resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf
<adj.pert> ran in wolflike packs wolfish rapacity
devouring or craving food in great quantities
<adj.all> edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks
Wolfish \Wolf"ish\, a. 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.
His is the name anti-federalists utter when they want to frighten the children. Karl Lamers has an appropriately wolfish look about him, with his craggy face and mouth full of teeth.