sharpish
adjective, adverb
sharpish is spelled S-H-A-R-P-I-S-H: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sharpish means “Somewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sharpish?
| Letters | 8: S-H-A-R-P-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sharpish?
Sharpish appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sharpish?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sharpish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does sharpish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
informalSomewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).
The car made a sharpish turn.
- 2
informalSomewhat sharp; not blunt.
a sharpish knife
adverb
- 1
informalRapidly, soon.
You'd better mend your ways sharpish!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sharpish come from?
From sharp + -ish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).