Hangdog
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hangdog is a noun meaning A base, degraded person.
Meaning
A base, degraded person.
More Meanings
- Low; sneaking; ashamed.
- To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner.
Example Sentences
The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
With a twenty-one to three victory, Pinewood high-stepped it off the field while our Falcons hangdogged their way to the locker room.
Just a few stragglers left hangdogging around, latchkey types with no place to be, cutting up in the dim and bleachered gym perimeter.
Asper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he knew that.
Word Forms
- hangdogs
- hangdogging
- hangdogged
Synonyms for hangdog
Depending on context, synonyms include sneak, crack-hemp, crack-rope, gallows, hempie, scapegallows.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shamefaced, shamed, ashamed, browbeaten, cowed, afraid.
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