currish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

currish
    adj 1: base and cowardly
    2: resembling a cur; snarling and rude

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Thy currish spirit
         Governed a wolf.                         --Shak.
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         Some currish plot, -- some trick.        --Lockhart.
   -- {Cur"rish*ly}, adv. -- {Cur"rish*ness}, n.
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