doggish
adjective
like a dog; canine.
doggishness
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a word derived from
doggish.
Example Sentences
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The happy ending of the story has her using this new doggishness for her creative life, creating a performance piece that gives her a new place in the art world that she’s been missing.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2021
Charlie leaned back in his chair, drew down the corners of his mouth, nodded his head knowingly, and then quite spoiled the desired effect of doggishness by his delightfully candid smile.
From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold
But it seems to me to miss the true flavour of doggishness.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Henry asked, instantly perturbed and made self-conscious by the doggishness, the waggishness, the rakishness, of Foxall's tone.
From A Great Man A Frolic by Bennett, Arnold
It seemed to him that doggishness was not the glorious thing he had thought.
From Tales of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
