CURS Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

curs

noun

plural of cur

as in cowards

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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as in bastards

a person whose behavior is offensive to others only a cur would abandon friends in their time of need

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Recent Examples of curs Since switching to bears, Propst and Starks have accumulated a sound, reliable pack of bear dogs-redbones, Walkers, mountain curs and black-and-tans. — John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curs

Noun

These are American cowards that are rooting against our Country.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 13 May 2026
And Trump calls ’em almost like cowards.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 May 2026

Definition of cowards

Noun

Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
When you’ve been tasked with crafting a home intended to welcome friends, host community gatherings, encourage kids’ indoor-outdoor adventures accompanied by dogs, bunnies, and a visiting pig, that’s the goal.

— Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026

Definition of dogs

Noun

After several weeks at the center, the skunks each reached their necessary weight, and organization officials decided the skunks were ready to return to their natural habitat.

— Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
The other rabid animals were five bats and one each cat, coyote, skunk and woodchuck.

— Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 3 July 2026

Definition of skunks

Noun

These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.

— Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026