trollish
/ˈtɹoʊlɪʃ/adjective
trollish is an adjective meaning “Resembling or characteristic of a troll (supernatural being)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-O-L-L-I-S-H, and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does trollish mean?
adjective
- 1
Resembling or characteristic of a troll (supernatural being).
- 2
Resembling or characteristic of a troll (Internet troublemaker) or trolling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce trollish?
- US /ˈtɹoʊlɪʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-trollish.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of trollish
- more trollish comparative
- most trollish superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is trollish?
Trollish appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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).
Where does trollish come from?
From troll + -ish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).