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
  • The dancing on the death of somebody was pretty vile.
    Miranda Kennedy, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The hour sits with him as his anxiety builds, causing some to sympathize with him despite his typical vile behavior.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of vile
Adjective
  • But this flavor swaps dirty diesel for a clean and quiet electric drivetrain built around a 74-kWh battery pack for more than 90 miles (150 km) of hauling over all kinds of challenging terrain.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The dirty secret is that students don't want to take courses in neo-Marxist nonsense.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of dirty
Adjective
  • Wireless Humidifier Another Healthy Home Awards winner, this portable humidifier can sit on top of their desk or nightstand to hydrate dry skin (or help a cold feel a little less nasty).
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Threat researchers have confirmed that a nasty new scam that targets macOS users is being actively exploited by hackers looking to get victims to download malware that will attempt to steal passwords from the keychain as well as through the Chrome, Bravo and Vivaldi web browsers manage others.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of nasty
Adjective
  • In season 2, a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to the Dutton ranch.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In Season 2, a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to Jacob (Ford) and Cara (Mirren) back at Dutton ranch.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of cruel
Adjective
  • Regulated sportsbooks find gambling on minors immoral in some respects, but you guys don’t.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In a 2022 Pew Research Center study, growing numbers of Americans said members of the other party are dishonest, immoral and closed-minded.
    Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 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 was confirmed by his patron in Moscow, which supported the regime in crushing what started as a peaceful protest movement during the Arab Spring and became a vicious civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and sparked a refugee crisis.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Its main proxy, Hezbollah, was crippled by a pager attack on its hierarchy, and then by weeks of vicious airstrikes.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of vicious
Adjective
  • Larraín’s third subject, Maria Callas, despite being born to an ignoble family and having to face wartime poverty during the 1940s, was no stranger to the trappings of an empyrean existence, but in constantly having to live up to it, like Diana, her life met an untimely end.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of ignoble
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