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Dickish meaning

Characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious.

Using Dickish

  • The main meaning on this page is: Characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious.

Context around Dickish

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

equally 1×

Often after:

insistence 1× cop 1× comment 1×

Sentence patterns with Dickish

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are equally dickish 1× by a dickish cop that 1× forth with dickish insistence on 1× to least dickish 1× what a dickish comment 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

this toast is 1× to be fair 1×

Common sentence endings:

correct general idea 1× to least dickish 1× treachery of reminiscence 1×

Words around Dickish

Just before it in the word index:

dickinson 315 dickins 7 dicking 4 dickin 2 dickies 11 dickie 68

Just after it in the word index:

dickman 13 dickmann 9 dicko 6 dickon 6 dickory 4 dickout 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Dickish

  • In this selection, "dickish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, equally, insistence, cop and comment stand out and add context to how "dickish" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are equally dickish and by a dickish cop that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dickish" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dickish

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

What a dickish comment. (4 words)

All humans are equally dickish. (5 words)

So we’ve separated the shocks from the sneers, the big swings from the petty jabs, and ranked them from most to least dickish. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

To be fair, I failed the exam portion on my first attempt, but at that location it was a verbal exam giving by a dickish cop that was looking for specific wording instead answers that gave the correct general idea. (40 words)

This toast is promptly shot down by the dead friend's brother (Mark Duplass), who holds forth, with dickish insistence, on the self-serving motives of good-hearted people and the treachery of reminiscence. (34 words)

So we’ve separated the shocks from the sneers, the big swings from the petty jabs, and ranked them from most to least dickish. (24 words)

Example sentences (5)

So we’ve separated the shocks from the sneers, the big swings from the petty jabs, and ranked them from most to least dickish.

This toast is promptly shot down by the dead friend's brother (Mark Duplass), who holds forth, with dickish insistence, on the self-serving motives of good-hearted people and the treachery of reminiscence.

All humans are equally dickish.

To be fair, I failed the exam portion on my first attempt, but at that location it was a verbal exam giving by a dickish cop that was looking for specific wording instead answers that gave the correct general idea.

What a dickish comment.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dickish" in a sentence?
An example: "So we’ve separated the shocks from the sneers, the big swings from the petty jabs, and ranked them from most to least dickish." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "dickish" from authentic English texts.
What does "dickish" mean?
Dickish means: Characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious.
How many example sentences with "dickish" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "dickish", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.