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doggish

[ daw-gish, dog-ish ]

adjective

  1. like a dog; canine:

    doggish affection.

  2. surly; mean:

    a doggish temper.

  3. stylish and showy.


doggish

/ ˈdɒɡɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of or like a dog
  2. surly; snappish
“Collins 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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Derived Forms

  • ˈdoggishly, adverb
  • ˈdoggishness, noun
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Other Words From

  • doggish·ly adverb
  • doggish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doggish1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; dog, -ish 1
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Example Sentences

Bats without facial membranes; with short obtuse and bull-doggish heads; large lips.

The plume of his tail began to wave; his jaws stretched wide in a doggish smile.

For the dog is the last link in the chain of lowering feeling, and takes his doggish views of the matter.

The dog growls; Ulenspiegel does not stop: the dog makes a great uproar of doggish wrath.

Other travelers were there ahead of us and as everyone was rather damp the odor of the closed vehicle was somewhat wet-doggish.

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