doggish
Origin of doggish
1Other words from doggish
- dog·gish·ly, adverb
- dog·gish·ness, noun
Words Nearby doggish
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How to use doggish in a sentence
Bats without facial membranes; with short obtuse and bull-doggish heads; large lips.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. SterndaleThe plume of his tail began to wave; his jaws stretched wide in a doggish smile.
The Corner House Girls Under Canvas | Grace Brooks HillFor the dog is the last link in the chain of lowering feeling, and takes his doggish views of the matter.
Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) | John RuskinThe dog growls; Ulenspiegel does not stop: the dog makes a great uproar of doggish wrath.
The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2) | Charles de CosterOther travelers were there ahead of us and as everyone was rather damp the odor of the closed vehicle was somewhat wet-doggish.
Tripping with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for doggish
/ (ˈdɒɡɪʃ) /
of or like a dog
surly; snappish
Derived forms of doggish
- doggishly, adverb
- doggishness, noun
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