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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten, lowly animate being |
| Synonyms: | black sheep, blackguard, bum, cad, coward, dog*, good-for-nothing, heel, hound, ne'er-do-well, rat, riffraff, scoundrel, scum*, skunk, snake*, stinker, toad, villain, worm, wretch, yellow dog |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sly, dastardly person |
| Synonyms: | boor, bounder, clown, creep, cur, dog*, heel, louse, lout, rake, rascal, rat, rotter, rounder, scoundrel, stinker, worm |
| Antonyms: | gentleman, helper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is scared, easily intimidated |
| Synonyms: | alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, funk, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, malingerer, mouse, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, recreant, scaredy cat, shirk, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, white liver, wimp*, yellow belly, yellow* |
| Antonyms: | aggressor, hero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Yet you'll never doubt that this overgrown pixie is about as trustworthy as a rabid cur.
- Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur.
- Once the dog touched the metal surface, it yelped and“the little cur dog fell dead.
| Main Entry: | dog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | canine mammal |
| Synonyms: | bitch, bowwow, cur, doggy, fido, flea bag, hound, man's best friend, mongrel, mutt, pooch, pup, puppy, stray, tail-wagger, tyke |
| Main Entry: | mongrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal of mixed background |
| Synonyms: | bastard, cross, crossbreed, cur, half-blood, half-breed, hybrid, mixed breed, mixture, mule, mutt |
| Main Entry: | scum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people who are bad, despicable |
| Synonyms: | curs, dregs, lowest, mass, mob, proletariat, rabble, riffraff, rubbish*, scum of the earth, trash*, unwashed, vermin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very dishonest |
| Synonyms: | cheater, con artist, coward, cur, dastard, heel, informer, louse, rascal, reptile, scoundrel, skunk, slink, snake in grass, snake*, toad, weasel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | half blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sibling sharing one parent |
| Synonyms: | crossbreed, cur, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, hybrid, mestizo, mixblood, mongrel |
| Main Entry: | canine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dog |
| Synonyms: | chow, coyote, cur, dingo, fox, hound, hyena, lobo, mutt, pooch, pup, wolf |
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