Thesaurus / elvish
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synonyms for elvish
- cheerful
- comical
- flirtatious
- frisky
- good-natured
- impish
- joking
- lighthearted
- lively
- mischievous
- spirited
- sprightly
- tongue-in-cheek
- whimsical
- antic
- blithe
- coltish
- feeling one's oats
- frolicsome
- full of pep
- gamesome
- gay
- jaunty
- jesting
- jocund
- joyous
- merry
- mirthful
- prankish
- puckish
- rollicking
- snappy
- sportive
- teasing
- vivacious
- waggish
- zippy
On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to elvish, such as: devilish, jaunty, naughty, playful, casual, and devil-may-care.
- apathetic
- depressed
- dispirited
- grave
- inactive
- lazy
- lethargic
- lifeless
- sad
- serious
- unhappy
- humorless
- working
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How to use elvish in a sentence
It seemed odd to them that men had once worn so elvish an attire.
THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILLGILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe laugh was light and mocking, a tinkling, elvish sound which the Highlander frowned to hear.
AUDREYMARY JOHNSTONIn manner he seemed elvish, or shy, with a habit of staring on the ground, as if he would find a hair.
CHAUCER FOR CHILDRENMRS. H. R. HAWEISBut we never heard any elvish arrow whistling after us, or saw any more of the uncouth folk.
A KING'S COMRADECHARLES WHISTLERBirds were singing everywhere, and the green of new leaves clothed the land in elvish loveliness.
MASTERS OF THE GUILDL. LAMPREYThere is that elvish love of the full moon, as large and lucid as a Chinese lantern, hung in these tenuous branches.
A MISCELLANY OF MENG. K. CHESTERTONThere were games being played and dancing and much elvish love-making, too, I think, among the moss-branch thickets.
TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAMH. G. WELLSThey call their tubs and stools by quaint, elvish, and almost affectionate names, as if they were their own children!
TREMENDOUS TRIFLESG. K. CHESTERTONHis Titania (also engraved in the Shakspeare Gallery), overflows with elvish fun and imaginative drollery.
ANECDOTES OF PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS, SCULPTORS AND ARCHITECTS, AND CURIOSITIES OF ART, (VOL. 2 OF 3)SHEARJASHUB SPOONERThere at the ladder's foot sat the elvish toad, and it seemed to me that it looked pitifully up at the light.
KING OLAF'S KINSMANCHARLES WHISTLERWORDS RELATED TO ELVISH
- antic
- blithe
- cheerful
- coltish
- comical
- elvish
- feeling one's oats
- flirtatious
- frisky
- frolicsome
- full of pep
- gamesome
- gay
- good-natured
- impish
- jaunty
- jesting
- jocund
- joking
- joyous
- lighthearted
- lively
- merry
- mirthful
- mischievous
- prankish
- puckish
- rollicking
- snappy
- spirited
- sportive
- sprightly
- teasing
- tongue-in-cheek
- vivacious
- waggish
- whimsical
- zippy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.