dunghill

Noun

Meaning

A heap of dung.

Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

midden muckhill muckheap craven cumulus swill base bog dung waste dust debris residue garbage dump

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Antonyms

high noble improve BIG pure fair

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Hypernyms

cumulus cumulation pile heap mound agglomerate

Examples

For us the national flag is a rag to be planted on a dunghill. There are only two fatherlands in the world: that of the exploited and that of the exploiters. Benito Mussolini

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not. James Joyce

He saw a lawyer killing a viper On a dunghill hard, by his own stable And the devil smiled, for it put him in mind Of Cain and his brother, Abel. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The weed of arrogance grows on a dunghill. American Proverb

The cock is bold on his own dunghill. Italian Proverb

Every cock is valiant on his own dunghill. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

dungfork dungheap dunghil dunghilly dunghole dunging