dugree
Pronunciations
dugree | (doo-GREE) | listen |
Definitions
adj. Direct, unvarnished, uneuphemistic.
Example Sentences
"I won't beat around the bush--I'll be dugree: that dress makes you look fat."
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
- Arabic / Judeo-Arabic
Etymology
Colloquial Palestinian Arabic دُغْرِيّ dughriy, Modern Heb דוגרי
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
dugri, doogree
Notes
DUE-gree
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