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cur

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1 a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger

denounced as curs those police officers who deserted their posts during the hurricane and its aftermath

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daredevil

Antonyms for cur

2 a person whose behavior is offensive to others

only a cur would abandon friends in their time of need

Synonyms for cur

bastard,
beast,
bleeder
[British],
blighter
[chiefly British],
boor,
bounder,
bugger,
buzzard,
cad,
chuff,
churl,
clown,
creep,
cretin,
crud
[slang],
crumb
[slang],
dirtbag
[slang],
dog,
fink,
heel,
hound,
jerk,
joker,
louse,
lout,
pill,
rat,
rat fink,
reptile,
rotter,
schmuck
[slang],
scum,
scumbag
[slang],
scuzzball
[slang],
skunk,
sleaze,
sleazebag
[slang],
sleazeball
[slang],
slime,
slimeball
[slang],
slob,
snake,
so-and-so,
sod
[chiefly British],
stinkard,
stinker,
swine,
toad,
varmint,
vermin

Words Related to cur

booby,
doofus
[slang],
fool,
jackass,
nincompoop,
ninny,
nit
[chiefly British],
nitwit,
nut,
schmo
(or schmoe)
[slang]

dweeb
[slang],
nerd

Phrases Synonymous with cur

son of a gun

Near Antonyms for cur

angel,
saint

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“Cur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cur. Accessed 2 Oct. 2022.

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