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mongrel


 
  Grep  of  noun  mongrel 
  mongrel 
 
  Overview  of  noun  mongrel 
 
  The  noun  mongrel  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bastard,  mongrel  --  (derogatory  term  for  a  variation  that  is  not  genuine;  something  irregular  or  inferior  or  of  dubious  origin;  "the  architecture  was  a  kind  of  bastard  suggesting  Gothic  but  not  true  Gothic") 
  2.  cur,  mongrel,  mutt  --  (an  inferior  dog  or  one  of  mixed  breed) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  mongrel 
 
  The  adj  mongrel  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cur,  mixed,  mongrel,  scrub,  underbred  --  (of  inferior  or  mixed  breed;  "a  cur  dog";  "an  underbred  dog") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  mongrel 
 
  1  sense  of  mongrel 
 
  Sense  1 
  cur(postnominal),  mixed,  mongrel(postnominal),  scrub(postnominal),  underbred 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  crossbred)  ->  purebred 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  mongrel 
 
  1  sense  of  mongrel 
 
  Sense  1 
  cur(postnominal),  mixed,  mongrel(postnominal),  scrub(postnominal),  underbred 
  =>  crossbred  (vs.  purebred) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  mongrel 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  mongrel 
 
  mongrel  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  mongrel 
  mongrel 
 
  Overview  of  noun  mongrel 
 
  The  noun  mongrel  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bastard,  mongrel  --  (derogatory  term  for  a  variation  that  is  not  genuine;  something  irregular  or  inferior  or  of  dubious  origin;  "the  architecture  was  a  kind  of  bastard  suggesting  Gothic  but  not  true  Gothic") 
  2.  cur,  mongrel,  mutt  --  (an  inferior  dog  or  one  of  mixed  breed) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  mongrel 
 
  The  adj  mongrel  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cur,  mixed,  mongrel,  scrub,  underbred  --  (of  inferior  or  mixed  breed;  "a  cur  dog";  "an  underbred  dog") 



mongrel definition