cur

¹

[ kur ]

noun

1. a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
2. a mean, cowardly person.

   Synonyms: heel, cad, blackguard

cur.

²

abbreviation for

1. currency.
2. current.

cur

/ kɜː /

noun

1. any vicious dog, esp a mongrel
2. a despicable or cowardly person

Other Words From

• curlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cur¹

1175–1225; Middle English curre, apparently shortened from curdogge. See cur dog

Word History and Origins

Origin of cur¹

C13: shortened from kurdogge; probably related to Old Norse kurra to growl

Example Sentences

Not exactly, except that I heard my stepfather denounce the doctor as an infernal cur and blackguard.

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He never resented alleged satire—perhaps he couldn't see it—and therefore he got the name of being a cur.

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Within this deep shadow, Virtue is slaughtered and Genius treated like an unwelcome cur.

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"I guess that's the best rabbit dog anywhere around here," he said, as a flea-bitten cur trotted past.

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Red Ben went back on us, may the fiends take the redskin cur!

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