viperishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

viperish (comparative more viperish, superlative most viperish)

1. In the manner of a viper.

   Synonym: viperous

2. spiteful; treacherous

   Synonyms: reptilian, reptitious, viperous; see also Thesaurus:evil, Thesaurus:treacherous

   • 2023 April 10, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times‎:

     Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).

派生語

• viperishly
• viperishness