WAPFTP REVERSE DICTIONARY
A
A - ABYSS
A - nouns
• ABISELFA the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a) ...1840 Amer. dial.
AARDVARK - nouns
• ANT BEAR an aardvark ...1545
• EARTH-HOG an aardvark ...1731
• EARTH-WOLF an aardvark ...Bk1897
ABACK - adjectives
• QUEER-TAKEN taken aback, surprised, disconcerted ...1858 Sc.
ABACK - adverbs
• BEGONE taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ABACK - verbs
• BACK-WIND to be taken, or cause to be taken, aback ...1899
• REMAIN FOOLISH to be taken aback ...Bk1904 Sc.
ABACUS - nouns, person
• ABACIST one who uses an abacus in casting accounts ...1387
ABANDON - verbs
• ABAND † to abandon, to forsake ...1559
• ABANDONATE †* to abandon ...1654
• BANDON † to forsake, to abandon ...1587
• BELEAVE † 1. to let or cause to remain behind; to go away without taking with one, to abandon ...c1175
† 2. to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon ...c1205
• BUNCH to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon ...1927 Amer. dial.
• 7CAST UP † to give up, to abandon ...1530
• DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• EIGHTY-SIX to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon ...1958 US sl.
• FLING UP ONE'S CARDS to abandon a project ...Bk1888
• GIVE ONE THE BAG TO HOLD to engage anyone while taking the opportunity to slip way; to leave in the lurch ...1793
• ICE to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme ...1980s sl.
• JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• JACK (IT) IN to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise; to give up ...c1910 sl.
• JAG to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• LEAVE †* to abandon, to forsake a habit, practice, etc. ...a1225 now rare or obs.
• LEAVE IN THE LASH † to leave in the lurch ...1573
• LEAVE UP † to abandon, to give up, to resign ...1430-40
• LET † to quit, to abandon, to forsake ...c1175
• PUNCH OUT to leave; to quit; to abandon ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SCARF to throw away; to abandon ...1970s US college sl.
• SHITCAN to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUCCUMB † to abandon, to give up ...1632
• TEW UP to give up, to abandon ...1877 Eng. dial.
• THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon ...1858 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S CARDS to abandon a project ...Bk1888
• TO-LEAVE † to relinquish, to abandon ...1432-50
• UNBEND †* to abandon an effort or attempt ...a1400-50
• WAIVE † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing ...c1330
• WALK OUT ON to abandon someone or something ...1937 UK sl., orig. theatrical
• WHITE-EYE to be overcome by heat or exhaustion while working; to faint from exhaustion; to quit working, to quit on one; to desert, to abandon ...1911 Amer. dial.
ABANDON - phrases
• GIVE THE DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• HOLD THE BAG to be left in the lurch ...1760 Amer. sl.
ABANDONED - adjectives
• ABANDED abandoned ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
• CAST thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken ...1597
• DOWN THE CRAPPER wasted, lost, abandoned ...1930s sl.
• DOWN THE PAN wasted, lost, abandoned ...1930s sl.
• DOWN THE SHITTER wasted, lost, abandoned ...1930s sl.
• ICED abandoned, let down ...1980s US college sl.
• JACKED IN given up. abandoned ...1940s sl.
• JACKED UP ruined, given up, abandoned ...M19 sl.
ABANDONED - nouns, person
• GIN-BOTTLE a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death ...1909 sl.
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGELT a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABANDONED - verbs
• DANCE IN THE HOG TROUGH usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat ...1942 Amer. dial.
• DANCE IN THE PIG TROUGH usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LIE IN THE LASH † to be left in the lurch ...1584
ABASE - nouns, person
• VAILER †* one who abases or brings down; a humbler ...1600
ABASE - verbs
• ABJECTATE † to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase ...1731
• ADBASS †* to abase ...1548
• BEMEAN to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase ...1651
• DEBASE † to lower in position, rank, or dignity; to abase ...1568
• HUMILE † to humble, to humiliate, to abase ...1491
• LAY † to cast down, to abase, to humble ...a1300
• LEATH † to cease, to abate ...1205
• LET DOWN to abase, to humble, to humiliate ...1747
• VAIL † to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc. ...1582
ABASED - adjectives
• ABESSED humbled, abased, cast down ...14C
ABASED, ABASEMENT - nouns
• ABASURE † the quality of being abased; humiliation ...1653
• ABJECTEDNESS † downcast condition; abasement ...1660
• ABJECTION † the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation ...c1525
• DEBASEMENT † abasement ...1593
• DEMISSION * abasement, lowering, degradation ...
ABASH - verbs
• BASH † to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CUT THE COMB OF to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate ...1814
• DASH to abash, to dismay, to confuse; to put out of countenance ...c1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEBASH † to abash ...1610 nonce word
ABASHED - adjectives
• ABASIT abashed, confounded ...1845 Sc.
• ALL-OVERISH feeling confused or abashed ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BASHED † abashed, disconcerted, dismayed ...c1440
• BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
• DASHED abashed, cast down, ashamed, bashful ...1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHAMEFACED showing shame, abashed ...L19
• SHAMEFAST † showing shame; abashed ...ME
ABASHED - verbs
• BASH † to be ashamed or abashed ...c1460
ABASHMENT - nouns
• ABASHANCE †* abashment, dismay ...c1430
• ABASHEDNESS †* abashment ...1530
• BASHEDNESS † abashment, bashfulness ...c1440
ABASING - nouns
• BASING † abasing, debasement ...1581
ABATE - verbs
• BATE † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BATE AN ACE to abate a jot or tittle; to make the slightest abatement ...a1600
• DEBATE † to abate, to fall off, to grow less ...a1400-50
• FAIK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• NULL to abate; to alleviate pain ...1984 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OFF to abate, to grow less, to decrease ...1776
ABATEMENT - nouns
• BATE † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DEBATEMENT †* abatement ...c1550
• LESSING † lessening, diminution; abatement ...c1340
• PAIR †* impairment, abatement ...c1375
ABATING - prepositions
• BATING abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except ...1568
ABBEY - nouns
• ABBACY an abbey ...1896 Sc.
ABBREVIATE - adjectives
• ABBREVIATORY * tending to abbreviate or shorten ...1847
ABBREVIATE - verbs
• ABBREVY †* to abbreviate, to abridge ...1483
ABBREVIATED, ABBREVIATION - nouns
• ABBREVIATURE † 1. an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness ...1614
2. an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation ...c1630
3. an abbreviated or abridged copy ...1650
† 4. the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening ...1659
• ACCURTATION † shortening, curtailment, abbreviation ...1583
ABDICATION - nouns
• DEMISSION the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication ...1577-87
ABDUCT - verbs
• ABDUCE to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct ...1537 arch.
• MORGANIZE to abduct ...M19 US sl.
• SHANGHAI to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something ...1919 sl., orig. US military
• RAPE to carry off a person by force, esp. a woman ...1590
ABDUCTED - adjectives
• RAPT of a woman: carried away by force; raped ...1432-50
ABDUCTED - nouns, person
• RAPT †* an abducted woman ...1632
ABDUCTION - nouns
• RAPE the act of carrying away a person by force, esp. a woman ...c1400
• RAPT † rape (abduction or ravishing) ...1535 Sc.
• RAPTURE † the act of carrying off a woman ...1600
ABET, ABETTOR - nouns, person
• MAINTAINER † one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error ...c1330
• SUCCENTOR †* an abettor ...1609
ABHOR - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• ASPERNATE † to despise, spurn, abhor ...1656
• DETESTATE †* to detest, to abhor, to abominate ...1548
• HIDOUS †* to feel horror, to dread, to abhor ...1382
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
ABHORRED - adjectives
• ABHORRIBLE †* to be abhorred, detestable ...1633
• INEXECRABLE †* most execrable or abhorred ...L16
ABHORRENCE, ABHORRING - nouns
• ABHORFULNESS †* abhorrence ...1556
• ABHORMENT the action of abhorring
• AVERSATION a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion ...1613 arch.
ABHORRENCE - verbs
• UGG to feel abhorrence or disgust; to loathe; to cause disgust or nausea; to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ABHORRENCE - interjections
• ACH-A-VIE! an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• FAH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• FAUGH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• FOH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• FOUGH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• KAE! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence ...1828 Sc.
• KAIGH! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence ...1828 Sc.
• KAY! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence ...1828 Sc.
ABHORRENT - nouns, person
• MUCK anyone considered disgusting, worthless, or abhorrent ...L19 sl.
ABHORRENT - verbs
• STINK IN THE NOSTRILS to extremely offensive or abhorrent to a person ...a1600
ABIDE - verbs
• ABEAR to abide; to tolerate ...1885
• BELEAVE † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
• HABIT † to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn ...?a1366
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• LENG † to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell ...a1300
• ONBIDE † to abide, to remain, to stay on ...c1440
• SIT to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place ...c900
• TARRY † 1. to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition ...c1450
2. to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily ...1704 Amer. dial.
ABIDING - adjectives
• MANSIONARY † staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident ...1447
ABIDING - nouns
• MANSION † 1. the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place ...a1340
2. a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place ...c1386 now arch.
• TARRIANCE temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding ...1530 arch.
ABILITY, ABLE - adjectives
• ABOVE ONE'S MATCH † above one's level; beyond one's abilities ...1748
• FACULIZED versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities ...1816 Amer. dial.
• FACULTISED versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HEAD best, chief, most able ...1895 Amer. dial.
• YABLE able ...1825 Sc.
• YIBBLE able ...1825 Sc.
ABILITY, ABLE - nouns
• ABILITATION † a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability ...c1656
• ABILTY † ability ...1768 Sc.
• ABLENESS † the quality of being able; ability ...c1390
• ASS ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BIND capacity, ability, power ...1824 Sc.
• CAN power, ability ...1768 Sc.
• CANNING † being able, ability ...a1555
• CLEVERALITY cleverness, smartness, ability ...1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DOUGHT * power, strength, ability ...ME now Sc.
• FATHOM † breadth of comprehension; grasp of intellect; ability ...1604
• HABILIMENTS † abilities, faculties, powers of mind ...1585
• HABILITY † ability ...1430-1678
• IDOCITY quick comprehension, ability ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• INGINE † ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention ...1660 Sc.
• MAUGHT might, strength, ability ...1773 Sc.
• MOJO AND THE SAY-SO, THE the ability to enforce one's wishes completely ...c1975 Amer. sl.
• MOVES knowledge, ability, 'smarts' ...1960s sl., orig. US
• MOXIE courage, impudence, ability ...1930s sl.
• ODOCITY ability, gumption; spirit, energy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL facility, ability ...1910s sl.
• REDD energy, speed, ability to work ...1892 Sc.
• SCOLLE the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAN ability; means of effecting a purpose ...1806 Sc.
• SUFFICIENCE † capacity; ability; competence ...1382
• SUFFICIENCY † adequate qualification; ability, competency ...1567
• SUFFICIENTY † competence, ability ...1461
• SUFFISANCE † ability, competence ...c1392
ABILITY, ABLE - nouns, person
• BALL OF FIRE a person exhibiting unusual energy, ability, or drive ...1900 Amer. sl.
• COOL CAT a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person ...1940s sl., chiefly US Black
• CRACKAJACK a person of marked ability or excellent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CRACKERJACK someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability ...1895 sl., orig. US
• CRACK HAND an able, competent person ...19C sl.
• FOOL an unusually able person in any field of activity, as a dancing fool, etc.; an enthusiast, a fan ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• HORSE a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something ...1955 Amer. sl.
• HOSS a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something ...1858 Amer. sl.
• INGINE † an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability ...1824 Sc.
• MOOSE CAT anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person ...1926 Amer. logging usage
• OIL-BURNER an exceptionally able or hard-working person ...1960s US sl.
• PIPPIN a term of endearment; a person of good ability ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
ABILITY - verbs
• ABILITATE † to give ability or fitness; to enable ...1627
• BLUFF to make a false show of ability ... Bk1904 Amer. dial.
• HABILITATE † to endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, to qualify ...1604
• LOSE ONE'S DASH to lose one's energy and ability ...c1880 sl.
• LOSE ONE'S PUNCH to lose one's energy and ability ...c1900 sl.
• SHOW ONE'S PACES to display one's ability ...c1870 colloq.
ABILITY - phrases
• ABOVE ONE'S BEND beyond one's abilities ...1835 Amer. dial.
• ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY beyond one's ability; out of one's reach ...1859 Amer. dial
ABJECT - nouns, person
• VASSAL a base or abject person; a slave ...1589
ABLE - adjectives
• ABLEMOST † ablest, most able ...1614
• BADLY ABLE hardly able ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASTANT † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
• DARB highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great ...1930 US sl.
• HABILE † having the capacity or power to do a thing ...1558
• HABILITATE † endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified ...1622
• HARD-MATCHED hardly able ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUFFICIENT † qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able ...c1385
• SUFFISANT † competent, able. capable ...c1385
• TIDY † good, excellent, satisfactory, useful; of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful ...c1350
• TIGHT † of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful; alert, smart; lively, vigorous, stout ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ABLE - verbs
• HANG THE MOON to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SUFFICE † to be competent or able to do something ...a1325
ABLE-BODIED - adjectives
• BRAW stout, able-bodied ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LIKELY able-bodied, competent, capable ...1899 Amer. dial.
• YALD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, alert, vigorous, strong, able-bodied, healthy ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWL alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
ABNORMAL - adjectives
• ABB abnormal ...1991 US sl.
• ABERRANT deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal ...1830
• OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird ...1866 US sl.
• UNCO-LIKE strange, abnormal ...1842 Sc.
• WANTON †* of natural occurrences: abnormal, extraordinary ...a1754
ABNORMAL - nouns
• ODDLING a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit ...1941 Amer. dial.
ABNORMAL - nouns, person
• DEVIATE a person who is markedly different from normal ...19C euphemism
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1944 Amer. dial.
• ODDLING a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit ...1941 Amer. dial.
ABNORMAL - verbs
• ABNORMALIZE to render abnormal ...a1871
ABNORMALLY - adverbs
• UNACCUSTOMARILY † unusually, abnormally ...1634
ABODE - nouns
• ABODEMENT † abode, abiding ...1591
• BELEAVING † remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode ...c1330
• FAMILISTERY * the abode of a community living together as one family ...1865
• HABIT †* habitation, abode ...1603
• HAFT a fixed or established place of abode ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARBOUR shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
• MANOR † an abode or resting-place ...1362
• MANSION a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place ...c1386 now arch.
• MANSION-PLACE † a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor ...1473
• MANSION-SEAT † a place of abode; a dwelling-place ...1618
• QUARTERAGE * quarters, place of abode ...1577
• TABERNACLE a dwelling, a place of abode ...1382
ABODE - verbs
• BABYLON †* to place or establish in a magnificent abode ...1633
• NESTLE † to take up one's abode, to settle or squat, in a place; to establish residence ...1406
ABOLISH - verbs
• ABROGATE to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel ...1526
• ABROGE †* to abrogate ...c1450
• EXTERMINE † to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish ...1539
• EXTERMISH to exterminate, to abolish ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IMBOLISH † to do away with; to make away with; to abolish ...1592
ABOLISHED - adjectives
• ABROGATE repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority ...1460 arch.
ABOLITION - nouns
• ABROGATION repeal or abolition by authority ...1535
ABOMINABLE - adjectives
• ADJECTIVAL euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ADJECTIVE euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• AVERSABLE †* abominable ...1663
• HAEMATOID ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible ...1920s euphemism
• NEFAND † not to be spoken of; unmentionable; abominable, atrocious ...1490
• NEFANDOUS not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible ...1640
• NEFAST * wicked, abominable, detestable, vile ...1849
• PUTREDINOUS † filthy, abominable ...1711
• VERMILION abominable, terrible ...L19 Aust. euphemism for 'bloody'
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
ABOMINATE - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• DETESTATE †* to detest, to abhor, to abominate ...1548
ABOMINATED - adjectives
• DETESTATE † abominated, detested ...
ABORIGINAL, ABORIGINE - nouns, person
• AB an Aborigine ...19C Aust.
• ABORIGINARY an aboriginal inhabitant ...1868
• COOBOO an Aborigine child ...Bk2001 Aust. colloq.
• LUBRA an Aboriginal woman ...19C Aust.
ABORT, ABORTION - verbs
• KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN to abort a foetus ...19C Brit. sl.
• KNOCK A LID to cause abortion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MAKE SOMEONE ONE to give someone an abortion ...1960s US sl.
• PULL A RABBIT to perform an abortion ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SLIP THE CALF of women: to suffer abortion ...1664 humorous, obs.
ABORTING, ABORTION - nouns
• ABIGAIL an abortion ...2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
• ABORCEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORSEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORTMENT † the act of aborting; premature expulsion of the foetus ...1607
• CASTLING † an aborted foetus ...1580
ABORTION, ABORTIONIST - nouns, person
• LOCK PICKER an abortionist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIN ARTIST abortionist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RABBIT-SNATCHER an abortionist ...1950s US criminals' sl.
ABORTIVE - adjectives
• ABORSIVE †* abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made ...1639
ABORTIVE - verbs
• ABORTIVATE †* to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless ...c1630
ABOUND - verbs
• EXSUPERATE † to abound ...1625
• EXUBERATE to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow ...1623
• EXUPERATE † to abound ...1623
• UBERATE † to make plentiful; to make plenteous and fruitful; to abound ...1623
• WALM † to abound, to be plentiful ...1399
ABOUNDING - adjectives
• RANK † abounding in, full of ...a1300
ABOUT - adverbs/prepositions
• ANEWST of manner or degree: nearly, approximately, about ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UMBE † 1. about, concerning, of ...c900
† 2. around, about ...971
† 3. about, round ...a1300
ABOVE - adverbs & preps.
• ABOON above ...1875 Eng. dial.
• BOON above ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEHEIGH above ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UPSIDE above ...1967 Amer. dial.
ABRADE - verbs
• BARK to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade ...1850
• BREAK to break the skin; to abrade ...Bk1911 Sc.
• RASE to abrade or cut the flesh slightly ...1899 Sc.
• SCAW to chafe, to peel, to abrade the skin ...1929 Sc.
• SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
ABRASION - nouns
• BOBO a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GAW a sore place or abrasion on the skin ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAM a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion ...1866 Sc.
ABRASION - verbs
• LOSE LEATHER. to suffer abrasion of skin ...1726
ABREAST - adverbs
• SIDE AND SIDE side by side; abreast; close together ...1834 Amer. dial.
ABRIDGE - nouns, person
• SUMMIST † one who summarizes or abridges ...1600
• SUMMISTER † one who summarizes or abridges ...1586
• SUMMULARY †* one who summarizes or abridges ...1581
• SUMMULIST a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger ...1652
ABRIDGE - verbs
• ABBREVY †* to abbreviate, to abridge ...1483
• DECURTATE † to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge...1623
ABRIDGED - adjectives
• COMPENDIARIOUS † brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious ...1730
• CORREPT † abridged, shortened ...1654
• DECURTATE * cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed ...a1638
ABRIDGED - nouns
• ABBREVIATURE an abbreviated or abridged copy ...1650
ABRIDGEMENT - nouns
• ABBREVIATE abstract, abridgement ...1716 Sc.
ABROAD - adverbs
• ABREED abroad; spread about, cast to the winds ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ABROAD - verbs
• ABLEGATE †* to send abroad or to a distance ...1657
ABRUPTLY - adverbs
• BANG suddenly, abruptly ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BAZZ suddenly, abruptly ...1861 Eng. dial.
ABSCESS - nouns
• ABSCESSION †* an abscess ...1610
• ADDLE an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister ...1825 Eng. dial.
• ANT HEAP an abscess, a carbuncle ...1943 Amer. dial.
• APSE an abscess, a tumour ...1857 Eng. dial.
• BEAL † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEALING † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEEAL an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAPSY an abscess ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NABSY an abscess ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAPSY an abscess ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• RAISING a boil, an abscess, or other swelling ...1966 Amer. dial.
ABSCESSED - adjectives
• BEALED festered; infected; abscessed ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
ABSCOND - verbs
• ABSQUAT of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...1868 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATIATE to abscond, to depart ...1839 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATILATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATTLE of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond ...1842 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...1830 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUOTULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULIZE to abscond, to depart ...1829 Amer. sl.
• AMPUTATE to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight ...1842 Amer. sl.
• BOG-SCLENT to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUY A TRUNK to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country ...1934 Amer. Western usage
• GO SOUTH to steal, to abscond with ...1982 Amer. dial.
• LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly ...1886 US sl., esp. criminals' & police usage
• LAM OUT to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run ...1886 Amer. sl.
• LAMMISTER to abscond; to flee from authorities ...1921 US sl.
• LEVANT to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond ...1797
• MIZZIL to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape ...1781 Amer. dial.
• SKIN to abscond, to make off, to slip away ...1894 US sl.
• SKIP to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond ...1338
• TAKE A MICKEY FINN to abscond ...1924 Amer. sl.
ABSCONDER - nouns, person
• ABSQUATULATOR an absconder ...1842 Amer. sl.
• LAMASTER a fugitive; an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMISTER a fugitive from justice; an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMMIE a fugitive; an absconder ...1933 US sl.
• LAMMISTER a fugitive; an absconder ...1911 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMSTER a fugitive; an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LEVANTER one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets ...1781
ABSCONDING - adjectives
• LEVANTING absconding secretly ...1855
ABSCONDING - nouns
• ABSQUATULATION a sudden disappearance or absconding ...1847 Amer. sl.
• LEVANTING secretly absconding ...1847
ABSENCE, ABSENT - adjectives
• ABSENTANEOUS done in absence; pert. to absence ...Bk1721
• ABSTENT absent ...1898 Sc.
• ACK WILLIE absent without leave ...1942 Aust. sl.
• ACK WILLY absent without leave ...1942 Aust. sl.
• MINUS absent ...M19 sl.
• NASHED said of a person who is gone ...19C sl.
• MR. NASH IS CONCERNED said of a person who is gone or absent ...19C sl.
• OFF THE RESERVATION absent, away ...L19 US sl.
• OUT OF SOMEONE'S FACE absent, away ...1980s UK Black sl.
• WANE † lacking, absent, deficient ...c825
ABSENCE, ABSENT - nouns
• ABSENCY †* absence ...1599
• ABSENTATION the act of absenting oneself ...1800
• ABSENTMENT † the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away ...1600
• LAND SECURITY unauthorized absence ...M18 sl.
• WANE † want, lack, shortage, absence of ...c888
• WANT † the fact that a person is not present; absence ...c1480
ABSENT - nouns, person
• ABSENT † one who is absent; an absentee ...c1425
ABSENT - verbs
• CHUCK A DUMMY to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy ...Amer. World War I sl.
• FAULT † to be wanting or absent ...c1375
• GET OUT OF THE RAIN to absent oneself when there's likely to be any trouble ...20C sl.
• LACK to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SAG to be illicitly absent from work ...L19 Brit. sl.
• SCARCIFY to absent oneself, to make oneself scarce ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OUT to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WANT † to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing ...1435
ABSENT-MINDED - adjectives
• ASLEEP AT THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP AT THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAH inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLANK inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ABOVE THE EARS inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD FROM THE NECK UP inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD TO THE WORLD unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD-HEADED inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.MOONEY absent-minded; dreamy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.MOONY absent-minded; dreamy; listless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOBODY HOME an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc. ...c1915 Amer. sl.
•.NO ONE AT HOME inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOT ALL THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...1864 sl.
•.NOT KEEPING ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOT ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOT THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF TOWN inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED dazed, absent-minded ...B1900 sl.
• WITH A VACANT ATTIC inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A VACANT HOUSE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
ABSENT-MINDED - nouns, person
• MAGOO a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person ...1932 Amer. sl.
• MENTAL MIDGET an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person ...1966 Amer. sl.
ABSENT-MINDED - verbs
• MEASE to be absent-minded, to muse ...1877 Eng. dial.
ABSENT-MINDED - phrases
• NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc. ...1951 Amer. dial.
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE
• AWOL absent without leave ...1920 sl., orig. US
• A.W.O. LOOSE absence without leave ...1920 US sl.
ABSOLUTE - adjectives
• ABSOTIVE absolute ...1924 Amer. sl.
• BODACIOUS complete, thorough, utter, absolute, arrant ...1887 Amer. dial.
• BUST-OUT adj. out-and-out, pure and simple, absolute ...1961 US sl.
• COLD-BLOODED out-and-out; absolute ...1962 US Black sl.
• DEAD absolute; assured ...1589
• DEAD-BANG certain; absolute ...1985 Amer. sl.
• FAIR undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute ...1872
• FULL-ON maximum, complete, absolute, very ...1970 US
• SINGLE * undivided, unbroken, absolute ...1590
• SKIRE utter, absolute ...1825 Sc.
• UP-AND-DOWN absolute, complete ...M19 sl.
• UP-AND-DOWN-STAIRS absolute, complete ...M19 sl.
ABSOLUTELY - adverbs
• ABSOBALLYLUTELY absolutely, very much indeed ...1910s sl.
• ABSOBLOODYLUTELY absolutely ...1923 Amer. sl.
• ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY absolutely, very much indeed ...1910s sl.
• ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY absolutely ...1921 Amer. sl.
• ABSOGODDAMLUTELY absolutely ...1962 Amer. sl.
• ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1986 Amer. sl.
• ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY absolutely; most definite ...Brit. sl.
• ABSOTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ABSOTOOTLY absolutely ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BACK-ACTUALLY truly, absolutely ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BARELY † without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340
• BLACK-ACTUALLY truly, absolutely ...1928 Amer. dial.
• DAMN TOOTIN' certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
• DANG absolutely, extremely ...1840s
• DEAD thoroughly; absolutely; completely; wholeheartedly; with no mistake; very ...1807 Amer, sl.
• DEAD-ASS utterly; absolutely; usually considered vulgar ...1971 Amer. sl.
• DEAD-BANG absolutely; without doubt; hence, in the act; red-handed ...1919 Amer. police usage
• DEAD-NUTS completely, absolutely, keenly for or against something ...L19 US sl.
• FAIR very, absolutely, really ...M19
• FULL absolutely ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FULL OUT absolutely, completely, intensely ...1918 US
• JUST absolutely, definitely, very ...L19 sl.
• OUT-AND-OUT completely, absolutely, utterly ...L18
ABSOLUTELY - interjections
• A! absolutely! yes! certainly! ...1950s US Black sl.
• DAMN SKIPPING! an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s, orig. US Black usage
• DAMN SKIPPY! absolutely! without a doubt! ...1994 US sl.
• DAMN STRAIGHT! an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• DAMN TOOTIN'! an exclamation of affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1910s US sl.
• I GUESS YES! yes indeed! absolutely! ...L19 US sl.
• QUITE! an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed ...M19 sl.
• QUITE SO! an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed ...M19 sl.
ABSOLUTION - nouns
• LESNESS † absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins ...c950
ABSOLVE - nouns, person
• ABSOLVANT † he who absolves ...1506
ABSOLVE - verbs
• ABSOIL † to absolve ...c1450
• ABSOYLE † to absolve ...c1450
• UNBIND † to free from sin or its consequences; to absolve ...c950
ABSOLVING - adjectives
• ABSOLVITORY pert. to absolution; absolving ...1609 Sc.
ABSOLVING - nouns
• ABSOLVITURE † the act of absolving; absolution ...1586 Sc.
ABSORB - verbs
• ABSORBEATE † to swallow up ...Bk1626
• OBSORB †* to absorb ...1684
ABSORBED - adjectives
• ABSORPT absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed ...1528 arch.
• ABSORPTED † absorbed ...a1631
ABSORBENT - adjectives
• OBSORBENT * absorbent, imbibing ...
ABSORBING - adjectives
• ABSORPTIVE having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing ...1664
ABSORBING - nouns
• OBSORBENT * an absorbing substance ...1747
ABSORPTION - nouns
• ABSORBITION † absorption ...c1680
• OBSORPTION †* swallowing up; absorption ...c1600
ABSTAIN, ABSTAINING - nouns
• ABSTAINMENT * the act of keeping from or refraining ...1859
• ABSTENTION the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining ...1624-47
• CAGG a vow to abstain from liquor for a certain period ...M18 military sl.
ABSTAIN, ABSTAINER - nouns, person
• ABSTENTIONIST one who practices or approves abstention ...1880
• HYDROPOT a drinker of water; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1727
• HYDROPOTIST †* a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1678
• NEPHALIST one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller ...1861
• TEETEE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...1900 Sc.
• TEETOTAL a teetotaller; a total abstainer ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WATER-BOTTLE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...L19 sl.
ABSTAIN - verbs
• BETHINK to begrudge; to abstain from ...1842 Eng. dial.
• CAGG to abstain from liquor for a certain period ...M18 military sl.
• KEG to abstain from drinking alcohol ...L18 US sl.
ABSTAINING - adjectives/adverbs
• OFF abstaining from alcohol ...1910s sl.
• ON THE COT refraining from drink ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ON THE TACK refraining from drink ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ON THE WAGON abstaining totally from alcohol ...20C US
• UP THE POLE abstaining from alcoholic beverages; on the wagon ...1906 Amer. dial.
ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENT - adjectives
• ABSTEMIOUS * abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food) ...1610
• ABSTENTIOUS characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining ...1879
• ABSTINENTIAL †* pert. to abstinence ...1681
ABSTINENCE - nouns
• JEJUNATION † fasting, abstinence from food ...1623
• NEPHALISM * total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism ...1861
ABSTINENCE - phrases
• CHINAMAN ON ONE'S BACK suffering from abstinence symptoms ...1962 Amer. sl.
ABSTRACTED - adjectives
• STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE dreamy, abstracted ...20C UK sl.
• STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O' LARD dreamy, abstracted ...20C UK sl.
• STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF dreamy, abstracted ...20C UK sl.
ABSTRACTED - verbs
• NAZZLE to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABSURD - adjectives
• ABSONOUS † out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable ...1622
• ADOXAL †* not according to right reason; not based on reason; absurd ...1652
• BIZZURD bizarre, absurd ...2003 UK sl.
• COCK-EYED absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy ...1896 UK sl.
• DAFT-LIKE foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd ... 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DEAF † dull, stupid; absurd ...c1440
• FOND AS A BESOM very foolish; apt to commit absurd mistakes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IMPERTINENT † of persons: absurd, silly ...1639
• JUNKY nonsensical, absurd ...1960s US sl.
• LAPUTAN pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible ...1866
• MAD absurd ...1940s sl.
• MADMEN crazy, absurd ...1960s sl.
• OBSOCKY of events: absurd, ridiculous ...20C W. Indies sl.
• OKEY-DOKE absurd; ridiculous ...1988 Amer. sl.
• OKEY-DOKEY absurd; ridiculous ...1993 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ALL REASON quite absurd or incredible ...1887 Sc.
• RADGE of an idea or situation: foolish, silly, absurd ...1961 sl.
• RADGY of an idea or situation: foolish, absurd ...1990s sl.
ABSURD, ABSURDITY - nouns
• ABSURD † an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity ...1610
• ADOX †* an absurdity ...1624
• ADOXE †* an absurdity ...1624
• BABERY † grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity ...c1384
• IMPERTINENCES something unsuitable, out of place, trivial, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly ...1603
• MAGGOTRY † folly, absurdity ...1706
• MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural ...1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd thing
• TALE OF WALTROT, A †* an idle tale, a piece of absurdity ...1377
• TRIM-TRAM † an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense ...1533
• WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous ...1822
ABSURD - nouns, person
• FANTASTICO † an absurd and irrational person ...1597
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd person or thing
• QUOZ † a queer or absurd person or thing ...1790
ABSURD - verbs
• BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool ...18C colloq.
• MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS to do an absurd or ridiculous thing ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PUT A ROPE TO THE EYE OF A NEEDLE to attempt the impossible or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose ...B1900
• ROAST SNOW IN A FURNACE to attempt the unnecessary or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose ...1883 sl.
• TAKE THE PISS OUT OF of a person: to act absurdly, to play the fool ...1990 sl.
• TEACH A PIG TO PLAY ON THE FLUTE to attempt the absurd or impossible ...1884
ABSURDITY - phrases
• MIND BOGGLES, THE a comment on any marked absurdity; to be surprised ...1950s sl.
ABSURDLY - adverbs
• OAFLY foolishly, absurdly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT - adjectives
• ABOUND † overflowing; plentiful; abundant ...c1400
• ABOUNDABLE † fully sufficient, abundant ...c1400
• AGLORE aplenty, in abundance ...1967 Amer. dial.
• AGLORY aplenty, in abundance ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALORE galore; in abundance ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DEGORE plentiful, abundant ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DELORE plentiful, abundant ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EXUBERATE † overflowing, superabundant ...1638
• FAT of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked ...1563
• LARGE † ample in quantity; copious, abundant ...a1225
• MANYFULL † abundant ...c1440
• MICKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUCKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OPIME † rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid ...1533
• OPIMOUS † rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid ...1656
• PLENTEVOUS † abundant, plentiful, plenteous ...1738
• PLENTIFUL AS PIG-TRACKS very plentiful, abundant ...1870 Amer. dial.
• RAFFIE abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY abundant, generous, liberal, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• RANK † abundant, copious ...1303
• RESTING in abundance, galore ...1970 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS PIG-TRACKS very plentiful, abundant ...1870 Amer. dial.
• UBERANT †* abundant, copious ...1622
• UBEROUS abundant, copious, full ...1633
• WAGGA-WAGGA plentiful, abundant ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• WALLING † abundant ...a1400
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT - nouns
• ABUNDANCY † the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness ...1620
• ABUNDATION abundance, plenty, a large quantity ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOKOO an abundance of anything; (French 'beaucoup') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BUMPER anything unusually large or abundant ...1859 sl.
• BUNDANCE an abundance ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DIGGLES thick clusters of fruit; abundance, plenty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FAT † plenty, superabundance ...1570-6
• GOD'S PLENTY an abundance ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LABIES a store; plenty, abundance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LASHINGS an abundance, a great plenty ...1894 Amer. dial.
• LAVISH † profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness ...1483
• MAIN'S MORE † abundance, ever so much ...1822 Sc.
• MERTH plenty, abundance; a great deal ...1677 Eng. dial.
• MURTH plenty, abundance ...1674 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OCEANS a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough ...L16
• OMBERTY †* abundance ...1575
• RAFF abundance, plenty ...c1320 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• REMPTION an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number ...1913 Amer. dial.
• RIMPSHIONS an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RIMPTION an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SATIETY * a sufficiency or abundance ...1635
• SCAFF AND RAFF abundance, plenty, esp. of food ...1806 Sc.
• SCOUTH plenty, abundance ...1804 Sc.
• SCOUTH AND ROUTH abundance, plenty ...1900 Sc.
• SCOWTH plenty, abundance ...1804 Sc.
• SUFFISANCE † abundance, ample means, wealth ...1390
• TALENT † treasure, riches, wealth, abundance ...a1400-50
• TALLOW † plenty, abundance ...c1380
• TEEM a large quantity; abundant supply ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TRUNKFUL a full or abundant supply ...colloq.
• UBERTY * rich growth; fruitfulness; fertility; copiousness, abundance ...a1412
• UMBERTY †* abundance ...1575
ABUNDANCE - verbs
• COME LIKE SALT to be in great abundance ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EXUBERATE to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow ...1623
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT - phrases
• AT RACK AND MANGER in the midst of abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing ...c1380
• COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS in superabundant supply ...1965 Amer. sl.
• THERE'S CORN IN EGYPT there is abundance; there is a plentiful supply ...1838
ABUNDANTLY - adverbs
• ALL ENDS AND SIDES in excess, too great abundance ...1866 Eng. dial.
• FATLY † plentifully, abundantly ...1515
• LARGE † amply, fully, quite, by a great deal; abundantly ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng.
• LIKE STUPIDNESS abundantly, in great supply ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
ABUSE, ABUSIVE - adjectives
• ABUSEFUL † abounding in abuse; using or practicing abuse; abusive, reproachful ...1642
• ABUSIOUS †* given to abuse; abusive ...1594
• BLACKGUARD characterized by abusive or obscene language ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BLACK-MOUTHED † having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious ...1595
• CONVICIATORY † wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• ILL-GABBED foul-mouthed; having a habit of using insolent, abusive language ...1895 Sc.
• ILL-HYVERED awkward; abusive ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SCRAPED of a tongue: rude, abusive ...1785 Sc.
• MANDY abusive, insolent, saucy; surly ...c1730 Eng. dial.
• OPPROBRIOUS of words, language, etc.: intended to disgrace; contumelious, vituperative, abusive; of persons: using contumelious or abusive language ...1387
• POCKEY a general term of abuse ...16C sl.
• POCKY a general term of abuse ...16C sl.
• RAILIPOTENT powerful in raillery or abuse; abusive ...1593 nonce word
• RANDY scolding, abusive, noisy ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHIT-BREECHED general term of abuse ...M17 sl.
• THERSITICAL * foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive ...1650
• VILIPEND disparaging, abusive ...a1851 Sc.
• VITUPERIOUS † strongly abusive or censorious ...1604
ABUSE, ABUSING - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• ABUSEFULNESS abuse ...1893 Eng. dial.
• ABUSEMENT † an abusing or misleading ...1819
• AMPERLASH saucy, abusive language ...1879 Eng. dial.
• BACK-CHAT saucy or impertinent replies to a superior; cheek, impudence, abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk ...1901 sl.
• BACK-HASH abusive talk ...1898 Sc.
• BACK-JAW an insolent or hostile answer; a retort; mutual abuse; ...M19 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BADDORDS † low raillery or half-humorous abuse ...1778 Sc.
• BALDERDASH filthy or obscene talk or writing; impudent language; abuse ...1715 Eng. dial.
• BALE evil-speaking, abuse ...c1220
• BALLYRAG violent or coarse abuse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLYRAGGING scolding, abuse ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BESPATTERMENT abuse ...1870
• CALL scolding, abuse ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• CALLING a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLS a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAMSON-PIE abuse; a slanging match; obscene language ...c1865 colloq.
• HARD WORD abuse; scandal ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAW abuse; chatter; impudence; any sort of talk ...1748 sl.
• LASTING † abuse, blame, reproach ...a1225
• MESS trash, junk; hence, stuff, nonsense; abuse ...1937 Amer. dial.
• OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPPROBRY † the imputation of shameful or infamous conduct; the utterance of contumelious reproach; abuse ...1432-50
• PALAVER † noise; abuse ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RAG talk, banter, abuse, teasing ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGING the act of scolding, annoying, etc.; abuse; an instance of this ...1796
• RAILING abusing, abuse ...1470-85
• SAUCE a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIT-WORD a dirty word; a term of abuse ...13C
• UGLY an abuse; a beating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERBALS insults, abuse, backtalk ...1960s sl.
ABUSE - nouns, person
• PUNCHING BAG a person serving as an object of abuse; a scapegoat ...colloq.
• TARGET a person who is the object of general abuse, scorn, derision, or the like ...1757
ABUSE, TERM OF - adjectives
• JACK-OFF a term of abuse, disdain ...1930s sl.
• OCEANS a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough ...L16
• SATCHEL-ARSE a general term of abuse ...18C sl.
• SATCHEL-ARSED a general term of abuse ...18C sl.
ABUSE, TERM OF - nouns
• ACAMY a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse ...1908 Sc.
• AFTERBIRTH a general term of abuse ...1960s sl.
• AKAMY a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse ...1908 Sc.
• ALLEY BAT a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER a stupid person; used as a general term of abuse ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ARSEHOLE-CRAWLER a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse ...L19 sl.
• ARSEHOLE-CREEPER a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse ...L19 sl.
• ARSEL-CREEPER a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse ...L19 sl.
• ASPERSEAND a term of abuse; a wretch ...1848 Ireland
• ASSHOLE-SUCKER a violent term of abuse...1934 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICKER a term of abuse ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ATE-YOUR-BUN a term of abuse ...1990s Irish sl.
• BABOON an ugly or uncouth person; a stupid person; an inferior person; an oaf, a jerk; also, a term of abuse ...c1500
• BABY-RAPER (derogatory) a term of abuse ...1950s US sl.
• BACON-FACE a term of abuse ...19C sl.
• BAINGLE a term of abuse applied to a woman ...1870 Sc.
• BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BOUSY a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOUZZIE a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOWSEY a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOWSIE a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOWSY a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• CACK a general term of abuse; a contemptuous term for an individual ...1970s sl.
• CAKPANTS a general term of abuse, the implication is that the subject is a coward, who soils their underwear through fear ...2000s sl.
• CALLET † a term of abuse; a hag; a scold ...a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALLYMOOCHER †* a term of abuse or reproach; ? a raw cadger, a greenhorn ......1661
• CONGER-HEAD a term of abuse for a man ...1810
• COOSE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOSIE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZ a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZEY a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZIE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZY a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• CUM-TWANG † a term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser ...1599
• DARRYL a general term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• DATE a term of abuse ...1910s Aust. sl.
• DEAD CUNT a strong term of abuse ...1990s Aust. sl.
• DEADEYE a term of abuse; a worthless fellow...1849 US nautical sl.
• DITCH the vagina; thus a term of abuse for a woman ...17C sl.
• DOG BREATH a contemptible person; used as a term of abuse ...2000 US sl.
• DORKBREATH a term of abuse ...1974 US sl.
• DROL a general term of abuse ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• FACE FART a general term of abuse ...2000s NZ sl.
• FAGGOT 1. a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman ...1591
2. a general term of abuse, irrespective of sex ...1950s US sl.
• FANNY RAT a term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• FART-FACE a term of abuse; an ugly or contemptible person ...1938 Amer. sl.
• FART-SACK a term of abuse ...1940s sl.
• FART'S END a term of abuse ...E18 sl.
• FAT-FACE a term of abuse ...1741
• FAT-GUTS one having a big belly; used as a term of abuse ...1596
• FILLET OF COD a term of abuse for a person ...L20 rhyming sl. for 'sod'
• FLOBBERCHOPS a term of abuse ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUNKY ASS a general term of abuse, implying bad odours ...1960s US Black sl.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRIZZLEDEMUNDY a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf ...1818 Eng. dial.
• GRUNGE a general term of abuse; a repugnant, odious, dirty, or boring person...1960s sl., orig US 2000
• GUTS (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person ...1596 UK
• GUTSY (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man ...1596 UK
• HALTER-SACK † a 'gallows-bird'; a term of reproach or abuse...1598
• HANGING BONE VILLAIN a term of abuse for a person ...1848 Ireland
• HANIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARLICAN a term of abuse to a person ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HOM a term of abuse (homosexual) ...1990s sl.
• JACK A LOON a term of abuse ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JACK-A-LANTERN a term of abuse ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JAMES HUNT a cunt; used in all senses, but esp. as a term of abuse ...2003 UK rhyming sl.
• KENNEL-RAKER † a raker of the gutter; a scavenger; also, a term of abuse ...c1589
• LAND-RAT † a term of abuse for a person ...1632
• LETHRON † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LOBCOCK † a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLLYPOT a term of abuse; an idiot, a booby; a lazy lubber ...1746 Eng. dial.
• MAGA DOG a mongrel; hence, a term of abuse for a person ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• MAGGOT a term of abuse, esp. aimed at girls or women ...1980s Aust. sl.
• MALT-HORSE † a term of reproach or abuse for a dull, stupid fellow; a dolt ...1590
• MANDRAKE † a term of abuse; an inferior person ...1508 chiefly Sc.
• MARE a term of abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARMOSET † a term of abuse or contempt to a man ...a1500
• MAWKIN a term of abuse or contempt for anyone ...1819 Eng. dial.
• MONGREL a general term of abuse ...L16 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MOOK a term of abuse; a foolish person ...1930s US sl.
• MOTHER-PLUGGER a term of a abuse; an extreme insult; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1920s US Black sl.
• NAG † a term of abuse for a person ...1598
• NAGAS a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTY-PACK † a term of abuse or reproach to a male or female ...16C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEEDLEDICK a man having a small penis; hence, a contemptible fellow; a term of abuse ...1969 Amer. sl.
• OIL TANKER a term of abuse for a person ...20C rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• OLD CROW a general term of abuse, not specifically of a woman ...L19 sl.
• OMADHAUN a fool, a simpleton; a dull, stupid person; a term of abuse ...1818 Ireland
• PANZER HEAD a term of abuse used of someone who is or resembles a German ...1980s sl.
• PARCEL a difficult, troublesome person; a term of abuse ...20C Irish sl.
• PENTWEEZLE † a term of abuse or reproach ...1656
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• RAASHOLE a contemptible person; used as a general term of abuse ...2000 UK sl.
• RABBIT a term of abuse or contempt for a person...1597
• RAISIN-BRAIN a fool; a term of abuse ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAKES †* a term of abuse for a person ...1575
• RAM-SKYT †* a term of abuse ...c1460
• RAT-ASS a term of abuse ...1950s sl., orig. US
• RATBAG a term of abuse; a rogue, an eccentric ...1890 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• RAT BASTARD a term of abuse ...1920s sl., orig. US
• RIBIBE † a term of contempt or abuse for an old woman; a shrill-voiced old woman ...c1386
• RIDGEL a term of abuse applied to men; a sportive, mischievous lad ...1703 Eng. dial.
• SACKET a term of reproach or abuse ...1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAD a term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• SALAMI SLAPPER a term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• SARDINE a term of abuse ...M19 US sl.
• SATCHEL-ARSED SON OF A WHORE a general term of abuse ...18C sl.
• SAUERKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SAUERKRAUTER a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• S.B. a sonofabitch; a derogatory term of abuse ...L19 US euphemism
• SCADGER a term of abuse; a mean, contemptible person; someone who always wants a loan ...M19 sl.
• SCAMY BEGGAR a term of abuse ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCHLEP a general term of abuse ...1930s sl., orig. US
• SCLYOG † a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person ...1882 Sc.
• SCRUFF an unkempt, messy person; also, a term of abuse ...1950s sl.
• SHAGAMUFFIN †* a term of abuse ...1642
• SHIT-BREECH a term of abuse applied to a person ...1675
• SHITBUM a term of abuse ...1960s sl.
• SHIT-FACE an unpleasant or despicable person, an obnoxious person, usually male; a term of abusive address ...1937 sl.
• SHITHEAD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a term of abuse for an obnoxious person ...1961 sl.
• SHYPOO a term of abuse ...1952 NZ sl.
• SILLY LEGS a term of mild abuse aimed at someone behaving like a fool ...Brit. sl. Brit
• SKEET a general term of abuse ...20C sl.
• SKEEZA a term of abuse for any disliked person ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SKEEZE a term of abuse for any disliked person ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SKEEZER a term of abuse for any disliked person ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SON OF A SEA COCK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SON OF A SEA COOK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SON OF A SEA CROOK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SON OF A SEA-GOING COOK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SOPPY DATE an affectionate term of abuse ...1900s UK juvenile sl.
• SOURCROUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SOURKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• STOOGE a term of abuse for a person ...1960s US campus sl.
• SUCCUBUS a strumpet, a whore; a term of abuse for low woman ...1622
• SWISS BANKER a despicable person; an all-purpose form of abuse ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• TAR-BARREL † a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person ...1695
• TARLEATHER †* a term of abuse or reproach applied to a woman; an inferior woman ...1575
• TARTAR a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person ...1590
• TIM † a term of personal abuse ...1610
• TOAD'S-GUTS † a term of abuse ...1634
• UNCLE BEN a homosexual Black man who prefers White men; hence, a term of abuse ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• UPJUMP an upstart, a nouveau riche; a term of abuse ...1910s Aust. sl.
• VADGE a general term of abuse ...1980s sl.
• VAG a general term of abuse ...1980s sl.
• VARK a general term of abuse, esp. of a policeman ...1950s S. Afr. sl.
• VEEKO a term of abuse for a person ...1929 Sc.
• VERDUGO †* a hangman or executioner; also, a term of abuse ...a1616
• VERMIN a term of abuse; also, applied playfully to a mischievous child ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANK-BAG a general term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• WARIANGLE †* a term of contemptuous abuse ...a1400-50
• WARLOCK † a wicked person; a scoundrel, a reprobate; a general term of reproach or abuse ...a1000
• WRETCH-CLAAT a term of abuse ...1980s UK Black sl.
• WRETCH-CLAHT a term of abuse ...1980s UK Black sl.
• WRIST JOB a term of abuse; a 'wanker' ...2000 UK sl.
• YAK a term of abuse ...1980s US sl.
ABUSE - verbs
• BACK-HASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BACK-JAW to answer in an insolent or hostile manner; to retort, altercate, abuse ...1866 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BAD-MOUTH to abuse, to criticize maliciously ...N. Amer. sl.
• BAGHASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BALDER to use coarse language, to abuse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLYRAG to abuse violently; to scold or revile in foul language ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAMBOOZE to abuse; to domineer over, to push about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARGE to scold, to abuse ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BECALL to abuse, to call names, to rail at ...1682 Eng. dial.
• BEDAUB to spatter with abuse; to vilify ...1553-87
• BEQUARREL † to quarrel with; to find fault with, to abuse ...1624
• BERAY † to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse ...1576 obs. or arch.
• BEROGUE † to call one a rogue; to abuse ...1673
• BESCUMMER to abuse, to calumniate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BESHREW † to treat evilly, to use ill, to abuse ...c1430
• BESPATTER 1. to asperse with abuse, flame, flattery, praise, etc., to hold in contempt ...1644
2. to cover with abuse; to vilify or slander, to calumniate ...1653
• BESPURT † to abuse; to sully with vice ...1603
• BESPURTLE † to asperse with reproach or abuse; to sully with vice ...1604
• BETONGUE to assail with the tongue; to abuse ...1639
• BLACKGUARD to slander or abuse verbally; to talk in scurrilous terms about someone or something ..1950 Amer. dial.
• BLAD to abuse, to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLARE to break forth in vituperation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BLARE OUT to break forth in vituperation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BULLY-RAG to assail with abusive language ...1813 colloq.
• CAGMAG to quarrel, to speak abusively ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAIRD to abuse, to scold ...1928 Sc.
• CALL to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold ...1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL ALL TO PIECES to abuse violently ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALL ONE OUT OF HIS NAME to call or address a person by a name other than the true one; to abuse, to vilify ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CALL OUT OF NAME to call or address by improper and abusive names ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CLAPPERCLAW † to abuse with the tongue, to scold vehemently ...1692 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EAT SHIT to put up with a lot of abuse ...M20 US sl.
• GIVE OFF A LOT OF MOUTH to shout abuse ...1999 UK sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE VERBALS to abuse ...1960s sl.
• HAMMIL to ill-treat; to abuse; to overwork ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of ...1862 Eng. dial.
• JAW to chatter; to abuse; to use violent language ...1748 sl.
• JAWHAWK to abuse; to vilify ...1890 Amer. sl.
• JOLLY to tease roughly, to chaff, to abuse, to trick ...M19 sl., ?orig. US
• LAY A HEARING ON to abuse verbally; to lay a curse on ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MALLERAG to abuse, to scold ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MARGULLIE † to mismanage, to abuse ...1721 Sc.
• MOLLYHAWK to tease, to abuse ...Bk1913 Amer. Dial.
• MURGULLY † to mismanage, to abuse ...1721 Sc.
• OPPROBRIATE to cover with opprobrium; to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to abuse; to slander, to calumniate ...1649
• QUEER to abuse sexually ...1970s sl.
• RAG to scold, to rate; to talk severely to, to reproach; to abuse violently ...a1796 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAG OUT to abuse verbally ...1980s US & Can. sl.
• RAIL to utter abusive language ...1460-70
• RANDAN †* to abuse, to vituperate ...1764
• RAPE to abuse ...1970s US college sl.
• RAVEN to abuse ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RICK INTO to do anything with energy, esp. to rate, to scold, to abuse vigorously ...1894 Eng. dial.
• ROUNDSHAVE to scold; to reprimand severely; to abuse ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SAUCE to scold; to find fault with; to abuse ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SCALL to scold; to abuse ...1820 Sc.
• SHAFT to cheat; to trick; to deceive; to abuse ...1970s US Black sl.
• TAKE DOWN to abuse ...17C
• TATOO to scold, to abuse ...1827 Ireland
• TONGUE-BANG to scold heartily, to berate, to abuse ...1901 Eng. dial.
• VERBAL to talk aggressively, to abuse ...1960s sl.
• WALK DOWN ONE'S THROAT to scold; to abuse ...B1900
• WALLIPEND to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse ...1847 Sc.
• WANK to abuse someone else ...1940s sl.
• WHANK to abuse someone else ...1940s sl.
• YAMBER to scold; to abuse freely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABUSED - adjectives
• FAIR TROD ON abused, treated very badly ...L19 sl.
• HAMMILLED ill-treated, abused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABUSED - verbs
• TAKE GAS to be scolded and abused ...1950s US sl.
ABUSIVE - nouns
• BACK-JAW impudence; abusive language ...1932 Sc.
• FARMYARD TALK rude, abusive talk ...L19 sl.
• ILL TONGUE bad language, an abusive tongue ...1785 Sc.
• ILL-JAW bad language; an abusive tongue ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-MOUTH insolent, abusive language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-WEEN bad language; an abusive tongue ...Bk1905 Sc.
ABUSIVE - nouns, person
• TACKLE a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman ...1980s Irish sl.
ABUSIVE - verbs
• AIR OUT ONE'S MOUTH ON to speak aggressively or abusively ...20C W. Indies sl.
• ILL-GAB to use abusive, insolent language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-JAW to use abusive, insolent language ...Bk1905 Sc.
•.ILL-MOUTH to use abusive, insolent language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-WEEN to use insolent, abusive language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OPPROBRIATE * to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to reproach; to vilify ...1649
ABUSIVELY - adverbs
• ABUSEFULLY †* in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly ...1656
• OPPROBRIOUSLY with opprobrious language, abusively ...1494
ABYSS - nouns
• ABIME †* an abyss ...a1300
• ABYSM any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss ...1495
• ABYSMUS † an abyss ...Bk1611
• JAW-HOLE a gaping opening; an abyss ...1840
• PALUS †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• PALUSCHE †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• ABISELFA the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a) ...1840 Amer. dial.
AARDVARK - nouns
• ANT BEAR an aardvark ...1545
• EARTH-HOG an aardvark ...1731
• EARTH-WOLF an aardvark ...Bk1897
ABACK - adjectives
• QUEER-TAKEN taken aback, surprised, disconcerted ...1858 Sc.
ABACK - adverbs
• BEGONE taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ABACK - verbs
• BACK-WIND to be taken, or cause to be taken, aback ...1899
• REMAIN FOOLISH to be taken aback ...Bk1904 Sc.
ABACUS - nouns, person
• ABACIST one who uses an abacus in casting accounts ...1387
ABANDON - verbs
• ABAND † to abandon, to forsake ...1559
• ABANDONATE †* to abandon ...1654
• BANDON † to forsake, to abandon ...1587
• BELEAVE † 1. to let or cause to remain behind; to go away without taking with one, to abandon ...c1175
† 2. to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon ...c1205
• BUNCH to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon ...1927 Amer. dial.
• 7CAST UP † to give up, to abandon ...1530
• DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• EIGHTY-SIX to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon ...1958 US sl.
• FLING UP ONE'S CARDS to abandon a project ...Bk1888
• GIVE ONE THE BAG TO HOLD to engage anyone while taking the opportunity to slip way; to leave in the lurch ...1793
• ICE to break an appointment with; to abandon or cancel a plan or scheme ...1980s sl.
• JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• JACK (IT) IN to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise; to give up ...c1910 sl.
• JAG to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work ...1873 Eng. dial.
• LEAVE †* to abandon, to forsake a habit, practice, etc. ...a1225 now rare or obs.
• LEAVE IN THE LASH † to leave in the lurch ...1573
• LEAVE UP † to abandon, to give up, to resign ...1430-40
• LET † to quit, to abandon, to forsake ...c1175
• PUNCH OUT to leave; to quit; to abandon ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SCARF to throw away; to abandon ...1970s US college sl.
• SHITCAN to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SUCCUMB † to abandon, to give up ...1632
• TEW UP to give up, to abandon ...1877 Eng. dial.
• THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon ...1858 Amer. dial.
• THROW UP ONE'S CARDS to abandon a project ...Bk1888
• TO-LEAVE † to relinquish, to abandon ...1432-50
• UNBEND †* to abandon an effort or attempt ...a1400-50
• WAIVE † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing ...c1330
• WALK OUT ON to abandon someone or something ...1937 UK sl., orig. theatrical
• WHITE-EYE to be overcome by heat or exhaustion while working; to faint from exhaustion; to quit working, to quit on one; to desert, to abandon ...1911 Amer. dial.
ABANDON - phrases
• GIVE THE DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon ...L19 sl.
• HOLD THE BAG to be left in the lurch ...1760 Amer. sl.
ABANDONED - adjectives
• ABANDED abandoned ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused ...L18 sl.
• CAST thrown off, disused, worn out, abandoned, forsaken ...1597
• DOWN THE CRAPPER wasted, lost, abandoned ...1930s sl.
• DOWN THE PAN wasted, lost, abandoned ...1930s sl.
• DOWN THE SHITTER wasted, lost, abandoned ...1930s sl.
• ICED abandoned, let down ...1980s US college sl.
• JACKED IN given up. abandoned ...1940s sl.
• JACKED UP ruined, given up, abandoned ...M19 sl.
ABANDONED - nouns, person
• GIN-BOTTLE a dirty, abandoned, debased woman; the victim of alcoholic abuse, within an ace of inevitable death ...1909 sl.
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGELT a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABANDONED - verbs
• DANCE IN THE HOG TROUGH usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat ...1942 Amer. dial.
• DANCE IN THE PIG TROUGH usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LIE IN THE LASH † to be left in the lurch ...1584
ABASE - nouns, person
• VAILER †* one who abases or brings down; a humbler ...1600
ABASE - verbs
• ABJECTATE † to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase ...1731
• ADBASS †* to abase ...1548
• BEMEAN to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase ...1651
• DEBASE † to lower in position, rank, or dignity; to abase ...1568
• HUMILE † to humble, to humiliate, to abase ...1491
• LAY † to cast down, to abase, to humble ...a1300
• LEATH † to cease, to abate ...1205
• LET DOWN to abase, to humble, to humiliate ...1747
• VAIL † to abase, to humble, or lower one's courage, the heart, etc. ...1582
ABASED - adjectives
• ABESSED humbled, abased, cast down ...14C
ABASED, ABASEMENT - nouns
• ABASURE † the quality of being abased; humiliation ...1653
• ABJECTEDNESS † downcast condition; abasement ...1660
• ABJECTION † the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation ...c1525
• DEBASEMENT † abasement ...1593
• DEMISSION * abasement, lowering, degradation ...
ABASH - verbs
• BASH † to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash ...c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CUT THE COMB OF to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate ...1814
• DASH to abash, to dismay, to confuse; to put out of countenance ...c1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEBASH † to abash ...1610 nonce word
ABASHED - adjectives
• ABASIT abashed, confounded ...1845 Sc.
• ALL-OVERISH feeling confused or abashed ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BASHED † abashed, disconcerted, dismayed ...c1440
• BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
• DASHED abashed, cast down, ashamed, bashful ...1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHAMEFACED showing shame, abashed ...L19
• SHAMEFAST † showing shame; abashed ...ME
ABASHED - verbs
• BASH † to be ashamed or abashed ...c1460
ABASHMENT - nouns
• ABASHANCE †* abashment, dismay ...c1430
• ABASHEDNESS †* abashment ...1530
• BASHEDNESS † abashment, bashfulness ...c1440
ABASING - nouns
• BASING † abasing, debasement ...1581
ABATE - verbs
• BATE † to decrease in amount, weight, estimation; to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity ...a1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BATE AN ACE to abate a jot or tittle; to make the slightest abatement ...a1600
• DEBATE † to abate, to fall off, to grow less ...a1400-50
• FAIK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct ...1445 Sc.
• NULL to abate; to alleviate pain ...1984 Amer. dial.
• TAKE OFF to abate, to grow less, to decrease ...1776
ABATEMENT - nouns
• BATE † deduction, diminution, abatement, cessation ...c1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DEBATEMENT †* abatement ...c1550
• LESSING † lessening, diminution; abatement ...c1340
• PAIR †* impairment, abatement ...c1375
ABATING - prepositions
• BATING abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except ...1568
ABBEY - nouns
• ABBACY an abbey ...1896 Sc.
ABBREVIATE - adjectives
• ABBREVIATORY * tending to abbreviate or shorten ...1847
ABBREVIATE - verbs
• ABBREVY †* to abbreviate, to abridge ...1483
ABBREVIATED, ABBREVIATION - nouns
• ABBREVIATURE † 1. an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness ...1614
2. an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation ...c1630
3. an abbreviated or abridged copy ...1650
† 4. the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening ...1659
• ACCURTATION † shortening, curtailment, abbreviation ...1583
ABDICATION - nouns
• DEMISSION the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication ...1577-87
ABDUCT - verbs
• ABDUCE to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct ...1537 arch.
• MORGANIZE to abduct ...M19 US sl.
• SHANGHAI to abduct; to compel, to coerce a person into doing something ...1919 sl., orig. US military
• RAPE to carry off a person by force, esp. a woman ...1590
ABDUCTED - adjectives
• RAPT of a woman: carried away by force; raped ...1432-50
ABDUCTED - nouns, person
• RAPT †* an abducted woman ...1632
ABDUCTION - nouns
• RAPE the act of carrying away a person by force, esp. a woman ...c1400
• RAPT † rape (abduction or ravishing) ...1535 Sc.
• RAPTURE † the act of carrying off a woman ...1600
ABET, ABETTOR - nouns, person
• MAINTAINER † one who aids and abets in wrongdoing or error ...c1330
• SUCCENTOR †* an abettor ...1609
ABHOR - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• ASPERNATE † to despise, spurn, abhor ...1656
• DETESTATE †* to detest, to abhor, to abominate ...1548
• HIDOUS †* to feel horror, to dread, to abhor ...1382
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
ABHORRED - adjectives
• ABHORRIBLE †* to be abhorred, detestable ...1633
• INEXECRABLE †* most execrable or abhorred ...L16
ABHORRENCE, ABHORRING - nouns
• ABHORFULNESS †* abhorrence ...1556
• ABHORMENT the action of abhorring
• AVERSATION a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion ...1613 arch.
ABHORRENCE - verbs
• UGG to feel abhorrence or disgust; to loathe; to cause disgust or nausea; to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ABHORRENCE - interjections
• ACH-A-VIE! an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• FAH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• FAUGH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• FOH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• FOUGH! an exclamation of abhorrence or disgust ...1542
• KAE! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence ...1828 Sc.
• KAIGH! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence ...1828 Sc.
• KAY! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence ...1828 Sc.
ABHORRENT - nouns, person
• MUCK anyone considered disgusting, worthless, or abhorrent ...L19 sl.
ABHORRENT - verbs
• STINK IN THE NOSTRILS to extremely offensive or abhorrent to a person ...a1600
ABIDE - verbs
• ABEAR to abide; to tolerate ...1885
• BELEAVE † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
• HABIT † to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn ...?a1366
• LEND † to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide ...a1300
• LENG † to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell ...a1300
• ONBIDE † to abide, to remain, to stay on ...c1440
• SIT to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place ...c900
• TARRY † 1. to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition ...c1450
2. to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily ...1704 Amer. dial.
ABIDING - adjectives
• MANSIONARY † staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident ...1447
ABIDING - nouns
• MANSION † 1. the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place ...a1340
2. a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place ...c1386 now arch.
• TARRIANCE temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding ...1530 arch.
ABILITY, ABLE - adjectives
• ABOVE ONE'S MATCH † above one's level; beyond one's abilities ...1748
• FACULIZED versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities ...1816 Amer. dial.
• FACULTISED versatile; endowed with many faculties or abilities ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HEAD best, chief, most able ...1895 Amer. dial.
• YABLE able ...1825 Sc.
• YIBBLE able ...1825 Sc.
ABILITY, ABLE - nouns
• ABILITATION † a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability ...c1656
• ABILTY † ability ...1768 Sc.
• ABLENESS † the quality of being able; ability ...c1390
• ASS ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BIND capacity, ability, power ...1824 Sc.
• CAN power, ability ...1768 Sc.
• CANNING † being able, ability ...a1555
• CLEVERALITY cleverness, smartness, ability ...1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DOUGHT * power, strength, ability ...ME now Sc.
• FATHOM † breadth of comprehension; grasp of intellect; ability ...1604
• HABILIMENTS † abilities, faculties, powers of mind ...1585
• HABILITY † ability ...1430-1678
• IDOCITY quick comprehension, ability ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• INGINE † ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention ...1660 Sc.
• MAUGHT might, strength, ability ...1773 Sc.
• MOJO AND THE SAY-SO, THE the ability to enforce one's wishes completely ...c1975 Amer. sl.
• MOVES knowledge, ability, 'smarts' ...1960s sl., orig. US
• MOXIE courage, impudence, ability ...1930s sl.
• ODOCITY ability, gumption; spirit, energy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OIL facility, ability ...1910s sl.
• REDD energy, speed, ability to work ...1892 Sc.
• SCOLLE the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAN ability; means of effecting a purpose ...1806 Sc.
• SUFFICIENCE † capacity; ability; competence ...1382
• SUFFICIENCY † adequate qualification; ability, competency ...1567
• SUFFICIENTY † competence, ability ...1461
• SUFFISANCE † ability, competence ...c1392
ABILITY, ABLE - nouns, person
• BALL OF FIRE a person exhibiting unusual energy, ability, or drive ...1900 Amer. sl.
• COOL CAT a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person ...1940s sl., chiefly US Black
• CRACKAJACK a person of marked ability or excellent ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CRACKERJACK someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability ...1895 sl., orig. US
• CRACK HAND an able, competent person ...19C sl.
• FOOL an unusually able person in any field of activity, as a dancing fool, etc.; an enthusiast, a fan ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• HORSE a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something ...1955 Amer. sl.
• HOSS a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something ...1858 Amer. sl.
• INGINE † an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability ...1824 Sc.
• MOOSE CAT anyone possessing great ability, strength, etc.; an extraordinary person ...1926 Amer. logging usage
• OIL-BURNER an exceptionally able or hard-working person ...1960s US sl.
• PIPPIN a term of endearment; a person of good ability ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
ABILITY - verbs
• ABILITATE † to give ability or fitness; to enable ...1627
• BLUFF to make a false show of ability ... Bk1904 Amer. dial.
• HABILITATE † to endow with ability or capacity; to capacitate, to qualify ...1604
• LOSE ONE'S DASH to lose one's energy and ability ...c1880 sl.
• LOSE ONE'S PUNCH to lose one's energy and ability ...c1900 sl.
• SHOW ONE'S PACES to display one's ability ...c1870 colloq.
ABILITY - phrases
• ABOVE ONE'S BEND beyond one's abilities ...1835 Amer. dial.
• ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY beyond one's ability; out of one's reach ...1859 Amer. dial
ABJECT - nouns, person
• VASSAL a base or abject person; a slave ...1589
ABLE - adjectives
• ABLEMOST † ablest, most able ...1614
• BADLY ABLE hardly able ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BASTANT † sufficient, able, capable ...1637
• DARB highly competent; unusually skilled or able; excellent, great ...1930 US sl.
• HABILE † having the capacity or power to do a thing ...1558
• HABILITATE † endowed with ability; rendered able; capacitated, qualified ...1622
• HARD-MATCHED hardly able ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUFFICIENT † qualified by talent or ability; competent, capable, able ...c1385
• SUFFISANT † competent, able. capable ...c1385
• TIDY † good, excellent, satisfactory, useful; of good character or ability; worthy, brave; able, skilful ...c1350
• TIGHT † of a person: competent, capable, able, skilful; alert, smart; lively, vigorous, stout ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ABLE - verbs
• HANG THE MOON to be very powerful or important; to be exceptionally able or talented ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SUFFICE † to be competent or able to do something ...a1325
ABLE-BODIED - adjectives
• BRAW stout, able-bodied ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LIKELY able-bodied, competent, capable ...1899 Amer. dial.
• YALD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, alert, vigorous, strong, able-bodied, healthy ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWL alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
ABNORMAL - adjectives
• ABB abnormal ...1991 US sl.
• ABERRANT deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal ...1830
• OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird ...1866 US sl.
• UNCO-LIKE strange, abnormal ...1842 Sc.
• WANTON †* of natural occurrences: abnormal, extraordinary ...a1754
ABNORMAL - nouns
• ODDLING a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit ...1941 Amer. dial.
ABNORMAL - nouns, person
• DEVIATE a person who is markedly different from normal ...19C euphemism
• DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal ...1944 Amer. dial.
• ODDLING a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit ...1941 Amer. dial.
ABNORMAL - verbs
• ABNORMALIZE to render abnormal ...a1871
ABNORMALLY - adverbs
• UNACCUSTOMARILY † unusually, abnormally ...1634
ABODE - nouns
• ABODEMENT † abode, abiding ...1591
• BELEAVING † remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode ...c1330
• FAMILISTERY * the abode of a community living together as one family ...1865
• HABIT †* habitation, abode ...1603
• HAFT a fixed or established place of abode ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARBOUR shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
• MANOR † an abode or resting-place ...1362
• MANSION a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place ...c1386 now arch.
• MANSION-PLACE † a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor ...1473
• MANSION-SEAT † a place of abode; a dwelling-place ...1618
• QUARTERAGE * quarters, place of abode ...1577
• TABERNACLE a dwelling, a place of abode ...1382
ABODE - verbs
• BABYLON †* to place or establish in a magnificent abode ...1633
• NESTLE † to take up one's abode, to settle or squat, in a place; to establish residence ...1406
ABOLISH - verbs
• ABROGATE to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel ...1526
• ABROGE †* to abrogate ...c1450
• EXTERMINE † to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish ...1539
• EXTERMISH to exterminate, to abolish ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IMBOLISH † to do away with; to make away with; to abolish ...1592
ABOLISHED - adjectives
• ABROGATE repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority ...1460 arch.
ABOLITION - nouns
• ABROGATION repeal or abolition by authority ...1535
ABOMINABLE - adjectives
• ADJECTIVAL euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ADJECTIVE euphemism for 'bloody', abominable, terrible ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• AVERSABLE †* abominable ...1663
• HAEMATOID ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible ...1920s euphemism
• NEFAND † not to be spoken of; unmentionable; abominable, atrocious ...1490
• NEFANDOUS not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible ...1640
• NEFAST * wicked, abominable, detestable, vile ...1849
• PUTREDINOUS † filthy, abominable ...1711
• VERMILION abominable, terrible ...L19 Aust. euphemism for 'bloody'
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
ABOMINATE - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• DETESTATE †* to detest, to abhor, to abominate ...1548
ABOMINATED - adjectives
• DETESTATE † abominated, detested ...
ABORIGINAL, ABORIGINE - nouns, person
• AB an Aborigine ...19C Aust.
• ABORIGINARY an aboriginal inhabitant ...1868
• COOBOO an Aborigine child ...Bk2001 Aust. colloq.
• LUBRA an Aboriginal woman ...19C Aust.
ABORT, ABORTION - verbs
• KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN to abort a foetus ...19C Brit. sl.
• KNOCK A LID to cause abortion ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MAKE SOMEONE ONE to give someone an abortion ...1960s US sl.
• PULL A RABBIT to perform an abortion ...M20 US criminals' sl.
• SLIP THE CALF of women: to suffer abortion ...1664 humorous, obs.
ABORTING, ABORTION - nouns
• ABIGAIL an abortion ...2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
• ABORCEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORSEMENT † abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage ...1540
• ABORTMENT † the act of aborting; premature expulsion of the foetus ...1607
• CASTLING † an aborted foetus ...1580
ABORTION, ABORTIONIST - nouns, person
• LOCK PICKER an abortionist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIN ARTIST abortionist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RABBIT-SNATCHER an abortionist ...1950s US criminals' sl.
ABORTIVE - adjectives
• ABORSIVE †* abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made ...1639
ABORTIVE - verbs
• ABORTIVATE †* to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless ...c1630
ABOUND - verbs
• EXSUPERATE † to abound ...1625
• EXUBERATE to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow ...1623
• EXUPERATE † to abound ...1623
• UBERATE † to make plentiful; to make plenteous and fruitful; to abound ...1623
• WALM † to abound, to be plentiful ...1399
ABOUNDING - adjectives
• RANK † abounding in, full of ...a1300
ABOUT - adverbs/prepositions
• ANEWST of manner or degree: nearly, approximately, about ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UMBE † 1. about, concerning, of ...c900
† 2. around, about ...971
† 3. about, round ...a1300
ABOVE - adverbs & preps.
• ABOON above ...1875 Eng. dial.
• BOON above ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEHEIGH above ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UPSIDE above ...1967 Amer. dial.
ABRADE - verbs
• BARK to scrape or rub off the skin, esp. from the shins and joints; to graze, to abrade ...1850
• BREAK to break the skin; to abrade ...Bk1911 Sc.
• RASE to abrade or cut the flesh slightly ...1899 Sc.
• SCAW to chafe, to peel, to abrade the skin ...1929 Sc.
• SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
ABRASION - nouns
• BOBO a hurt or sore, an abrasion, a cut ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GAW a sore place or abrasion on the skin ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAM a spot, blemish, crack, injury, an abrasion ...1866 Sc.
ABRASION - verbs
• LOSE LEATHER. to suffer abrasion of skin ...1726
ABREAST - adverbs
• SIDE AND SIDE side by side; abreast; close together ...1834 Amer. dial.
ABRIDGE - nouns, person
• SUMMIST † one who summarizes or abridges ...1600
• SUMMISTER † one who summarizes or abridges ...1586
• SUMMULARY †* one who summarizes or abridges ...1581
• SUMMULIST a writer of a small compendious treatise of a science; an abridger ...1652
ABRIDGE - verbs
• ABBREVY †* to abbreviate, to abridge ...1483
• DECURTATE † to cut down, to shorten, to dock, to curtail, to abridge...1623
ABRIDGED - adjectives
• COMPENDIARIOUS † brief, short, concise, abridged, compendious ...1730
• CORREPT † abridged, shortened ...1654
• DECURTATE * cut down, shortened, abridged, curtailed ...a1638
ABRIDGED - nouns
• ABBREVIATURE an abbreviated or abridged copy ...1650
ABRIDGEMENT - nouns
• ABBREVIATE abstract, abridgement ...1716 Sc.
ABROAD - adverbs
• ABREED abroad; spread about, cast to the winds ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ABROAD - verbs
• ABLEGATE †* to send abroad or to a distance ...1657
ABRUPTLY - adverbs
• BANG suddenly, abruptly ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BAZZ suddenly, abruptly ...1861 Eng. dial.
ABSCESS - nouns
• ABSCESSION †* an abscess ...1610
• ADDLE an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister ...1825 Eng. dial.
• ANT HEAP an abscess, a carbuncle ...1943 Amer. dial.
• APSE an abscess, a tumour ...1857 Eng. dial.
• BEAL † a pustule or boil; an abscess ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEALING † suppuration; a boil, an abscess ...a1605 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEEAL an abscess or boil, esp. in the ear ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAPSY an abscess ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NABSY an abscess ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAPSY an abscess ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• RAISING a boil, an abscess, or other swelling ...1966 Amer. dial.
ABSCESSED - adjectives
• BEALED festered; infected; abscessed ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
ABSCOND - verbs
• ABSQUAT of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...1868 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATIATE to abscond, to depart ...1839 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATILATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATTLE of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond ...1842 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...1830 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUOTULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULIZE to abscond, to depart ...1829 Amer. sl.
• AMPUTATE to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight ...1842 Amer. sl.
• BOG-SCLENT to avoid fighting; to abscond on the day of battle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUY A TRUNK to abscond or depart, esp. permanently; to leave the country ...1934 Amer. Western usage
• GO SOUTH to steal, to abscond with ...1982 Amer. dial.
• LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly ...1886 US sl., esp. criminals' & police usage
• LAM OUT to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run ...1886 Amer. sl.
• LAMMISTER to abscond; to flee from authorities ...1921 US sl.
• LEVANT to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond ...1797
• MIZZIL to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape ...1781 Amer. dial.
• SKIN to abscond, to make off, to slip away ...1894 US sl.
• SKIP to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond ...1338
• TAKE A MICKEY FINN to abscond ...1924 Amer. sl.
ABSCONDER - nouns, person
• ABSQUATULATOR an absconder ...1842 Amer. sl.
• LAMASTER a fugitive; an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMISTER a fugitive from justice; an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMMIE a fugitive; an absconder ...1933 US sl.
• LAMMISTER a fugitive; an absconder ...1911 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LAMSTER a fugitive; an absconder ...1904 US prison & criminals' sl.
• LEVANTER one who absconds, esp. one who does so after losing bets ...1781
ABSCONDING - adjectives
• LEVANTING absconding secretly ...1855
ABSCONDING - nouns
• ABSQUATULATION a sudden disappearance or absconding ...1847 Amer. sl.
• LEVANTING secretly absconding ...1847
ABSENCE, ABSENT - adjectives
• ABSENTANEOUS done in absence; pert. to absence ...Bk1721
• ABSTENT absent ...1898 Sc.
• ACK WILLIE absent without leave ...1942 Aust. sl.
• ACK WILLY absent without leave ...1942 Aust. sl.
• MINUS absent ...M19 sl.
• NASHED said of a person who is gone ...19C sl.
• MR. NASH IS CONCERNED said of a person who is gone or absent ...19C sl.
• OFF THE RESERVATION absent, away ...L19 US sl.
• OUT OF SOMEONE'S FACE absent, away ...1980s UK Black sl.
• WANE † lacking, absent, deficient ...c825
ABSENCE, ABSENT - nouns
• ABSENCY †* absence ...1599
• ABSENTATION the act of absenting oneself ...1800
• ABSENTMENT † the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away ...1600
• LAND SECURITY unauthorized absence ...M18 sl.
• WANE † want, lack, shortage, absence of ...c888
• WANT † the fact that a person is not present; absence ...c1480
ABSENT - nouns, person
• ABSENT † one who is absent; an absentee ...c1425
ABSENT - verbs
• CHUCK A DUMMY to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy ...Amer. World War I sl.
• FAULT † to be wanting or absent ...c1375
• GET OUT OF THE RAIN to absent oneself when there's likely to be any trouble ...20C sl.
• LACK to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SAG to be illicitly absent from work ...L19 Brit. sl.
• SCARCIFY to absent oneself, to make oneself scarce ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OUT to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WANT † to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing ...1435
ABSENT-MINDED - adjectives
• ASLEEP AT THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP AT THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ASLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLAH inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLANK inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ABOVE THE EARS inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD BETWEEN THE EARS inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD FROM THE HOOFS UP inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD FROM THE NECK UP inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD TO THE WORLD unconscious of one's surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming; inattentive, absent-minded ...20C sl., orig. US
• DEAD-HEADED inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALF THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.MOONEY absent-minded; dreamy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.MOONY absent-minded; dreamy; listless ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOBODY HOME an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc. ...c1915 Amer. sl.
•.NO ONE AT HOME inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOT ALL THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...1864 sl.
•.NOT KEEPING ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOT ON THE JOB inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
•.NOT THERE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF TOWN inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED dazed, absent-minded ...B1900 sl.
• WITH A VACANT ATTIC inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A VACANT HOUSE inattentive; absent-minded ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious ...1828 Eng. dial.
ABSENT-MINDED - nouns, person
• MAGOO a useless or foolish person; an absent-minded or inattentive person ...1932 Amer. sl.
• MENTAL MIDGET an absent-minded or inattentive person; a stupid person ...1966 Amer. sl.
ABSENT-MINDED - verbs
• MEASE to be absent-minded, to muse ...1877 Eng. dial.
ABSENT-MINDED - phrases
• NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc. ...1951 Amer. dial.
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE
• AWOL absent without leave ...1920 sl., orig. US
• A.W.O. LOOSE absence without leave ...1920 US sl.
ABSOLUTE - adjectives
• ABSOTIVE absolute ...1924 Amer. sl.
• BODACIOUS complete, thorough, utter, absolute, arrant ...1887 Amer. dial.
• BUST-OUT adj. out-and-out, pure and simple, absolute ...1961 US sl.
• COLD-BLOODED out-and-out; absolute ...1962 US Black sl.
• DEAD absolute; assured ...1589
• DEAD-BANG certain; absolute ...1985 Amer. sl.
• FAIR undoubted, complete, thorough, absolute ...1872
• FULL-ON maximum, complete, absolute, very ...1970 US
• SINGLE * undivided, unbroken, absolute ...1590
• SKIRE utter, absolute ...1825 Sc.
• UP-AND-DOWN absolute, complete ...M19 sl.
• UP-AND-DOWN-STAIRS absolute, complete ...M19 sl.
ABSOLUTELY - adverbs
• ABSOBALLYLUTELY absolutely, very much indeed ...1910s sl.
• ABSOBLOODYLUTELY absolutely ...1923 Amer. sl.
• ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY absolutely, very much indeed ...1910s sl.
• ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY absolutely ...1921 Amer. sl.
• ABSOGODDAMLUTELY absolutely ...1962 Amer. sl.
• ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1986 Amer. sl.
• ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY absolutely; most definite ...Brit. sl.
• ABSOTIVELY absolutely and positively ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ABSOTOOTLY absolutely ...1955 Amer. dial.
• BACK-ACTUALLY truly, absolutely ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BARELY † without qualification or reserve; unconditionally; wholly, completely; absolutely, positively ...c1340
• BLACK-ACTUALLY truly, absolutely ...1928 Amer. dial.
• DAMN TOOTIN' certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all ...1910s US sl.
• DANG absolutely, extremely ...1840s
• DEAD thoroughly; absolutely; completely; wholeheartedly; with no mistake; very ...1807 Amer, sl.
• DEAD-ASS utterly; absolutely; usually considered vulgar ...1971 Amer. sl.
• DEAD-BANG absolutely; without doubt; hence, in the act; red-handed ...1919 Amer. police usage
• DEAD-NUTS completely, absolutely, keenly for or against something ...L19 US sl.
• FAIR very, absolutely, really ...M19
• FULL absolutely ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FULL OUT absolutely, completely, intensely ...1918 US
• JUST absolutely, definitely, very ...L19 sl.
• OUT-AND-OUT completely, absolutely, utterly ...L18
ABSOLUTELY - interjections
• A! absolutely! yes! certainly! ...1950s US Black sl.
• DAMN SKIPPING! an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s, orig. US Black usage
• DAMN SKIPPY! absolutely! without a doubt! ...1994 US sl.
• DAMN STRAIGHT! an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• DAMN TOOTIN'! an exclamation of affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly! ...1910s US sl.
• I GUESS YES! yes indeed! absolutely! ...L19 US sl.
• QUITE! an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed ...M19 sl.
• QUITE SO! an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed ...M19 sl.
ABSOLUTION - nouns
• LESNESS † absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins ...c950
ABSOLVE - nouns, person
• ABSOLVANT † he who absolves ...1506
ABSOLVE - verbs
• ABSOIL † to absolve ...c1450
• ABSOYLE † to absolve ...c1450
• UNBIND † to free from sin or its consequences; to absolve ...c950
ABSOLVING - adjectives
• ABSOLVITORY pert. to absolution; absolving ...1609 Sc.
ABSOLVING - nouns
• ABSOLVITURE † the act of absolving; absolution ...1586 Sc.
ABSORB - verbs
• ABSORBEATE † to swallow up ...Bk1626
• OBSORB †* to absorb ...1684
ABSORBED - adjectives
• ABSORPT absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed ...1528 arch.
• ABSORPTED † absorbed ...a1631
ABSORBENT - adjectives
• OBSORBENT * absorbent, imbibing ...
ABSORBING - adjectives
• ABSORPTIVE having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing ...1664
ABSORBING - nouns
• OBSORBENT * an absorbing substance ...1747
ABSORPTION - nouns
• ABSORBITION † absorption ...c1680
• OBSORPTION †* swallowing up; absorption ...c1600
ABSTAIN, ABSTAINING - nouns
• ABSTAINMENT * the act of keeping from or refraining ...1859
• ABSTENTION the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining ...1624-47
• CAGG a vow to abstain from liquor for a certain period ...M18 military sl.
ABSTAIN, ABSTAINER - nouns, person
• ABSTENTIONIST one who practices or approves abstention ...1880
• HYDROPOT a drinker of water; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1727
• HYDROPOTIST †* a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller ...1678
• NEPHALIST one who abstains from intoxicating liquors; a teetotaller ...1861
• TEETEE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...1900 Sc.
• TEETOTAL a teetotaller; a total abstainer ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WATER-BOTTLE a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...L19 sl.
ABSTAIN - verbs
• BETHINK to begrudge; to abstain from ...1842 Eng. dial.
• CAGG to abstain from liquor for a certain period ...M18 military sl.
• KEG to abstain from drinking alcohol ...L18 US sl.
ABSTAINING - adjectives/adverbs
• OFF abstaining from alcohol ...1910s sl.
• ON THE COT refraining from drink ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ON THE TACK refraining from drink ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ON THE WAGON abstaining totally from alcohol ...20C US
• UP THE POLE abstaining from alcoholic beverages; on the wagon ...1906 Amer. dial.
ABSTINENCE, ABSTINENT - adjectives
• ABSTEMIOUS * abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food) ...1610
• ABSTENTIOUS characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining ...1879
• ABSTINENTIAL †* pert. to abstinence ...1681
ABSTINENCE - nouns
• JEJUNATION † fasting, abstinence from food ...1623
• NEPHALISM * total abstinence from intoxicating liquors; teetotalism ...1861
ABSTINENCE - phrases
• CHINAMAN ON ONE'S BACK suffering from abstinence symptoms ...1962 Amer. sl.
ABSTRACTED - adjectives
• STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE dreamy, abstracted ...20C UK sl.
• STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O' LARD dreamy, abstracted ...20C UK sl.
• STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF dreamy, abstracted ...20C UK sl.
ABSTRACTED - verbs
• NAZZLE to be in a dreamy, stupid, abstracted state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABSURD - adjectives
• ABSONOUS † out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable ...1622
• ADOXAL †* not according to right reason; not based on reason; absurd ...1652
• BIZZURD bizarre, absurd ...2003 UK sl.
• COCK-EYED absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy ...1896 UK sl.
• DAFT-LIKE foolish, dull-witted, mad, absurd ... 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DEAF † dull, stupid; absurd ...c1440
• FOND AS A BESOM very foolish; apt to commit absurd mistakes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• IMPERTINENT † of persons: absurd, silly ...1639
• JUNKY nonsensical, absurd ...1960s US sl.
• LAPUTAN pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible ...1866
• MAD absurd ...1940s sl.
• MADMEN crazy, absurd ...1960s sl.
• OBSOCKY of events: absurd, ridiculous ...20C W. Indies sl.
• OKEY-DOKE absurd; ridiculous ...1988 Amer. sl.
• OKEY-DOKEY absurd; ridiculous ...1993 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ALL REASON quite absurd or incredible ...1887 Sc.
• RADGE of an idea or situation: foolish, silly, absurd ...1961 sl.
• RADGY of an idea or situation: foolish, absurd ...1990s sl.
ABSURD, ABSURDITY - nouns
• ABSURD † an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity ...1610
• ADOX †* an absurdity ...1624
• ADOXE †* an absurdity ...1624
• BABERY † grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity ...c1384
• IMPERTINENCES something unsuitable, out of place, trivial, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly ...1603
• MAGGOTRY † folly, absurdity ...1706
• MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural ...1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd thing
• TALE OF WALTROT, A †* an idle tale, a piece of absurdity ...1377
• TRIM-TRAM † an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense ...1533
• WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous ...1822
ABSURD - nouns, person
• FANTASTICO † an absurd and irrational person ...1597
• PUNCHINELLO a grotesque or absurd person or thing
• QUOZ † a queer or absurd person or thing ...1790
ABSURD - verbs
• BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool ...18C colloq.
• MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS to do an absurd or ridiculous thing ...1865 Eng. dial.
• PUT A ROPE TO THE EYE OF A NEEDLE to attempt the impossible or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose ...B1900
• ROAST SNOW IN A FURNACE to attempt the unnecessary or absurd; to act foolishly and to no purpose ...1883 sl.
• TAKE THE PISS OUT OF of a person: to act absurdly, to play the fool ...1990 sl.
• TEACH A PIG TO PLAY ON THE FLUTE to attempt the absurd or impossible ...1884
ABSURDITY - phrases
• MIND BOGGLES, THE a comment on any marked absurdity; to be surprised ...1950s sl.
ABSURDLY - adverbs
• OAFLY foolishly, absurdly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT - adjectives
• ABOUND † overflowing; plentiful; abundant ...c1400
• ABOUNDABLE † fully sufficient, abundant ...c1400
• AGLORE aplenty, in abundance ...1967 Amer. dial.
• AGLORY aplenty, in abundance ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BALORE galore; in abundance ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DEGORE plentiful, abundant ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DELORE plentiful, abundant ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EXUBERATE † overflowing, superabundant ...1638
• FAT of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked ...1563
• LARGE † ample in quantity; copious, abundant ...a1225
• MANYFULL † abundant ...c1440
• MICKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MUCKLE much in quantity, abundant ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OPIME † rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid ...1533
• OPIMOUS † rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid ...1656
• PLENTEVOUS † abundant, plentiful, plenteous ...1738
• PLENTIFUL AS PIG-TRACKS very plentiful, abundant ...1870 Amer. dial.
• RAFFIE abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY abundant, generous, liberal, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• RANK † abundant, copious ...1303
• RESTING in abundance, galore ...1970 Amer. dial.
• THICK AS PIG-TRACKS very plentiful, abundant ...1870 Amer. dial.
• UBERANT †* abundant, copious ...1622
• UBEROUS abundant, copious, full ...1633
• WAGGA-WAGGA plentiful, abundant ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• WALLING † abundant ...a1400
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT - nouns
• ABUNDANCY † the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness ...1620
• ABUNDATION abundance, plenty, a large quantity ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOKOO an abundance of anything; (French 'beaucoup') ...Amer. World War I sl.
• BUMPER anything unusually large or abundant ...1859 sl.
• BUNDANCE an abundance ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DIGGLES thick clusters of fruit; abundance, plenty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FAT † plenty, superabundance ...1570-6
• GOD'S PLENTY an abundance ...1949 Amer. dial.
• LABIES a store; plenty, abundance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LASHINGS an abundance, a great plenty ...1894 Amer. dial.
• LAVISH † profusion, excessive abundance, extravagant outpouring or expenditure; prodigality, lavishness ...1483
• MAIN'S MORE † abundance, ever so much ...1822 Sc.
• MERTH plenty, abundance; a great deal ...1677 Eng. dial.
• MURTH plenty, abundance ...1674 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OCEANS a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough ...L16
• OMBERTY †* abundance ...1575
• RAFF abundance, plenty ...c1320 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• REMPTION an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number ...1913 Amer. dial.
• RIMPSHIONS an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RIMPTION an abundance; plenty; a large amount or number ...1913 Amer. dial.
• SATIETY * a sufficiency or abundance ...1635
• SCAFF AND RAFF abundance, plenty, esp. of food ...1806 Sc.
• SCOUTH plenty, abundance ...1804 Sc.
• SCOUTH AND ROUTH abundance, plenty ...1900 Sc.
• SCOWTH plenty, abundance ...1804 Sc.
• SUFFISANCE † abundance, ample means, wealth ...1390
• TALENT † treasure, riches, wealth, abundance ...a1400-50
• TALLOW † plenty, abundance ...c1380
• TEEM a large quantity; abundant supply ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TRUNKFUL a full or abundant supply ...colloq.
• UBERTY * rich growth; fruitfulness; fertility; copiousness, abundance ...a1412
• UMBERTY †* abundance ...1575
ABUNDANCE - verbs
• COME LIKE SALT to be in great abundance ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EXUBERATE to be in great abundance; to be plentiful; to abound; to overflow ...1623
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT - phrases
• AT RACK AND MANGER in the midst of abundance or plenty, wanting for nothing ...c1380
• COMING OUT OF ONE'S EARS in superabundant supply ...1965 Amer. sl.
• THERE'S CORN IN EGYPT there is abundance; there is a plentiful supply ...1838
ABUNDANTLY - adverbs
• ALL ENDS AND SIDES in excess, too great abundance ...1866 Eng. dial.
• FATLY † plentifully, abundantly ...1515
• LARGE † amply, fully, quite, by a great deal; abundantly ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng.
• LIKE STUPIDNESS abundantly, in great supply ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
ABUSE, ABUSIVE - adjectives
• ABUSEFUL † abounding in abuse; using or practicing abuse; abusive, reproachful ...1642
• ABUSIOUS †* given to abuse; abusive ...1594
• BLACKGUARD characterized by abusive or obscene language ...1806 Amer. dial.
• BLACK-MOUTHED † having a black mouth; fig. using foul or scurrilous language; abusive, foul-mouthed; slanderous, calumnious ...1595
• CONVICIATORY † wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• ILL-GABBED foul-mouthed; having a habit of using insolent, abusive language ...1895 Sc.
• ILL-HYVERED awkward; abusive ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-SCRAPED of a tongue: rude, abusive ...1785 Sc.
• MANDY abusive, insolent, saucy; surly ...c1730 Eng. dial.
• OPPROBRIOUS of words, language, etc.: intended to disgrace; contumelious, vituperative, abusive; of persons: using contumelious or abusive language ...1387
• POCKEY a general term of abuse ...16C sl.
• POCKY a general term of abuse ...16C sl.
• RAILIPOTENT powerful in raillery or abuse; abusive ...1593 nonce word
• RANDY scolding, abusive, noisy ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHIT-BREECHED general term of abuse ...M17 sl.
• THERSITICAL * foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive ...1650
• VILIPEND disparaging, abusive ...a1851 Sc.
• VITUPERIOUS † strongly abusive or censorious ...1604
ABUSE, ABUSING - nouns
• ABUSAGE † abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement ...1548
• ABUSEFULNESS abuse ...1893 Eng. dial.
• ABUSEMENT † an abusing or misleading ...1819
• AMPERLASH saucy, abusive language ...1879 Eng. dial.
• BACK-CHAT saucy or impertinent replies to a superior; cheek, impudence, abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk ...1901 sl.
• BACK-HASH abusive talk ...1898 Sc.
• BACK-JAW an insolent or hostile answer; a retort; mutual abuse; ...M19 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BADDORDS † low raillery or half-humorous abuse ...1778 Sc.
• BALDERDASH filthy or obscene talk or writing; impudent language; abuse ...1715 Eng. dial.
• BALE evil-speaking, abuse ...c1220
• BALLYRAG violent or coarse abuse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLYRAGGING scolding, abuse ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BESPATTERMENT abuse ...1870
• CALL scolding, abuse ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• CALLING a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALLS a scolding, abuse, vituperation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DAMSON-PIE abuse; a slanging match; obscene language ...c1865 colloq.
• HARD WORD abuse; scandal ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAW abuse; chatter; impudence; any sort of talk ...1748 sl.
• LASTING † abuse, blame, reproach ...a1225
• MESS trash, junk; hence, stuff, nonsense; abuse ...1937 Amer. dial.
• OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPPROBRY † the imputation of shameful or infamous conduct; the utterance of contumelious reproach; abuse ...1432-50
• PALAVER † noise; abuse ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RAG talk, banter, abuse, teasing ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGING the act of scolding, annoying, etc.; abuse; an instance of this ...1796
• RAILING abusing, abuse ...1470-85
• SAUCE a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIT-WORD a dirty word; a term of abuse ...13C
• UGLY an abuse; a beating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERBALS insults, abuse, backtalk ...1960s sl.
ABUSE - nouns, person
• PUNCHING BAG a person serving as an object of abuse; a scapegoat ...colloq.
• TARGET a person who is the object of general abuse, scorn, derision, or the like ...1757
ABUSE, TERM OF - adjectives
• JACK-OFF a term of abuse, disdain ...1930s sl.
• OCEANS a large amount or quantity; an abundance, multitude, more than enough ...L16
• SATCHEL-ARSE a general term of abuse ...18C sl.
• SATCHEL-ARSED a general term of abuse ...18C sl.
ABUSE, TERM OF - nouns
• ACAMY a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse ...1908 Sc.
• AFTERBIRTH a general term of abuse ...1960s sl.
• AKAMY a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse ...1908 Sc.
• ALLEY BAT a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER a stupid person; used as a general term of abuse ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ARSEHOLE-CRAWLER a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse ...L19 sl.
• ARSEHOLE-CREEPER a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse ...L19 sl.
• ARSEL-CREEPER a sycophant; a toady; hence, a general term of abuse ...L19 sl.
• ASPERSEAND a term of abuse; a wretch ...1848 Ireland
• ASSHOLE-SUCKER a violent term of abuse...1934 Amer. sl.
• ASS-LICKER a term of abuse ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ATE-YOUR-BUN a term of abuse ...1990s Irish sl.
• BABOON an ugly or uncouth person; a stupid person; an inferior person; an oaf, a jerk; also, a term of abuse ...c1500
• BABY-RAPER (derogatory) a term of abuse ...1950s US sl.
• BACON-FACE a term of abuse ...19C sl.
• BAINGLE a term of abuse applied to a woman ...1870 Sc.
• BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BOUSY a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOUZZIE a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOWSEY a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOWSIE a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• BOWSY a general term of abuse ...L19 Irish sl.
• CACK a general term of abuse; a contemptuous term for an individual ...1970s sl.
• CAKPANTS a general term of abuse, the implication is that the subject is a coward, who soils their underwear through fear ...2000s sl.
• CALLET † a term of abuse; a hag; a scold ...a1528 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CALLYMOOCHER †* a term of abuse or reproach; ? a raw cadger, a greenhorn ......1661
• CONGER-HEAD a term of abuse for a man ...1810
• COOSE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOSIE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZ a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZEY a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZIE a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• COOZY a term of abuse for a woman ...1940s sl.
• CUM-TWANG † a term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser ...1599
• DARRYL a general term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• DATE a term of abuse ...1910s Aust. sl.
• DEAD CUNT a strong term of abuse ...1990s Aust. sl.
• DEADEYE a term of abuse; a worthless fellow...1849 US nautical sl.
• DITCH the vagina; thus a term of abuse for a woman ...17C sl.
• DOG BREATH a contemptible person; used as a term of abuse ...2000 US sl.
• DORKBREATH a term of abuse ...1974 US sl.
• DROL a general term of abuse ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• FACE FART a general term of abuse ...2000s NZ sl.
• FAGGOT 1. a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman ...1591
2. a general term of abuse, irrespective of sex ...1950s US sl.
• FANNY RAT a term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• FART-FACE a term of abuse; an ugly or contemptible person ...1938 Amer. sl.
• FART-SACK a term of abuse ...1940s sl.
• FART'S END a term of abuse ...E18 sl.
• FAT-FACE a term of abuse ...1741
• FAT-GUTS one having a big belly; used as a term of abuse ...1596
• FILLET OF COD a term of abuse for a person ...L20 rhyming sl. for 'sod'
• FLOBBERCHOPS a term of abuse ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUNKY ASS a general term of abuse, implying bad odours ...1960s US Black sl.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRIZZLEDEMUNDY a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf ...1818 Eng. dial.
• GRUNGE a general term of abuse; a repugnant, odious, dirty, or boring person...1960s sl., orig US 2000
• GUTS (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person ...1596 UK
• GUTSY (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man ...1596 UK
• HALTER-SACK † a 'gallows-bird'; a term of reproach or abuse...1598
• HANGING BONE VILLAIN a term of abuse for a person ...1848 Ireland
• HANIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARLICAN a term of abuse to a person ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HOM a term of abuse (homosexual) ...1990s sl.
• JACK A LOON a term of abuse ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JACK-A-LANTERN a term of abuse ...1895 Eng. dial.
• JAMES HUNT a cunt; used in all senses, but esp. as a term of abuse ...2003 UK rhyming sl.
• KENNEL-RAKER † a raker of the gutter; a scavenger; also, a term of abuse ...c1589
• LAND-RAT † a term of abuse for a person ...1632
• LETHRON † a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab ...1718 Sc.
• LOBCOCK † a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse ...a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LOLLYPOT a term of abuse; an idiot, a booby; a lazy lubber ...1746 Eng. dial.
• MAGA DOG a mongrel; hence, a term of abuse for a person ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• MAGGOT a term of abuse, esp. aimed at girls or women ...1980s Aust. sl.
• MALT-HORSE † a term of reproach or abuse for a dull, stupid fellow; a dolt ...1590
• MANDRAKE † a term of abuse; an inferior person ...1508 chiefly Sc.
• MARE a term of abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MARMOSET † a term of abuse or contempt to a man ...a1500
• MAWKIN a term of abuse or contempt for anyone ...1819 Eng. dial.
• MONGREL a general term of abuse ...L16 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MOOK a term of abuse; a foolish person ...1930s US sl.
• MOTHER-PLUGGER a term of a abuse; an extreme insult; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1920s US Black sl.
• NAG † a term of abuse for a person ...1598
• NAGAS a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTY-PACK † a term of abuse or reproach to a male or female ...16C obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NEEDLEDICK a man having a small penis; hence, a contemptible fellow; a term of abuse ...1969 Amer. sl.
• OIL TANKER a term of abuse for a person ...20C rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• OLD CROW a general term of abuse, not specifically of a woman ...L19 sl.
• OMADHAUN a fool, a simpleton; a dull, stupid person; a term of abuse ...1818 Ireland
• PANZER HEAD a term of abuse used of someone who is or resembles a German ...1980s sl.
• PARCEL a difficult, troublesome person; a term of abuse ...20C Irish sl.
• PENTWEEZLE † a term of abuse or reproach ...1656
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• RAASHOLE a contemptible person; used as a general term of abuse ...2000 UK sl.
• RABBIT a term of abuse or contempt for a person...1597
• RAISIN-BRAIN a fool; a term of abuse ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAKES †* a term of abuse for a person ...1575
• RAM-SKYT †* a term of abuse ...c1460
• RAT-ASS a term of abuse ...1950s sl., orig. US
• RATBAG a term of abuse; a rogue, an eccentric ...1890 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• RAT BASTARD a term of abuse ...1920s sl., orig. US
• RIBIBE † a term of contempt or abuse for an old woman; a shrill-voiced old woman ...c1386
• RIDGEL a term of abuse applied to men; a sportive, mischievous lad ...1703 Eng. dial.
• SACKET a term of reproach or abuse ...1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAD a term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• SALAMI SLAPPER a term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• SARDINE a term of abuse ...M19 US sl.
• SATCHEL-ARSED SON OF A WHORE a general term of abuse ...18C sl.
• SAUERKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SAUERKRAUTER a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• S.B. a sonofabitch; a derogatory term of abuse ...L19 US euphemism
• SCADGER a term of abuse; a mean, contemptible person; someone who always wants a loan ...M19 sl.
• SCAMY BEGGAR a term of abuse ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCHLEP a general term of abuse ...1930s sl., orig. US
• SCLYOG † a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person ...1882 Sc.
• SCRUFF an unkempt, messy person; also, a term of abuse ...1950s sl.
• SHAGAMUFFIN †* a term of abuse ...1642
• SHIT-BREECH a term of abuse applied to a person ...1675
• SHITBUM a term of abuse ...1960s sl.
• SHIT-FACE an unpleasant or despicable person, an obnoxious person, usually male; a term of abusive address ...1937 sl.
• SHITHEAD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a term of abuse for an obnoxious person ...1961 sl.
• SHYPOO a term of abuse ...1952 NZ sl.
• SILLY LEGS a term of mild abuse aimed at someone behaving like a fool ...Brit. sl. Brit
• SKEET a general term of abuse ...20C sl.
• SKEEZA a term of abuse for any disliked person ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SKEEZE a term of abuse for any disliked person ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SKEEZER a term of abuse for any disliked person ...1980s sl., orig. US Black
• SON OF A SEA COCK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SON OF A SEA COOK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SON OF A SEA CROOK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SON OF A SEA-GOING COOK a term of abuse for a man ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SOPPY DATE an affectionate term of abuse ...1900s UK juvenile sl.
• SOURCROUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• SOURKRAUT a cantankerous person; a term of abuse ...M19 sl., chiefly Aust. & US sl.
• STOOGE a term of abuse for a person ...1960s US campus sl.
• SUCCUBUS a strumpet, a whore; a term of abuse for low woman ...1622
• SWISS BANKER a despicable person; an all-purpose form of abuse ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• TAR-BARREL † a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person ...1695
• TARLEATHER †* a term of abuse or reproach applied to a woman; an inferior woman ...1575
• TARTAR a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person ...1590
• TIM † a term of personal abuse ...1610
• TOAD'S-GUTS † a term of abuse ...1634
• UNCLE BEN a homosexual Black man who prefers White men; hence, a term of abuse ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• UPJUMP an upstart, a nouveau riche; a term of abuse ...1910s Aust. sl.
• VADGE a general term of abuse ...1980s sl.
• VAG a general term of abuse ...1980s sl.
• VARK a general term of abuse, esp. of a policeman ...1950s S. Afr. sl.
• VEEKO a term of abuse for a person ...1929 Sc.
• VERDUGO †* a hangman or executioner; also, a term of abuse ...a1616
• VERMIN a term of abuse; also, applied playfully to a mischievous child ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANK-BAG a general term of abuse ...1990s sl.
• WARIANGLE †* a term of contemptuous abuse ...a1400-50
• WARLOCK † a wicked person; a scoundrel, a reprobate; a general term of reproach or abuse ...a1000
• WRETCH-CLAAT a term of abuse ...1980s UK Black sl.
• WRETCH-CLAHT a term of abuse ...1980s UK Black sl.
• WRIST JOB a term of abuse; a 'wanker' ...2000 UK sl.
• YAK a term of abuse ...1980s US sl.
ABUSE - verbs
• BACK-HASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BACK-JAW to answer in an insolent or hostile manner; to retort, altercate, abuse ...1866 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BAD-MOUTH to abuse, to criticize maliciously ...N. Amer. sl.
• BAGHASH to abuse, to scold vigorously; to annoy, to molest ...1816 Sc.
• BALDER to use coarse language, to abuse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLYRAG to abuse violently; to scold or revile in foul language ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAMBOOZE to abuse; to domineer over, to push about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARGE to scold, to abuse ...1860 Eng. dial.
• BECALL to abuse, to call names, to rail at ...1682 Eng. dial.
• BEDAUB to spatter with abuse; to vilify ...1553-87
• BEQUARREL † to quarrel with; to find fault with, to abuse ...1624
• BERAY † to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse ...1576 obs. or arch.
• BEROGUE † to call one a rogue; to abuse ...1673
• BESCUMMER to abuse, to calumniate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BESHREW † to treat evilly, to use ill, to abuse ...c1430
• BESPATTER 1. to asperse with abuse, flame, flattery, praise, etc., to hold in contempt ...1644
2. to cover with abuse; to vilify or slander, to calumniate ...1653
• BESPURT † to abuse; to sully with vice ...1603
• BESPURTLE † to asperse with reproach or abuse; to sully with vice ...1604
• BETONGUE to assail with the tongue; to abuse ...1639
• BLACKGUARD to slander or abuse verbally; to talk in scurrilous terms about someone or something ..1950 Amer. dial.
• BLAD to abuse, to defame ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLARE to break forth in vituperation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BLARE OUT to break forth in vituperation ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BULLY-RAG to assail with abusive language ...1813 colloq.
• CAGMAG to quarrel, to speak abusively ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAIRD to abuse, to scold ...1928 Sc.
• CALL to abuse, to call names, to speak ill of; to scold ...1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL ALL TO PIECES to abuse violently ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALL ONE OUT OF HIS NAME to call or address a person by a name other than the true one; to abuse, to vilify ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CALL OUT OF NAME to call or address by improper and abusive names ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CLAPPERCLAW † to abuse with the tongue, to scold vehemently ...1692 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EAT SHIT to put up with a lot of abuse ...M20 US sl.
• GIVE OFF A LOT OF MOUTH to shout abuse ...1999 UK sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE VERBALS to abuse ...1960s sl.
• HAMMIL to ill-treat; to abuse; to overwork ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of ...1862 Eng. dial.
• JAW to chatter; to abuse; to use violent language ...1748 sl.
• JAWHAWK to abuse; to vilify ...1890 Amer. sl.
• JOLLY to tease roughly, to chaff, to abuse, to trick ...M19 sl., ?orig. US
• LAY A HEARING ON to abuse verbally; to lay a curse on ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MALLERAG to abuse, to scold ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MARGULLIE † to mismanage, to abuse ...1721 Sc.
• MOLLYHAWK to tease, to abuse ...Bk1913 Amer. Dial.
• MURGULLY † to mismanage, to abuse ...1721 Sc.
• OPPROBRIATE to cover with opprobrium; to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to abuse; to slander, to calumniate ...1649
• QUEER to abuse sexually ...1970s sl.
• RAG to scold, to rate; to talk severely to, to reproach; to abuse violently ...a1796 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAG OUT to abuse verbally ...1980s US & Can. sl.
• RAIL to utter abusive language ...1460-70
• RANDAN †* to abuse, to vituperate ...1764
• RAPE to abuse ...1970s US college sl.
• RAVEN to abuse ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RICK INTO to do anything with energy, esp. to rate, to scold, to abuse vigorously ...1894 Eng. dial.
• ROUNDSHAVE to scold; to reprimand severely; to abuse ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SAUCE to scold; to find fault with; to abuse ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SCALL to scold; to abuse ...1820 Sc.
• SHAFT to cheat; to trick; to deceive; to abuse ...1970s US Black sl.
• TAKE DOWN to abuse ...17C
• TATOO to scold, to abuse ...1827 Ireland
• TONGUE-BANG to scold heartily, to berate, to abuse ...1901 Eng. dial.
• VERBAL to talk aggressively, to abuse ...1960s sl.
• WALK DOWN ONE'S THROAT to scold; to abuse ...B1900
• WALLIPEND to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse ...1847 Sc.
• WANK to abuse someone else ...1940s sl.
• WHANK to abuse someone else ...1940s sl.
• YAMBER to scold; to abuse freely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABUSED - adjectives
• FAIR TROD ON abused, treated very badly ...L19 sl.
• HAMMILLED ill-treated, abused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ABUSED - verbs
• TAKE GAS to be scolded and abused ...1950s US sl.
ABUSIVE - nouns
• BACK-JAW impudence; abusive language ...1932 Sc.
• FARMYARD TALK rude, abusive talk ...L19 sl.
• ILL TONGUE bad language, an abusive tongue ...1785 Sc.
• ILL-JAW bad language; an abusive tongue ...1824 Sc.
• ILL-MOUTH insolent, abusive language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-WEEN bad language; an abusive tongue ...Bk1905 Sc.
ABUSIVE - nouns, person
• TACKLE a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman ...1980s Irish sl.
ABUSIVE - verbs
• AIR OUT ONE'S MOUTH ON to speak aggressively or abusively ...20C W. Indies sl.
• ILL-GAB to use abusive, insolent language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-JAW to use abusive, insolent language ...Bk1905 Sc.
•.ILL-MOUTH to use abusive, insolent language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ILL-WEEN to use insolent, abusive language ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OPPROBRIATE * to speak abusively or contemptuously of or to; to reproach; to vilify ...1649
ABUSIVELY - adverbs
• ABUSEFULLY †* in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly ...1656
• OPPROBRIOUSLY with opprobrious language, abusively ...1494
ABYSS - nouns
• ABIME †* an abyss ...a1300
• ABYSM any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss ...1495
• ABYSMUS † an abyss ...Bk1611
• JAW-HOLE a gaping opening; an abyss ...1840
• PALUS †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• PALUSCHE †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
