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currish
[kur-ish]
adjective
of or relating to a cur.
curlike; snarling; quarrelsome.
contemptible; base.
currish
/ ˈɜːɪʃ /
adjective
of or like a cur; rude or bad-tempered
Other Word Forms
- currishly adverb
- currishness noun
- ˈܰ adverb
- ˈܰԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
A lank, ugly cur, of unassignable breed, but unmistakably currish—a rank, unmitigated cur, with melancholy visage and moist eyes—returned the look.
As one well-fed dog is sure to be snarlish to a poorer brother—poor human nature—this currish principle is but too true when applied to us.
All ferocity suddenly died out, leaving only alarm, a desperate, currish terror.
"The lives of all that faithful be, This good day, will I spare; But wo betide or kings or boors, That currish Christians are!"
O people currish, churlish as their seas— He rejoices he leaves them, never to return till “rocks shall turn to rivers.”
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