currish

adjective

ˈkər-ish How to pronounce currish (audio)
Definition of currishnext
as in vile
not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency apologized for his currish behavior

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for currish
  1. vile
  2. dirty
  3. nasty
  4. cruel
  5. immoral
  6. detestable
  7. vicious
  8. ignoble
Adjective
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The mass protests, vile sound bites, revolving door to his administration, and constant threats of violence and war have been exhausting.
    Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of vile
Adjective
  • Yes, but: Charlie Bailey, a former Fulton County gang prosecutor who ran for lieutenant governor as a Democrat in 2022, told Axios that the RICO law was created to catch leaders of criminal organizations who weren't doing the dirty work.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Carbon emissions would increase because there is a dearth of renewables and the world would have to burn dirtier fossil fuels from non-Western entities.
    Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of dirty
Adjective
  • Good post for a mid- to late-November afternoon: 70 to 100 yards back in timber and along the thickest, nastiest ditch that leads out to crops. 59) Don’t waste precious rut-hunting time.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Reason for Ranking: Yet another solid (and prescient) premise that’s spoiled by a nasty streak and curious jokes about, uh, Abraham Lincoln hitting on Homer.
    Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of nasty
Adjective
  • This soaring exploration of generational trauma starts with Star, a survivor of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, who’s forced to speak English and practice Christianity by the man who goes on to found the notoriously cruel Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But at times, there’s a defensive, slightly cruel streak to his patter that can eclipse his better angels (of which there are many) and test the goodwill of those around him.
    Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of cruel
Adjective
  • McKissic writes that evangelical leaders' acceptance of Trump despite his alleged immoral conduct is hypocritical, contrasting it with their past condemnation of former President Bill Clinton's indiscretions.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • On the left, political scientists have long condemned militarized border controls as immoral, likening them to feudal controls on movement based on birthright.
    Alex Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of immoral
Adjective
  • What’s more, a loss at Hell in a Cell could also force McIntyre to become an even more detestable heel in the weeks and months ahead.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • As if being Jewish had become something really murky, vaguely suspect, possibly detestable.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of detestable
Adjective
  • That forces him to descend the 8,000-foot-and-higher safety zone of the Rocky Mountains, and into the lower-elevation danger zone where vicious monsters roam free.
    John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Scott, the old pro, knows how to give these scenes a vicious vitality that overcomes any thoughts about how the Romans supposedly got live sharks in the water.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of vicious
Adjective
  • Anything can happen, but polling trends increasingly suggest that the presidency of Donald Trump, which has itself seemed like an eternity to many, may be heading to its ignoble end.
    Christopher R. Hill, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2020
  • In fact, the abrupt and ignoble death of his fan-favorite character, the hunky werewolf Alcide Herveaux, early in the final season of the HBO show left him eager to make up for it.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
Definition of ignoble
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