NOUN | artifact | mongrel, bastard | derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine |
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animal | mongrel, cur, mutt | an inferior dog or one of mixed breed |
Meaning | derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin. | |
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Synonym | bastard | |
Broader | variation | An artifact that deviates from a norm or standard |
Usage of | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
Catalan | bastard | |
Verbs | mongrelize | cause to become a mongrel |
Meaning | An inferior dog or one of mixed breed. | |
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Synonyms | cur, mutt | |
Narrower | feist, fice | A nervous belligerent little mongrel dog |
pariah dog, pye-dog, pie-dog | ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India | |
Broader | dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris | A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times |
Spanish | chucho, chusco, gozque, mestiza, mestizo, perro mestizo, perrucho, sato | |
Catalan | mestís, petaner | |
Verbs | mongrelize | cause to become a mongrel |
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