doggish adjective3 •Resembling or characteristic of a dog.The show's high point is Jim Nutt's "Pug," an image of a woman whose slightly doggish face and coiled hair has all the concentrated perfection of a Northern Renaissance portrait. — 1998 •Resembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities. •Stylish in a showy way. formsmore doggish · most doggish