owners are increasingly savvy about distinguishing between controllable and uncontrollable costs.
    Tyler Christiansen, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • After doing so, Haley couldn't contain herself and broke out in uncontrollable laughter.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Wells could be playful, knavish, and his tone here is one of urgency and optimism about the distribution of information.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
  • The same people who are now telling us that only Republican-voting obscurantists, ignorant deplorables and knavish right-wing media pundits are raising doubts about the vaccine would have been oozing skepticism.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 July 2021
Adjective
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Bowles said, made a wrongheaded decision to attend the inauguration of the incoming president of Ghana, ignoring pre-trip fire warnings.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Phil Murphy, governor of New Jersey, in enlisting President Trump in his wrongheaded suburban war against congestion pricing, puts at risk the federal approval for the essential tolling plan.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite Igor's impish antics, his Facebook posts and TODAY appearance have generated considerable interest from potential adoptive parents.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • After publishing a New York Times piece about grieving her late husband, the waggish writer received an email from a kindly old acquaintance who was also recently widowed.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Alone and shockingly baby-faced, Logan encounters a similarly wayward Rogue (Anna Paquin).
    EW.com, EW.com, 14 July 2025
  • His sprawling hands corralled loose balls and wayward shots with ease.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Many sandals lack proper arch support and cushioning, increasing the risk of foot and leg issues.1 1.
    Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
  • Known and adored for their cushiony insoles and superior arch support, this footwear brand is a top pick for avid walkers, folks with chronic foot pain, and even podiatrists (after all, the founder, Dr. William Mathias Scholl, was one himself).
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
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“Monkeyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monkeyish. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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