currish
/'kə:riʃ/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Resembling a cur; snarling and rude: Having the unpleasant, aggressive, or ill-tempered characteristics of a mongrel or inferior dog; behaving in a mean-spirited, surly, or bad-tempered manner.
- Base and cowardly: Showing a mean-spirited, contemptible, or ignoble lack of courage; behaving in a despicably low or unprincipled way.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- His currish behavior at the meeting, snapping at colleagues over minor points, was deeply unprofessional.
- The villain's currish act of betraying his own family for money revealed his true character.
- She was shocked by the currish insults hurled from the anonymous online account.
Advanced Usage
- "currish disposition": A mean, ill-tempered, or base nature.
- The manager's currish disposition made the workplace environment toxic.
- "currish cowardice": A particularly contemptible form of cowardice.
- Attacking the defenseless was an act of currish cowardice.
Variants and Related Words
- Cur (n): A mongrel dog, especially one that is aggressive or undesirable; a contemptible or cowardly person.
- He was nothing but a cur, spreading lies about his former friends.
- Currishly (adv): In a currish manner.
- He growled currishly at anyone who approached his desk.
Synonyms
- Snarling: Making an aggressive growl with bared teeth; speaking in a sharply critical or angrily abusive way.
- Surly: Bad-tempered and unfriendly.
- Contemptible: Deserving contempt; despicable.
- Ignoble: Not honorable in character or purpose; dishonorable.
- Mean-spirited: Unkind, unpleasant, and unfair.
Antonyms
- Noble: Having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles.
- Courageous: Not deterred by danger or pain; brave.
- Amiable: Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
- Magnanimous: Generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.
Adjective
- resembling a cur; snarling and rude
- base and cowardly