houndish

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adjective

Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.

OriginMiddle English houndisch →
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Meanings

adjectivehoundish (comparative more houndish, superlative most houndish)

comparative more houndish · superlative most houndish

  1. Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.

    Lucrezia laughed, a houndish laugh, almost a baying.

    2010, Gregory Maguire, Mirror Mirror
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    This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound."

    1897, Richard Wagner, Religion and art

    [...] houndish face was anything but memorable, yet Verna felt certain she had seen it somewhere before. "Delfred! Delfred! Delfred! Woof! Woof! Woof!" continued the chant outside the garden wall.

    1994, Jack Lovejoy, Outworld Cats

    Long strings of yellow dangled from Jorn's houndish snout, and his eyes were red.

    2008, Jeffrey Overstreet, Cyndere's Midnight

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhoundisch
  2. Englishhoundish

From Middle English houndisch, equivalent to hound + -ish. Compare Dutch honds (“doglike”), German hündisch (“houndish; doglike”).

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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