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Currishness — Currish 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. [1913 Webster] Thy currish spirit Governed a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
currishness — currˈishness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑cur … Useful english dictionary
currish — currishly, adv. currishness, n. /kerr ish/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a cur. 2. curlike; snarling; quarrelsome. 3. contemptible; base. [1425 75; late ME kuresshe. See CUR, ISH1] * * * … Universalium
currish — [ kə:rɪʃ] adjective archaic like a cur; bad tempered. Derivatives currishly adverb currishness noun … English new terms dictionary
rudeness — n. 1. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness. 2. Artlessness, inelegance. 3. Ignorance, uncouthness, barbarousness, clownishness. 4. Coarseness, incivility, impoliteness, insolence, impertinence, pertness, sauciness, surliness, gruffness, churlishness … New dictionary of synonyms
acerbity — n 1.(all of taste) sourness, bitterness, tartness, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acidu lousness; pungency, sharpness, unsavoriness, roughness, harshness. 2.(all of expression or temperament) acrimony, causticity, virulence, mordancy,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
perversity — n 1. contrariness, contradictoriness, contradictiousness, Archaic. contrariousness, contrariety, contumaciousness, contumacity, contumacy, frowardness, seditiousness, refractoriness, querulousness; waywardness, disobedience, intransigence,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
roguery — n 1. knavishness, rascality, roguishness, churlishness; villainy, miscreancy, reprobacy, incor rigibleness; blackguardism, currishness, caddishness, dastardliness, quackery, Archaic. quacksalvery, mountebankery, charlatanism; imposture,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
touchiness — adj 1. tetchiness, testiness, irritability, edginess, snappishness, nervousness; irascibility, cholericness, petulance, Rare. petulancy; grouchiness, grumpiness, crankiness, crabbiness, crotchetiness, crossness, crabbedness; churlishness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
currish — /ˈkɜrɪʃ/ (say kerrish) adjective 1. of or relating to a cur. 2. cur like; snarling; quarrelsome. 3. contemptible. –currishly, adverb –currishness, noun …
