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Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.

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  1. a. Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.
  2. adj. base and cowardly
  3. adj. resembling a cur; snarling and rude
  4. Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal. Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. Shak. Some currish plot, -- some trick. Lockhart. -- Cur"rish*ly, adv. -- Cur"rish*ness, n.
  5. Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of acur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, alsomalicious; malignant; brutal.Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. Shak.Some currish plot, -- some trick. Lockhart.-- Cur"rish*ly, adv.-- Cur"rish*ness, n.
  6. s. base and cowardly s. resembling a cur; snarling and rude