| Term | Definition |
|---|
| fatherly | pertaining to a father (warmer than paternal) |
| motherly | pertaining to a mother (warmer that maternal) |
| brotherly | pertaining to a brother (more affactionate than fraternal) |
| daughterly | pertaining to a daughter (less formal that filial) |
| childlike | of or like a child in good sense |
| childish | of or like a child in bad sense |
| manly | having qualities characteristic of or usually attributed to a man |
| womanly | having the qualities characteriestic of or usually attributed to a woman |
| devilish | like a devil; mischievious |
| bearish | 1. like a bear; rough 2. tending to depress stock prices 3. expecting a fall in stock prices |
| bullish | 1. like a bull; obstinante 2. tending to cause rises in stock prices 3. expecting a rise in stock prices |
| catlike | like a cat; stealthy |
| cowlike | resembling a cow |
| oxlike | resembling an ox |
| doggish | doglike |
| donkeyish | like a donkey |
| fishy | like a fish in smell or taste |
| foxy | foxlike; wily; sly |
| goatish | goatlike; coarse; lustful |
| horsy | having to do with horses or horse racing, |
| piggish | hoggish; swinish |
| sheepish | 1. like a sheep in timidity or stupidity 2. awkwardly bashful or embarrassed |
| wolfish | characteristic of a wolf; feroious |
| bloody | smeared with blood, involving bloodshed |
| paternal | 1. fatherly 2. inherited from or related to the father's side |
| maternal | 1. motherly 2. inherited from or related to the mother's side |
| fraternal | 1. brotherly 2. having to do with brotherly a society |
| filial | of or befitting a daughter or son |
| infantile | of or like a very young child, babyish |
| puerile | foolish for an adult to say or do |
| masculine | 1. denoting the opposite gender of feminine 2. having qualities appropriate to a man |
| virile | having the physical capabilities of a man (strong than masculine) |
| feminine | 1. denoting the opposite gender of masculine 2. having the features, qualities, and characteriestics belonging to a woman |
| diabolical | very cruel; wicked; fiendish (strong word than devilish) |
| ursine | of or like a bear |
| taurine | 1. of or like a bull 2. relating to Taurus (zodiac sign) |
| feline | of or pertaining to the cat family; sly; stealthy |
| bovine | 1. of or like the cow or ox 2. sluggish and patient |
| canine | 1. of or pertaining to the dog family 2. designating one of the four pointed teeth next to the incisors |
| asinine | like an ass or donkey; stupid; silly |
| piscine | of or like a fish |
| vulpine | of or like a fox; craftly; cunning |
| hircine | goatlike; especially in smell |
| equine | of or like a horse |
| porcine | of or like a pig |
| ovine | of or like a sheep |
| lupine | of or like a wolf; ravenous |
| sanquine | 1. red; ruddy 2. confident |
| sanquinary | bloodthirsty; murderous; bloody |
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