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What is the adjective for dog?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs dog and dogsit which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

doglike
  1. Similar to a dog; canine.
  2. Similar to that of a dog
  3. (rare) Befitting a dog
  4. Synonyms:
      5. doggish, doggy, canine, dogly, houndly
  5. Examples:
      6. “After hours of playing fetch and wagging its tail, the robot's doglike behavior impressed the crowd at the science fair.”
doggy
  1. (informal) Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog.
  2. (informal) Fond of dogs.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dapper, smart, stylish, spruce, elegant, chic, natty, sharp, trim, dashing, neat, spiffy, debonair, snappy, snazzy, trig, classy, modish, tidy, fly, swank, sassy, prim, kicky, jaunty, crisp, nifty, chichi, clean, swell, rakish, bandbox, snug, sporty, ritzy, besuited, showy, swagger, swanky, dainty, nice, posh, spiff, brisk, nimble, nobby, spry, well-groomed, well-dressed, well turned out … more
dogly
  1. Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. canine, doglike, doggish, doggy, houndly
doggly
  1. Alternative spelling of dogly
  2. Examples:
      3. “He are merely a doggly pup who ain't got no soul to skare with Demon Rums, etc.”
dogless
  1. Without a dog.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The door closed behind him with a venomous snap and we were left alone in the street, guideless and dogless.”
      “Last year a friend in the village, blissfully dogless, made inquiries about the desirability of joining the club.”
      “On Thursday, when asked if he had a dog of his own, Mr. Paladino's Democratic opponent, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, said he was, unfortunately, dogless.”
doggier
  1. comparative form of doggy: more doggy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dapperer, smarter, sprucer, chicer, nattier, sharper, trimmer, neater, spiffier, snappier, snazzier, trigger, classier, tidier, flier, swanker, sassier, primmer, kickier, jauntier, crisper, niftier, cleaner, sweller, snugger, sportier, ritzier, showier, swankier, daintier, nicer, posher, brisker, nimbler, nobbier, sprier, better-groomed, better-dressed, more stylish, more elegant, more dashing, more debonair, more modish, more chichi, more rakish, more neat and tidy, more doglike, more doggish, more dogly, houndlier … more
doggiest
  1. superlative form of doggy: most doggy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dapperest, smartest, sprucest, chicest, nattiest, sharpest, trimmest, neatest, spiffiest, snappiest, snazziest, triggest, classiest, tidiest, fliest, swankest, sassiest, primmest, kickiest, jauntiest, crispest, niftiest, cleanest, swellest, snuggest, sportiest, ritziest, showiest, swankiest, daintiest, nicest, poshest, briskest, nimblest, nobbiest, spriest, best-groomed, best-dressed, most stylish, most elegant, most dashing, most debonair, most modish, most chichi, most rakish, most neat and tidy, most doglike, most doggish, most dogly, houndliest … more
dogged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dog
  2. Synonyms:
      3. followed, pursued, hounded, shadowed, tracked, trailed, tailed, chased, stalked, tagged, traced, coursed, hunted, stagged, bird-dogged, chased after, gave chase to, given chase to, went after, gone after, ran with, run with, afflicted, assailed, bothered, plagued, tormented, troubled, bedeviled, bedevilled, beleaguered, beset, blighted, haunted, vexed, vext, bedogged, bugged, niggled, grizzled, nagged, hassled, needled, badgered, harassed, heckled, pestered, harried, henpecked … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This dogged persistence and determination to see it through has taken its toll, both on his finances and his emotional well-being.”
      “His life is a pitiful record of frustration and heartbreak, combined with a dogged insistence on writing as he felt without compromise.”
dogging
  1. present participle of dog
  2. Synonyms:
      3. following, pursuing, hounding, shadowing, tracking, trailing, tailing, chasing, stalking, tagging, tracing, coursing, hunting, stagging, bird-dogging, chasing after, giving chase to, going after, running with, afflicting, assailing, bothering, plaguing, tormenting, troubling, bedeviling, bedevilling, beleaguering, besetting, blighting, haunting, vexing, bedogging, bugging, niggling, grizzling, nagging, hassling, needling, badgering, harassing, heckling, pestering, harrying, henpecking, prodding, pecking at, gnawing at, grumbling at … more
dogsat
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dogsit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. puppysat
dogsitting
  1. present participle of dogsit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. puppysitting
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