Antonyms for hound


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : hound
Phonetic Transcription : haÊŠnd


Definition of hound

Origin :
  • Old English hund "dog," from Proto-Germanic *hundas (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian hund, Old High German hunt, German Hund, Old Norse hundr, Gothic hunds), from PIE *kuntos, dental enlargement of root *kwon- "dog" (see canine). Meaning narrowed 12c. to "dog used for hunting."
  • noun dog
  • verb chase, badger
Example sentences :
  • That's an old maneuver of his—to hound a man from a little crime to a big one.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And if I'd known as much about you then as I know now, I'd never have started to hound you.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • If they presented an equal target he would fire at them rather than the hound.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The hound fell without a sound, and with equal ease he slew the second.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The other cab was pelting after him with all the enthusiasm of a hound on a fresh trail.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The Antelope droves are nearly gone; Hound and lead were too much for them.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • He is a hound of Israel who would sell you to the best bidder.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I wish to God I were a younger man, that I might chastise you for the hound you are.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Don't shoot, Smith, we're coming; save that hound for the halter!
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • It was the dead body of a hound—the one evidently at which I had fired.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for hound

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