vixenish

1. 1.

   shrewish and malicious

   “a vixenish old woman”

   Similarmalicious

Questions about vixenish

What does vixenish mean?

vixenish means "shrewish and malicious".

How many syllables are in vixenish?

vixenish has 3 syllables: vix-e-nish. The stress falls on "vix".

Is vixenish a common word?

vixenish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.