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hound
Synonyms and Antonyms of hound
- in the yard an old hound greeted us with a single bark
- a camera hound even before the baby arrived, he's now become obsessive
- a no-good sneaky hound who disappeared with the lottery winnings he was supposed to share
- nobody could stand that low-down hound and his penchant for mean-spirited pranks
bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, 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
barbarian, brute, caveman, Neanderthal, savage
lowlife, miscreant, rascal, rogue, roughneck, scab, scamp, scoundrel, villain, wretch
booby, doofus [slang], fool, jackass, nincompoop, ninny, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, schmo (or schmoe) [slang]
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dink [slang], dolt, dope, dork [slang], goon, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, turkey
hound
Synonyms and Antonyms of hound
- after the scandal came to light, the politician was hounded by reporters night and day
- kept hounding his mother to let him drive her car until she gave in
Synonym Discussion of hound
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- baited the chained dog
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- badgered her father for a car
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- drunks heckled the stand-up comic
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- football players hectored by their coach
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- chivied the new student mercilessly
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- hounded by creditors
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