Definitions for hangdog

hangdog hang·dog

Spelling: [hang-dawg, -dog]
IPA: /ˈhæŋˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg/

Hangdog is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in hangdog (adgghno).

Definitions for hangdog

noun

  1. Archaic. a degraded, contemptible person.

adjective

  1. browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject:
  2. shamefaced; guilty:
  3. suitable to a degraded or contemptible person; sneaky; furtive.

Origin of hangdog

First recorded in 1670-80; hang + dog

Examples for hangdog

They say he couldn't look such a miserable, hangdog wretch for nothing.

It had lost its sense of cheerful riot, and wore a chastened, hangdog air.

There was no lowering of the eyelids when they confessed; no hangdog look about the mouth.

“I don't think anyone quite understands how it gets resolved,” he said with trace of hangdog sadness.

"Joan, I kissed you because I can't be a hangdog any longer," he said.

To that hangdog creature might fall the task of driving Betty home!

Tom Gray looked immensely relieved, Grace thought, in spite of his crestfallen, hangdog air.

And looking at their hangdog faces you would have said, "Such a lot of sheep-thieves!"

"We kept on improving the gadget," he said with hangdog attitude.

He was renowned for his violent pedigree, although few people other than militants would have recognized his broad, hangdog face.

Word Value for hangdog
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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