Words that rhyme with vanish
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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" -
brownish
adj 1: of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn: brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown] -
burnish
n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish] v 1: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish] -
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] -
clownish
adj 1: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor" [syn: buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany] -
diminish
v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase] 2: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" [syn: diminish, belittle] -
donnish
adj 1: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic, donnish, pedantic] -
established
adj 1: brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church" [syn: established, constituted] [ant: unestablished] 2: settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact" [syn: accomplished, effected, established] 3: conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world" [syn: conventional, established] 4: shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; "the established facts in the case" 5: introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation [syn: established, naturalized] -
furnish
v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish] 2: provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" -
garnish
n 1: something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration 2: any decoration added as a trimming or adornment v 1: take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" [syn: garnishee, garnish] 2: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, garnish, dress] -
greenish
adj 1: of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: green, greenish, light-green, dark-green] -
heathenish
adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic] -
hoydenish
adj 1: used of girls; wild and boisterous [syn: hoydenish, tomboyish] -
kittenish
adj 1: playful like a lively kitten [syn: kittenish, frisky] -
mannish
adj 1: resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman; "a mannish stride" 2: characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; "true mannish arrogance" -
punish
v 1: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: punish, penalize, penalise] -
refinish
v 1: give a new surface; "refinish the dining room furniture" -
replenish
v 1: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" [syn: replenish, refill, fill again] -
swinish
adj 1: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish] 2: resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" [syn: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish] -
tarnish
n 1: discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation v 1: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile] -
varnish
n 1: a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface v 1: cover with varnish [syn: varnish, seal] -
womanish
adj 1: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears" -
spanish
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain; "Spanish music" n 1: the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain 2: the people of Spain [syn: Spanish, Spanish people] -
danish
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language ; "Danish furniture" n 1: a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark 2: light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese [syn: danish, danish pastry] -
cornish
adj 1: of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language n 1: a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall 2: English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters [syn: Cornish, Cornish fowl] -
rhenish
adj 1: of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it; "Rhenish wines tend to be sweet" n 1: any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) [syn: Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock] -
refurnish
v 1: furnish with new or different furniture; "We refurnished the living room" -
hunnish
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stanish
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pollyannish
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tonish
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janish
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manish
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yanish
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planish
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revarnish
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townish
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thinnish
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