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Associations to the word «Hangdog»

Wiktionary

HANGDOG, noun. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
HANGDOG, adjective. Low; sneaking; ashamed.

Dictionary definition

HANGDOG, adjective. Showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater.
HANGDOG, adjective. Frightened into submission or compliance.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan