Meanings
comparative more doggish · superlative most doggish
- Resembling or characteristic of a dog.
The show's high point is Jim Nutt's "Pug," an image of a woman whose slightly doggish face and coiled hair has all the concentrated perfection of a Northern Renaissance portrait.
1998 April 12, Roberta Smith, “ART IN REVIEW; 'The Risk of Existence'”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities.
Origin
- Middle Englishdoggische
- Englishdoggish
From Middle English doggische, doggissh; equivalent to dog + -ish.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кучешки
- кучешки (kučeški)currish
Dutch honds, rekels
- hondscurrish
- rekelscurrish
Irish conúil
- conúilcurrish
Cite this entry
doggish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggish
“doggish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doggish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggish.
Source: doggish on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.