English to Afrikaans Meaning of apish - aapachtig

Apish :

aapachtig

Apish :: aapachtigApishly :: apishly

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Definitions of apish in English

Adjective(1) being or given to servile imitation

Examples of apish in English

(1) In truth, he had suspected all his subordinates were just as apish as each other.(2) But the plot and its apish qualities ultimately aren't very important.(3) Lately, he has taken to apish chest-thumping in proclaiming that various individuals are ‘ducking’ and ‘backing down’ from him.(4) But why did women - and men, for that matter - lose the apish fur that covered most of our bodies to begin with?(5) Compared to our apish ancestors, which could run only short distances, we have a more balanced head, flatter face, and smaller teeth and nose.(6) The General was struck just as much by the wildman's humanity as his apishness .(7) Formerly man's apishness did not matter so much, but now he is gaining dangerous powers, and may destroy himself.(8) Few people would go to excess if they were not unwholesomely over-excited about their trivial apishness .(9) Legs hooked over the board, he hangs apishly , body massively contracted, even his extremities.(10) I felt a rush of jitters, my arms swung apishly like pendulums and my legs seemed disconnected, lumbering stilts.(11) Equally unsettling was the frequency with which Jeremy - middle-aged, fat and apishly hairy - removed his consistently ill-fitting shirt.(12) That movement from the silent movie world of our apishness to the incredible communications of our never stilled tongue - it has left a scar inside us.(13) Failure did not become victory, weakness did not become strength and we apes stopped emailing one another and greeting one another, and withdrew into mute apishness and mute despair.(14) We were visionary idealists, purposefully choosing to pursue a lifestyle that did not apishly conform to culture.(15) At regular intervals, backbenchers apishly banged their desks to salute their leader or, in response to their opponents, broke into bursts of sarcastic laughter.

(1) a piece ::

n stuk

Synonyms

Adjective

Antonyms

1. original ::

oorspronklike

Different Forms

apish, apishly

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