currish
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a cur.
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curlike; snarling; quarrelsome.
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contemptible; base.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of currish
First recorded in 1425–75, currish is from the late Middle English word kuresshe. See cur, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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There was no craven slinking, there were no currish snarls.
From The Way of the Strong by Ridgwell Cullum
True to his low, currish nature, he crept upon us unawares.
From Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis
Such rival Leos flourish, And mutual hatred nourish, With a snapping almost currish, upon Afric's shore.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 2, 1891 by Various
Such an exhibition of currish cowardice and sullen bullying spite increases rather our wondering pity for its victim than our wondering sense of her degradation.
From A Study of Shakespeare by Edmund Gosse
Why should you stand between me and my rights in this currish way?
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by F. Anstey
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