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Definition of Doggish
1. a. Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal.
Definition of Doggish
1. Adjective. currish, resembling a mongrel dog, notably in his worst qualities ¹
2. Adjective. stylish in a showy way ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doggish
1. doglike [adj] - See also: doglike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doggish
Literary usage of Doggish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"Full well Max knows the friend is dead Whose cordial talk, And jokes, in doggish
language said, Beguiled his walk. 72 And Glory, stretched at Burwood gate, ..."
2. Life in the Homeric Age by Thomas Day Seymour (1907)
"... to the battle, " doggish though he is, he would not dare to look me in the
face" (I 373). The name dog is applied contemptuously, as in modern times. ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1920)
"And man, who once abused them, trusts today In doggish fortitude, in doggish
constancy. Oh, wondrous change! Beasts that were scorned of all Sit by ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"Why, Dick would simulate "the very torrent, tempest, and whirlwind of passion,"
and all in the merest fun, simply a doggish joke, for when the splurge was ..."
5. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1884)
"And they will do their doggish work, be sure of that, whatever you or I can say,
until, verily, him that dieth of them the dogs shall eat. IV. ..."
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