Words that rhyme with famish

  • admonish
    v 1: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn, discourage, admonish, monish] 2: warn strongly; put on guard [syn: caution, admonish, monish] 3: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" [syn: admonish, reprove]
  • astonish
    v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]
  • banish
    v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish, ban] 3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar] 4: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
  • blemish
    n 1: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: blemish, defect, mar] v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface, disfigure, blemish] 2: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish, spot] 3: add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn: flaw, blemish]
  • clannish
    adj 1: characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty" 2: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby]
  • gnomish
    adj 1: used of small deformed creatures
  • skirmish
    n 1: a minor short-term fight [syn: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish] v 1: engage in a skirmish
  • squeamish
    adj 1: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish]
  • amish
    n 1: an American follower of the Mennonite religion
  • flemish
    adj 1: of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture; "the Flemish population of Belgium"; "Flemish painters" n 1: an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium 2: one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch [syn: Flemish, Flemish dialect]
  • warmish
  • qualmish
  • heimish
  • carchemish

See also famish definition