currish
- adjective
- /ˈkɜrɪʃ/
- Offensive
:
ruín
- She refused to engage with his currish behavior, maintaining her composure.
Examples
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His response was so currish that it shocked even his closest friends.
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The baron's currish remarks offended everyone at the banquet.
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Don't be so currish to your coworkers!
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His currish behavior alienated his friends.
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His currish remarks during the meeting surprised everyone who expected him to be polite.
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No one appreciated his currish attitude when they were trying to cooperate.
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She decided to distance herself from his currish behavior that made the conversation unpleasant.
Synonyms
24
7.2
A person who is unfriendly and often angry in a rough or threatening way
5
8.5
Rude and unkind in a way that upsets people
3
9.5
Often bad-tempered and easily annoyed, like a grumpy older person
Being cruel and speaking sharp words like a poisonous snake
Antonyms
How Mean
- Offensive
95
5.7
- Offensive
699
2.2
594
1.0
22
1.9
534
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Currish comes from cur, an old word for a 'mean or stray dog', plus the ending -ish, which means 'like' or 'having the quality of'. So calling someone currish is like saying they act 'like a mean dog' — rude, small-minded, or cowardly.