currish
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cur·rish
(kûr′ĭsh)adj.
Snarling and bad-tempered.
cur′rish·ly adv.
cur′rish·ness adv.
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currish
(ˈkɜːrɪʃ)adj
of or like a cur; rude or bad-tempered
ˈcurrishly adv
ˈcurrishness n
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cur•rish
(ˈkɜr ɪʃ)adj.
1. of or resembling a cur; snarling.
2. contemptible; base.
[1425–75]
cur′rish•ly, adv.
cur′rish•ness, n.
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Adj. 1. currish - base and cowardly
ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
2. currish - resembling a cur; snarling and rude
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
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currish
adj (dated) behaviour → hundsföttisch (dated)
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