Heathcliffian

English Etymology From the character in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights. Adjective Having characteristics similar to the character Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) Heathcliff, especially dark, brooding, intense, tortured, possessive, aggressive, and/or uncivilized. en 1993 Heathcliff Harold Bloom 54 Hindley occupies a place at the Heathcliffian end of the spectrum and, like Heathcliff, is both aggressive and competitive, although insecurely so. en 2000 Manchineel John Bishop Ballem; John Ballem 152 0888822170 I guess you could call him handsome in a dark, Heathcliffian way. en 2014 Charnel House Blues: The Vampyre's Tale Suzanne Ruthven 1782794158 The Grand Tour introduced the young bloods of England — whose acquaintance I made in large numbers — to crumbling architecture and Gothic ruins and, as a result, on their return they transformed their country estates into “a cross between the House of Usher and Wuthering Heights, a Heathcliffian blend of artificial mountains, lonely moors and decayed ruins. en 2018 Transcription Kate Atkinson 70 9780857525888 Perry himself was not entirely without Heathcliffian qualities — the absence of levity, the ruthless disregard for a girl's comfort, the way he had of scrutinizing you as if you were a puzzle to be solved. en eponyms