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catawampous

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fierce; voracious; devouring; destructive.

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Examples

  • There air some catawampous chawers in the small way too, as graze upon a human pretty strong; but don't mind THEM -- they're company.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • The site had investigated the adjective catawampus also catawampous, meaning askew.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2011

  • There air some catawampous chawers in the small way too, as graze upon a human pretty strong; but don’t mind THEM — they’re company.

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

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synonyms (19)

Words with the same meaning

  1. agee
  2. agee-jawed
  3. askance
  4. askant
  5. askew
  6. askewgee
  7. asquint
  8. awry
  9. catawamptious
  10. cockeyed
  11. crooked
  12. skew
  13. skew-jawed
  14. skewed
  15. slaunchways
  16. squinting
  17. wamper-jawed
  18. wry
  19. yaw-ways

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