Words that rhyme with disestablish

• purplish 2
  adj 1: of a color intermediate between red and blue [syn: purple, violet, purplish]
• abolish 0
  v 1: do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" [syn: abolish, get rid of] [ant: establish, found, launch, set up]
• accomplish 0
  v 1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil] 2: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" [syn: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach]
• bullish 0
  adj 1: expecting a rise in prices
• churlish 0
  adj 1: rude and boorish 2: having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"- Shakespeare
• demolish 0
  v 1: destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" [syn: demolish, pulverize, pulverise] 2: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish] 3: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors" [syn: demolish, destroy]
• devilish 0
  adv 1: in a playfully devilish manner; "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever" [syn: devilishly, devilish] adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean] 2: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: devilish, rascally, roguish]
• dish 0
  n 1: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present" 2: a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" 3: the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice" [syn: dish, dishful] 4: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish] 5: directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation [syn: dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer] 6: an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish" [syn: cup of tea, bag, dish] v 1: provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show" [syn: serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish] 2: make concave; shape like a dish
• embellish 0
  v 1: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify] 3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 4: make more beautiful [syn: fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify] [ant: uglify]
• establish 0
  v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish, get rid of] 2: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute] 3: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove] 4: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: lay down, establish, make] 5: bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" [syn: establish, give] 6: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn: install, instal, set up, establish] 7: build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation" [syn: build, establish] 8: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]
• fish 0
  n 1: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish" 2: the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" 3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces [syn: Pisces, Fish] 4: the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20 [syn: Pisces, Pisces the Fishes, Fish] v 1: seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: fish, angle] 2: catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"
• foolish 0
  adj 1: devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" [ant: wise] 2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]
• ghoulish 0
  adj 1: suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details" [syn: ghoulish, morbid]
• girlish 0
  adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear" [syn: girlish, schoolgirlish]
• hellish 0
  adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket" [syn: beastly, hellish, god-awful] 2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]
• knish 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack
• mulish 0
  adj 1: unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack [syn: hardheaded, mulish]
• owlish 0
  adj 1: resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance
• polish 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; "Polish sausage" n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish] 2: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish] 3: a preparation used in polishing 4: the Slavic language of Poland v 1: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine] 2: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" [syn: polish, refine, fine-tune, down] 3: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" [syn: polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up]
• publish 0
  v 1: put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" [syn: print, publish] 2: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" [syn: publish, bring out, put out, issue, release] 3: have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" [syn: publish, write]
• relish 0
  n 1: vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment [syn: gusto, relish, zest, zestfulness] 2: spicy or savory condiment 3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] v 1: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour]
• smallish 0
  adj 1: rather small
• squish 0
  n 1: the noise of soft mud being walked on v 1: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop] 2: put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action
• stylish 0
  adj 1: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" [syn: stylish, fashionable] [ant: styleless, unstylish] 2: being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" [syn: fashionable, stylish] [ant: unfashionable, unstylish]
• swish 0
  adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish] n 1: a brushing or rustling sound v 1: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open" [syn: lap, swish, swosh, swoosh]
• ticklish 0
  adj 1: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" [syn: delicate, ticklish, touchy]
• wish 0
  n 1: a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" [syn: wish, wishing, want] 2: an expression of some desire or inclination; "I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave"; "his crying was an indirect request for attention" [syn: wish, indirect request] 3: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn: regard, wish, compliments] 4: the particular preference that you have; "it was his last wish"; "they should respect the wishes of the people" v 1: hope for; have a wish; "I wish I could go home now" 2: prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" [syn: wish, care, like] 3: make or express a wish; "I wish that Christmas were over" 4: feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of [syn: wish, wish well] [ant: begrudge, resent] 5: order politely; express a wish for 6: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn: wish, bid]
• english 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; "English history"; "the English landed aristocracy"; "English literature" 2: of or relating to the English language n 1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries [syn: English, English language] 2: the people of England [syn: English, English people] 3: the discipline that studies the English language and literature 4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side]
• frisch 0
  n 1: British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979) [syn: Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch] 2: Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) [syn: Frisch, Ragnar Frisch, Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch] 3: Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982) [syn: Frisch, Karl von Frisch]
• gish 0
  n 1: United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993) [syn: Gish, Lillian Gish]
• palish 0
  adj 1: slightly pale
• salish 0
  n 1: a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada [syn: Salish, Salishan] 2: a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America
• reestablish 0
  v 1: bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: restore, reinstate, reestablish]
• dullish 0
• coolish 0
• repolish 0
• blish 0
• disch 0
• fisch 0
• isch 0
• ish 0
• kisch 0
• kish 0
• misch 0
• mish 0
• risch 0
• rish 0
• tisch 0
• tish 0
• wisch 0
• wisz 0
• commish 0
• demisch 0
• ladish 0
• mcclish 0
• mclish 0
• mcnish 0
• janglish 0
• mellish 0
• gaulish 0
• stablish 0

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