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Meaning of CURRISH

Pronunciation:  'kurish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  resembling a cur; snarling and rude
  2. [adj]  base and cowardly
 
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 Synonyms: ignoble, ill-natured
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cur"rish\ (k?r"r?sh), a. [From {Cur}.]
Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a
cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also
malicious; malignant; brutal.
      Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf.      --Shak.
      Some currish plot, -- some trick.        --Lockhart.
-- {Cur"rish*ly}, adv. -- {Cur"rish*ness}, n.
 

 

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