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dungish

dungish adjective: pertaining to dung, ordurous; (figuratively) filthy or revolting.

Adjective

dungish

  1. (uncommon) Pertaining to dung, ordurous; (figuratively) filthy or revolting.
    • […] humanity's dungish ways, […]2004, John Gatta, Making Nature Sacred: Literature, Religion, and Environment ...
    • […] joy followeth; so doth peace, quietness, content, and love; which is also the fulfilling of the law: yet not from such dungish principles as yours, for so the apostle calls them, Phil. iii, but from the Holy Ghost itself:1784, John Bunyan, The Whole Works of that Eminent Servant of Christ, page 1300

Questions about dungish

What does dungish mean?
Dungish means pertaining to dung, ordurous; (figuratively) filthy or revolting.
What part of speech is dungish?
Dungish is an adjective.

Words near dungish in the dictionary

  1. dunghouses
  2. dungier
  3. dungiest
  4. dunging
  5. dungings
  6. dungish
  7. Dungiven
  8. dungkhag
  9. dungkhags
  10. Dunglegang
  11. dunglike

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