cur

• Substantivo que designa um cachorro vira-lata, sem raça definida ou de má qualidade; historicamente usado como termo pejorativo para uma pessoa desprezível.

A noun referring to a mongrel or inferior dog, often used historically as a term of contempt.

1. Aggressive or worthless dogC1informal

   A mongrel or inferior dog, often aggressive or ill-tempered.

   Vira-lata

   • The old cur growled at anyone who came near.
   • A stray cur was scavenging in the alley.
   • He called the barking dog a worthless cur.

   Sinônimosmongrelmuttstraytyke

2. Despicable personC2informal

   A contemptible or cowardly person.

   Pessoa desprezível

   • Only a cur would betray his friends like that.
   • He was dismissed as a lying cur by the townspeople.
   • The villain in the story was portrayed as a base cur.

   Sinônimosblackguardcadcowarddastardknaverascalreprobatescoundrelvillainwretch

   Antônimosbravegallanthero