Home › Words › C › coonishnesscoonishnesscoonishness · noun — the quality of being coonish.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom coonish + -ness.nounThe quality of being coonish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coonish 76% match — Characteristic of traditional racist stereotypes of black people. vs coonishness →coyishness 71% match — The quality of being coyish. vs coonishness →coonery 69% match — The behavior of a "coon"; in present usage now typically meaning a black person who behaves in a subservient way to whites vs coonishness →niggerishness 67% match — The quality of being niggerish. vs coonishness →churchiness 66% match — The quality of being churchy. vs coonishness →cuntishness 66% match — The quality of being cuntish. vs coonishness →goonishness 66% match — The quality of being goonish. vs coonishness →coxcombicality 66% match — The quality of being coxcombical. vs coonishness →