mongrel

Speech parts

1. mongrel - Noun

2. mongrel - Adjective

Meaning

The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.

Not of a pure breed.

Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mutt cur mixed hybrid composite heterogeneous bastard crossbreed half-breed cad ladino rascal metis poodle beagle
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Antonyms

thoroughbred full-blooded blooded purebred motivator pureblood
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Hypernyms

dog variation Canis familiaris domestic dog

Hyponyms

feist fice pye-dog pariah dog pie-dog

Phrases with the word

half-breed mongrel mongrel whitefish

Examples

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations. Henry Cabot Lodge

I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether its a man or a dog. Theyre the best for every day. George Bernard Shaw

I'm a mongrel in the sense that I'm Spanish, English, Latino, Jewish, north, south - all these things are mixed in me. Ariel Dorfman

Organized mongrel minorities control the government. I am going to fight it to the last ditch. They are not going to Harlemize the country. James Eastland

You can't be all Mexican. It's like being all mongrel. Cormac McCarthy

The skin of a lion covering some mongrel beast. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mongoose bat mongoose lemur mongra mongrel whitefish mongreldom mongrelisation