monkish

Speech parts

1. monkish - Adjective

2. monkish - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spartan close religious monk insufficient careful cheap ecclesiastical solitary monastic economical cautious clerical ministerial ascetic
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Antonyms

wasteful indulgent thriftless on fire unthrifty

Phrases with the word

be monkish

Examples

Ricky's bedroom was designed to be cell-like to suggest his "monkish" personality, while at the same time blending with the high-tech equipment to reflect his voyeuristic side. Source: Internet

The pairing of the monkish Louis and the high-spirited Eleanor was doomed to failure; she reportedly once declared that she had thought to marry a king, only to find she had married a monk. Source: Internet

Mortier, p. 320 and n. 3. From the age of six, it seems, Niccolò was destined for the monkish life. Source: Internet

The city piles up lofty and almost miniature, and makes me think of Jerusalem: without trees, without cover, rising rather bare and proud, remote as if back in history, like a town in a monkish, illuminated missal. Source: Internet

This notorious affair caused a monkish scribe to transcribe Rosamund's name in Latin to "Rosa Immundi", or "Rose of Unchastity". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Monkhouse monkie monking monkishly monkishness Monkland and Stretford