What does deerish mean?
Deerish means Characteristic of a deer; like a deer..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Characteristic of a deer; like a deer..
Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)
Then Jim spoke in a guarded tone. "I don't see a thing except a jay and some bushtits. Do you?" "No, I haven't seen a thing that looks deerish. I guess we drew a blank this trip. […] "
Twice a day the caribou was dressed in bells and led outside to pretend (with other deerish peers) that they had some vested interest in a fat man.
He also had a deerish look of bewildered innocence, as if, after all this time, he still couldn't comprehend his circumstances.
Use deerish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Deerish means Characteristic of a deer; like a deer..
Common synonyms include deerlike, cervine, cervoid, cervid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)
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