cur
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
a mean, cowardly person.
Origin of cur
1Other words for cur
Other words from cur
- curlike, adjective
Other definitions for cur. (2 of 2)
currency.
current.
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How to use cur in a sentence
Some were killed, others committed suicide on the burning barges, and the rest were forced to surrender like whipped curs.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanIn Charleston the streets echoed only to the sound of my own footsteps or the snarling of hungry curs.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.I will not insult the poor fellows by thinking they could be such curs.
The Young Castellan | George Manville FennYou have many enemies that know not / Why they are so, but, like to village curs, / Bark when their fellows do.
All for peace, the rascal boasts himself, and he beats his wife and kicks his curs at home.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for cur
/ (kɜː) /
any vicious dog, esp a mongrel
a despicable or cowardly person
Origin of cur
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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