cur

Meaning

1. A contemptible or inferior dog.
2. A detestable person.

Synonyms

mongrel

mutt

dog

🐕

tyke

donkey

🫏

pooch

feist

street dog

mongrel dog

bitzer

ass

🍑

random-bred dog

caitiff

coward

craven

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɜː/

Etymology

From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), dialectal Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German kurren, korren (“to growl”). Compare also Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”).
Also Irish and Scottish Gaelic