wolfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf
    wolflike.
    • ran in wolflike packs
    • wolfish rapacity
  2. adjective satellite devouring or craving food in great quantities
    voracious; rapacious; esurient; edacious; ravenous; ravening.
    • edacious vultures
    • a rapacious appetite
    • ravenous as wolves
    • voracious sharks

WordNet

Wolf"ish adjective
Definitions
  1. Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs. -- Wolf"ish*ly, adv. -- Wolf"ish*ness, n.

Webster 1913