mongrel

Examples

• All

• The man said his house had been attacked by a pack of mongrel dogs.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "I swerve sharply to avoid hitting a couple of old mongrels sunning themselves in the bend of the road."

  Fiction book (1990)

• "Laika, a mongrel dog from the streets of Moscow" "was the first animal to orbit the Earth."

  Hanna (2011)

• Then, up out of the meadow grass all around me, dogs' heads appeared: huge mongrel Alsatians.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Part Irish Setter, part mutt, half-breed and mongrel, Nixon had endured much hardship before he came to our home.

  Fiction book (2002)

• When we adopted him, our new mongrel instantly became part of the family.

• The shelter had many puppies, but I fell in love with the little mongrel who wagged his tail happily.

• She enjoyed taking her playful mongrel to the park every weekend.

Synonyms

M

mutt

vsmongrel

• Informal

84 2.8

A dog whose parents are different breeds

stresses uncertain or indeterminate breed rather than only lacking pedigree

C

cur

vsmongrel

• Archaic

3 9.2

A mean, unfriendly dog often of mixed breed

means a mixed or indeterminate breed dog without implying aggression

Antonyms

P

purebred

• Specialized

11 4.6

Has parents and grandparents from the same family line without mixing with other animals

How Purebred

purebred

• Specialized

4 4.2

half-bred

7.0

crossbreed

2 4.1

mongrel

13 5.8

Surface Forms

Etymology