doggish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a dog.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivedoggish (comparative more doggish, superlative most doggish)

comparative more doggish · superlative most doggish

  1. 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: doggy, doglike

  2. Resembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities.

    Synonyms: currish

  3. Stylish in a showy way.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a dog.

adjectiveResembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities.

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishdoggische
  2. Englishdoggish

From Middle English doggische, doggissh; equivalent to dog + -ish.

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Translations

Bulgarian кучешки
  • кучешки (kučeški)currish
Dutch honds, rekels
  • hondscurrish
  • rekelscurrish
Irish conúil
  • conúilcurrish
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APA

doggish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggish

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“doggish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doggish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggish.

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