monkeyish

adjective

Definition of monkeyishnext
as in prankish

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  1. prankish
  2. uncontrollable
  3. knavish
  4. wrongheaded
  5. impish
  6. waggish
  7. wayward
  8. arch
Adjective
  • While Gandhi begins his pursuit with a largely prankish approach, his film (and the gimmick anchoring it) surprisingly illuminates what some people gain from becoming part of a communal family.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
  • The movie alternates between prankish laughs and visual poetry.
    Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Definition of prankish
Adjective
  • The other two children suffered similar abuses and suffered from a range of behavioral issues, including panic, fearfulness, injury, difficulty focusing, night terrors, and uncontrollable crying, the families allege.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Fear is what fuels any widespread panic, feeding off collective hysteria and growing into an uncontrollable monster.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of uncontrollable
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
Definition of knavish
Adjective
  • There’s a widespread and sadly tragic misunderstanding of Bridgerton as a show primarily about romance, and this sensible but wrongheaded conclusion has some basis in fact.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 18 June 2024
  • Even many allies in the fight for racial justice dismiss his brand of antiracism as unworkable, wrongheaded or counterproductive.
    Rachel Poser January LaVoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Definition of wrongheaded
Adjective
  • Sure enough, the impish and cool style is being dressed up (and down) with faux fur coats and grunge beauty galore for the holiday season.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James lead first round of NBA all-star voting Glynis Johns, impish British actress of stage and screen, dies at 100 There’s new evidence of foreign money going to a president: Trump Mom puts too much pressure on me to excel at school.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
Definition of impish
Adjective
  • 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
  • He’s left a distinctive stamp on the orchestra’s sound in the years since, whether declaiming the beginning of Mahler 5 with a preacher’s conviction or, as in a recent Ravinia concert, tossing off a ragtime solo with waggish virtuosity.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of waggish
Adjective
  • Over the summer, a wayward cluster of metallic balloons triggered a widespread power outage in Orleans Parish after coming into contact with a power line.
    Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The magnetic field stamps out the flickers by pushing any wayward pairs to align with the overall gyre.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of wayward
Adjective
  • With ample arch support and a 12 millimeter drop, this shoe is best for folks who like their heels to be a bit elevated.
    Kristin Canning, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The generous toe area and arch support give a good level of stability without ever feeling cramped.
    Samson McDougall, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of arch
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monkeying (with)

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monkeys

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