hangdog
adjectiveHow many syllables in hangdog?
There are 2 syllables in the word hangdog.How to pronounce hangdog:
Definition of hangdog:
- hangdog (adjective):
- sad, dejected
- adjective. showing a sense of guilt.
- dejected, ashamed, or guilty in appearance or manner
Synonyms for hangdog:
abject
bad
blue
brokenhearted
browbeaten
cowed
crestfallen
cringing
defeated
dejected
depressed
depressing
despondent
disappointed
disconsolate
discouraged
distressed
doleful
down
down in the mouth
downcast
downhearted
droopy
forlorn
furtive
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- goner
- dredge up
- staters
- sadden
- Mari
- faltered
- disdained
- crinkling
- pious
- perturb
- parched
- murky
- moocher
- fastened
- collapsed
- straightened
- ranting
- nightscope
- foresight
- crosswise
- sodden
- smoothness
- slaughtered
- evokes
- weathered
- tussling
- planter
- hekate
- chiding
- yelping
- starkness
- reproach
- jumbling
- encroaches
- brickkiln
- ajar
- jaywalk
- copy
- bluffer
- adorbs
- upkeep
- ruffes
- rapping
- leering
- Laadan
- jabbing
- canter
- rarer
- nuanced
- adhered
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