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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine..
This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound."
[...] houndish face was anything but memorable, yet Verna felt certain she had seen it somewhere before. "Delfred! Delfred! Delfred! Woof! Woof! Woof!" continued the chant outside the garden wall.
Long strings of yellow dangled from Jorn's houndish snout, and his eyes were red.
Lucrezia laughed, a houndish laugh, almost a baying.
Use houndish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Houndish means Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound."
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