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DESCEND - DESTRUCTIVE
DESCEND - nouns
• VERSANT tendency to slope or descend; declination ...1859
DESCEND - verbs
• DECLINE † to come down, to fall, to descend, to sink ...a1400-50
• DEVALL to descend, to fall, to hurry ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RASH to descend heavily; to dash down, as rain .,..1824 Sc.
• SCRIDE to stride; to descend partly by sliding, partly by climbing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VAIL 1. to lower (a weapon, banner, etc.); to cause or allow to descend or sink ...c1330 now arch.
† 2. to fall down; to descend ...c1400
DESCENDANT - nouns, person
• NEPHEW † a descendant; one of remote or unspecified degree of descent; a successor ...1387
• OFF a descendant; offspring; one of a progeny or family ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DESCENDING - adjectives
• DECLIVATE descending; declining; inclining downward ...1881
• DESCENTIVE †* descending ...1599
DESCENDING - prepositions
• ADOWN in a descending direction upon or along ...c1374 arch.
• ADOWNWARD † in a descending direction upon or along ...1205
DESCENT - nouns
• BAJA a steep descent, road, or trail ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAJADA a steep descent, road, or trail ...1866 Amer. dial.
• DECOURSE † downward course; descent ...1585
• ETION † kindred, lineage; descent, genealogy ...1742 Sc.
• PARAGE † lineage, descent, rank; esp. noble or high lineage ...a1300
• SCENT descent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DESCRIBE - verbs
• DECIPHER † to represent verbally or pictorially; to describe, to delineate, to portray, to depict ...a1572
• DECLARE † to manifest, to make known; to describe, to state in detail; to recount, to relate ...c1340
• DESCRIVE to describe ...1787 Sc.
DESCRIPTION - nouns
• ADUMBRATION representation in outline; sketching; an outline, a sketch, a shadowy figure; a faint or light sketch or description ...1552
• DECIPHER † description, delineation ...a1670
• DESCRIVING description; the act of describing ...1714 Sc.
• IMPORTRAITURE * the act of portraying in or upon something; a portrait or description ...1836
• PANTOGRAPHY * complete description ...1828
• RUNDOWN a catalogue of information, facts, etc., or a brief description ...1945 sl., orig. US
• SPEC a detailed working description of something ...1956 sl.
DESERT - nouns
• ASHTRAY the desert ...1991 US Gulf war usage
DESERT - nouns, person
• DESERT RAT one who lives in the desert; a prospector in the desert ...1907 Amer. dial.
DESERT - verbs
• GO OVER THE HILL to desert ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAT to desert one's own side, esp. in politics ...1812
• SKEDADDLE to desert ...US Civil War usage
• STICK TO THE HAFT not to desert ...1835 Sc.
• WAIVE † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing ...c1330
• 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.
DESERTED - adjectives
• BARE † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
• DEAD of a house or place: uninhabited, empty, deserted ...L19 sl.
DESERTED - nouns
• FALLING-OFF PLACE a deserted or uninhabited region ...1908 Amer. dial.
DESERTER - nouns, person
• BUMMER a deserter ...US Civil War usage
• CORNER TURNER a deserter ...World War II Amer. sl.
• SKEDADDLER a deserter ...US Civil War usage
DESERTION - nouns
• BACK-DOOR FURLOUGH absence without leave; a desertion ...1927 US military sl.
• LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing ...1759 sl.
• SCRAMSVILLE desertion, running off ...1950s sl.
DESERVE - verbs
• HAVE IT COMING to deserve; to merit; usually 'it' is unpleasant ...L19 sl.
• OF-EARN † to earn, to deserve ...c1200
• OFGO † to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn ...c1000
• OFSERVE † to deserve, to merit; to obtain by deserving; to earn ...a1225
DESERVING - adjectives
• BENE-MERENT †* well-deserving ...1656. rare
• DESERVABLE deserving ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ILL-DESERVING deserving of ill ...1625
DESERVING - nouns
• EARNING † the fact of deserving, merit; that which one deserves ...c1020
• OFGOING † deserving, earning ...1340
• OFSERVING † deserving, desert, merit ...c1240
DESERVINGS - nouns
• DAPPYS deserts, deservings ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DESIGN - nouns
• LEVEL † aim, purpose, design ...a1592
DESIGN - verbs
• MARK to trace out boundaries for; to plot out ground; to set out the ground plan of a building; to plan out, to design ...c888 now poetic
• TAILOR-MAKE to design to suit exactly ...1898
DESIGNER - nouns, person
• FASHIONER † one who makes articles of dress; a tailor, a designer ...1625 obs. or arch.
DESIRABLE - adjectives
• APPETITIOUS † of the nature of, or suited to, appetite; palatable, desirable, appetizing ...1653
• DEAD FLICK very desirable ...Irish sl.
• FAIR † desirable, reputable ...c1380
• FUCKABLE pert. to a sexually desirable woman ...19C sl.
• FUCKSOME pert. to a sexually desirable woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• ROMPWORTHY of a woman: sexually desirable ...c1935 colloq.
• SNAZZY elegant; stylish; smart and fashionable; clever and desirable ...1932 Amer. sl.
DESIRABLE - nouns
• BABE something excellent or desirable ...1910s sl.
• BABES, THE something excellent or desirable ...1910s sl.
• CANDY, THE something excellent, admirable, desirable ...1900s US sl.
• HAIRY desirable, sexy ...M19 sl.
• JAM something desirable ...colloq.
• OPTATIVE † something to be desired; a desirable thing ...1605
• WANG-TANG anything, esp. on a sexual level, that is particular desirable ...1970s US Black sl.
• YEARNANDLIKE †* desirable ...a1300
DESIRABLE - nouns, person
• EATING-STUFF a woman who looks delicious and desirable ...M20 US sl.
• GYLRIG a desirable person ...1950s UK back-slang of 'girl' or 'girly'
• OYSTER a person desired or sought for a particular purpose ...1877 Amer. sl.
• SCRUFF PUPPY a girl as the object of social and sexual desire ...1988 US sl.
• WHITE HEN'S CHICKENS extremely pleasant or desirable persons ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DESIRE - adjectives
• DESIREFUL filled with desire or longing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• EARNFUL † causing anxiety or yearning; anxious; full of longing desire; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FULL OF FUCK sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
• FULL OF GISM sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
• HANKLING desirous of, having a craving or desire for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OFLIST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OFLUST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OPTATIVE characterized by desire or choice; expressing desire ...1611
DESIRE - adverbs
• AFFECTEDLY † with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly ...1596
DESIRE - nouns
• AFFECT † 1. the way in which one is affected or disposed; mental state, mood, feeling, desire, intention ...c1374
† 2. feeling, desire, or appetite, as opposed to reason; passion, lust, evil-desire ...1531
• BEDROOM EYES eyes or look suggestive of sexual desire ...1947 sl.
• CUNT-STAND active physical desire in women ...19C sl.
• EAGERS, THE feelings of desire, impatience, or anxiety; excessive eagerness or apprehension ...1828 Amer. dial.
• EARNEST † ardour in battle; broadly, intense passion or desire ...c1205
• EARNING † longing desire; poignant grief or compassion ...1631
• EISNING a strong desire or longing of any kind ...1773 Sc.
• EPITHYMY †* desire; lust ...1600
• FAINNESS desire, liking ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANTASY † inclination, liking, desire ...c1374
• HARK a whisper; a secret wish or desire ...1814 Sc.
• HEART † intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire ...c825
• HUSTLE effort, exertion, desire ...1898 US sl.
• INKLING a desire, an inclination ...1978 Amer. dial.
• MANGE † a restless desire ...1648
• NASTIES sexual desire ...1900s US Black sl.
• NINNY-WATCH a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † strong desire, longing ...c1320
• OPTATION the act of wishing; a wish or desire ...1577
• OPTION † a wish or desire ...1604
• OREXIS a desire or longing ...1619
• STOMACH desire, appetite, or inclination
• TALENT † inclination, propension, or disposition for anything; wish, desire, appetite ...a1300
• TAPTEE a state of eager desire ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICKLING an 'itching' to do something; an uneasy desire, craving, hankering ...1553
• VEIN † an inclination or desire, a tendency, towards something specified ...1587
• VELLEITY a mere wish, desire, or inclination without accompanying action or effort ...1624
• YARK †* an impulse, an eager desire ...1577
• YERING † desire, longing; request ...a1300
• ZAZZLE sexual desire ...20C US sl.
DESIRE - nouns, person
• SMARTY-PANTS a boy who has begun to feel mature sexual desire ...1940s US Black sl.
• VISA-BODY a human object of desire ...1990s W. Indies sl.
DESIRE - verbs
• BID to desire, to wish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHUCK to desire someone sexually ...20C sl.
• DAG to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• EARN † to desire strongly, to long ...1579
• EASSIN to desire strongly ...1661 Sc.
• EFFLAGITATE †* to demand eagerly; to desire eagerly ...1641
• EISIN to desire strongly ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ENVY to wish for, to desire ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EXOPT †* to wish or desire greatly ...1548
• EXOPTATE † to desire earnestly ...1692
• FAIN † to be delighted or glad; to rejoice; also, to desire, to wish ...c888
• FANCY to desire, to wish for, to want ...1598 UK
• FANCY to desire sexually, to find sexually attractive ...1635 UK
• FANCY THE MUFF OFF to find a woman extremely desirable ...2000 UK sl.
• FANCY THE PANTS OFF to find a woman extremely desirable ...2000 UK sl.
• FANCY THE TITS OFF to find a woman extremely desirable ...2000 UK sl.
• FEEL TO to want, to desire; to want to, to feel inclined to do something ...1837 Amer. dial.
• GALLA to crave, to desire very mush, esp. of food ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• GALP † to gape after, to be eagerly desirous of something ...1583
• GAPE to desire eagerly to do something ...a1340
• GREEN to desire earnestly, to yearn after ...LME Sc.
• HANK to long for, to desire earnestly ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to greatly desire, to hanker after ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE HOTS FOR SOMEONE to have strong sexual desire for a specific person ...20C US sl.
• ITCHY to itch, to desire ...1893 Amer. dial.
• KEEP † to care for, to regard, to desire ...1297
• LACK to desire, to wish ...1872 Eng. dial.
• LIKE to desire sexually ...16C
• MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire ...1866 Sc.
• MANTLE † to 'bubble' with desire ...1657
• MIND to desire, to like, to be inclined ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OPTATE * to choose; to wish for, to desire ...1611
• PUT ONE'S LONG EYE ON to covet, to desire for oneself ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• SIGH † to desire or long for something ...1650
• TALENT † to fill with desire ...1486
• THROW LONG EYE ON to covet, to desire for oneself ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• YERE † to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request ...c1205
DESIRE - phrases
• WANTED AS MUCH AS A DOG WANTS A SIDE-POCKET applied to one who wants or desires something he doesn't need ...1788 sl.
• WANTED AS MUCH AS A TOAD WANTS A SIDE-POCKET applied to one who wants or desires something he doesn't need ...1785 sl.
DESIRED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † sought after, aimed at, desired ...1597
• SAUCY attractive; desired ...2004 US sl.
• VOLIBLE † capable of being wished or desired ...1675
DESIRED - nouns
• WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED something needed or desired
DESIRING - adjectives
• MANTLING † eagerly desiring ...1657
• SITIENT * thirsty; thirsting, coveting, desiring much ...1656
DESIRING - nouns
• VELLEITY the fact of merely willing, wishing, or desiring without any effort or advance towards action or realization ...1618
DESIROUS - adjectives
• ANONSKER eager, desirous, set upon a thing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• AVIDIOUS * avid, ardently desirous, extremely eager, greedy ...1534
• CONCUPISCIBLE worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
• CUPIDINOUS * full of desire or cupidity, covetous, desirous, greedy ...1656
• EDACIOUS excessively desirous ...1819
• EDGY eager, anxious, desirous, keen ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIN desirous, eager ...c1205 arch. or Eng. dial.
• FEEN desirous, eager ...1818 Eng. dial.
• HORNY obsessively eager or desirous ...1982 Amer. sl.
• MAN-WOOD † 'man-mad'; madly desirous of a man ...1579-80
• MAZED eagerly desirous; 'mad after' ...1896 Eng. dial.
• MAZY mad; eager for, madly desirous ...1873 Eng. dial.
• NAP ready, eager, desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWIS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANK very eager, anxious, impatient, ardently desirous ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RED-HOT eager, anxious, desirous ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TALENTIVE † desirous ...a1300
• YAP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen; desirous ...c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARE ready, prepared; desirous, eager ...c888 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YAUP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen, desirous ...c1450 obs. exc. Sc.
• YAWP quick, apt, ready; eager, keen; desirous; forward ...1685 Sc.
• YEARNFUL † eagerly desirous, anxious, solicitous ...c888
• YERN † eager, earnestly or keenly desirous; also, greedy, covetous ...c893
DESIST - verbs
• ABSIST †* to withdraw; to desist ...1614
• BLIN to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEVALL to halt, to stop, to desist, to cease ...1823 Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
• GIVE IT A PULL to desist, to discontinue ...20C Aust. sl.
• LET † 1. to desist, to forbear ...c1200
† 2. to check or withhold oneself; to desist, to refrain ...c1374
• PACK THE GAME IN to desist, esp. abandon a way of life ...20C sl.
• PACK UP to desist; to give up ...c1945 cyclist's usage
• QUAT to cease work; to desist from, to stop ...1790 Sc.
• QUIT to cease, to give up, to desist...1827 Sc.
• SALIST to desist, to hold ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIST † to cease, to desist, to stop ...a1676
• TAKE A PULL to desist, to discontinue ...20C Aust. sl.
• TIE UP to give up, to desist from; to quit a course of action ...1760 sl.
DESIST - interjections
• TAH! used as a command to desist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DESK - adjectives
• READY TO WALK OFF said of a table or desk cluttered and loaded till it looks like a pack animal ...c1950 Amer. dial.
DESK - nouns
• DEST a desk ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TOY a desk with an attached bookcase ...1947 UK sl.
DESK - nouns, person
• CHAIR-POUNDER a desk worker; used derisively ...1919 US sl.
DESOLATE - adjectives
• BARE † laid waste, desolate ...c1305
• GAUNT of inanimate things: grim or desolate of aspect ...1840
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• WESTY † desolate, waste ...c950
DESOLATE, DESOLATION - nouns
• VASTITY † the fact of being desolate, waste, void, or empty ...1545
• VASTNESS †* desolation, waste ...1605
DESOLATE - verbs
• UNRONE † to make desolate ...a1300
DESPAIR - nouns
• WANHOPE † despair, hopelessness ...1297 obs. exc. arch.
• WANHOPING † loss of hope, hopelessness, despair ...a1300
• WANTROKING † despair; false or mistaken expectation ...c1315
DESPAIR - verbs
• TAKE THE COW to lose heart ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANHOPE † to despair ...a1300 obs. exc. arch.
• WANTROKIE † to despair ...c1315
DESPAIR - interjections
• RATS! an exclamation of annoyance, despair, disgust, or disapproval ...1886 orig. US
DESPAIRING - adjectives
• WANHOPE † that has no hope, despairing ...1549 obs. exc. arch.
DESPAIRINGLY - adverbs
• WANHOPEFULLY † despairingly ...c1425
DESPERADO - nouns, person
• BAD MAN a desperado ...1888 US
DESPERATE - adjectives
• AERWENE †* hopeless, desperate ...1205
• DEAD FOR desperate for, in great need of ...1876 Amer. sl.
• FANGING FOR desperate for ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GAGGING FOR desperate for ...1970s sl.
• HAIL MARY desperate, last-ditch ...1990s US sl.
• MELTED OUT without money, and hence, desperate ...1930s US Black sl.
• UP THE SPOUT in a desperate situation; beyond help; in trouble ...1829 sl.
DESPERATE - nouns
• GROUNDHOG CASE a desperate or inescapable situation; an unavoidable situation ...1885 Amer. West usage
• HAIL MARY a last-minute, desperate low-probability manoeuvre ...1994 US sl.
DESPERATE - nouns, person
• PERDIDO †* a desperado, a desperate man, a ruined man ...a1734
• SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow ...1538
DESPERATE - verbs
• SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL to use one's last and worst resources; to be forced to desperate measures ...1942 Amer. sl.
DESPERATE - phrases
• NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW one may have to do illegal things when one is desperate ...a1555
DESPERATELY - adverbs
• LIKE HELL with extreme vigour; desperately ...L18 colloq.
• NECK OR NOTHING at every risk; desperately ...1708-10 colloq.
• TARNATION damnably, desperately, execrably ...1790
DESPERATION - verbs
• GRASP AT STRAWS to resort in desperation to any utterly inadequate expedient, like a person drowning
DESPICABLE - adjectives
• ASS-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned ...1939 Amer. sl.
• BABY-RAPING of a person: despicable, disgusting ...1950s US sl.
• BAGGAGE † trashy, worthless, beggarly, despicable ...1553
• BAIST † low, despicable ...1780 Sc.
• BLITHERING despicable, contemptible ...1889
• BOSS poor, despicable, worthless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUTTOCK-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned ...1921 Amer. sl.
• CAITIFF vile, wicked, mean, base; despicable; cowardly ...a1300
• COOTIE-HEARTED contemptible, despicable ...1920s US sl.
• DESPIZABLE despicable ...1975 Amer. dial.
• LOWER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOW-LIFED lacking in self-respect; despicable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN CAT SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN CAT SHIT AND A DAMN SIGHT NASTIER very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN COW SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN HEN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN HOG SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN OWL'S SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN SKUNK SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN SNAKE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOFO contemptible or despicable ...1989 Amer. sl.
• MOLLYFOGGING contemptible, despicable ...1978 Amer. sl.
• MUFF-DIVING despicable, contemptible ...1930s sl.
• NAFF in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable; despicable, contemptible ...1965 Brit. sl.
• NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAFFETTE vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• PALTERING † trifling, worthless, despicable, paltry ...1553
• PICKSNIFF paltry, despicable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAT unpleasant, untrustworthy, generally despicable ...1910s sl., orig. US
• SCALY despicable ...L18 sl.
• SCRAWLING mean, despicable, paltry; worthless, miserably small ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMIGAN despicable ...Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIT-EATING despicable; smug; self-satisfied ...sl.
• UNDALA mean, despicable ...Bk1905 Sc.
DESPICABLE - nouns
• FARTHOLE a despicable person or thing ...1972 US sl.
• OWL'S DUNG n. the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OWL SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OWL'S SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKAG a despicable thing ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOUR OWL MANURE the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SOUR OWL SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
DESPICABLE - nouns, person
• ARSE a fool; a despicable person ...1944 Aust. sl.
• ARSEHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an unpleasant person, usually male ...c1784
• ASSHOLE a foolish or despicable person ...c1784 sl.
• B an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male (Bugger or Bastard) ...1851 euphemism
• BABY-RAPER a person who commits statutory rape; broadly, a despicable man ...1961 US sl., esp. prison usage
• BAD NEWS an unpleasant or despicable person; esp. applied to someone best avoided ...1946 sl.
• BAG a low and despicable person ...20C US sl.
• BAG OF SHIT a despicable person ...1970 Aust. sl.
• BASKET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 sl., euphemism of 'bastard'
• BASTARD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1830 sl.
• BAT an unpleasant or despicable female ...1906 sl.
• BEAST an unpleasant or despicable person ...1772 sl.
• BITCH an unpleasant or despicable female ...1400
• BLEEDER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1887 sl.
• BLIGHTER a contemptible person; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; also, a fellow ...1896 Brit. sl.
• BLISTER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1806 Brit. sl.
• BOOGER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1770 US sl.
• BOSS a despicable, worthless person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGGER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1719 sl.
• BUTTHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an obnoxious person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD a foolish or despicable person; a contemptible old man ...1641
• CAITIFF a base, mean, despicable person; a villain ...1250 arch.
• CHEAPSKATE an unpleasant or despicable person; a low or contemptible person, usually male ...1896 US sl.
• CHICKENSHIT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940s sl., orig. US
• COCKSUCKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1918 sl.
• COW an unpleasant or despicable female ...1696
• CREEP an unpleasant or despicable person, a jerk, usually male ...1926 sl., orig. US
• CRUD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1930 sl., orig. US
• CRUMB a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1918 sl., orig. US
• CRUT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1925 US sl.
• CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal ...1575
• CUNT a disliked person; an objectionable fellow; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1860 sl.
• DASTARD one who meanly or basely shrinks from danger; a mean, base, or despicable coward; one who does malicious acts in a cowardly, skulking way, so as not to expose himself to risk ...1526
• DEADSHIT a despicable person ...1961 Aust. sl.
• DICKRASH an annoying or despicable person; a jerk ...1996 Aust. sl.
• DILDO a despicable, offensive, or dim-witted person ...1960 US sl.
• DINGLEBERRY a despicable person ...1924 US sl.
• DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person ...1869 Aust. sl.
• DIRTRIE a collective term expressive of contempt, denoting despicable, good-for-nothing persons ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DUCK PLUCKER a contemptible or despicable person; a motherfucker ...1976 US euphemism
• DUH an offensive, despicable person; a clumsy person; a socially awkward person ...1976 S. African sl.
• DUMBFUCK a despicable, stupid person ...1950 US sl.
• DUST-WORM a 'worm of the dust', a mean, despicable, or grovelling person; a term of reproach ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ERK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 Brit. sl.
• FACE-ACHE an unpleasant, undesirable, or despicable person ...1937 Brit. sl.
• FAG a despicable, unlikeable person ...1982 US sl.
• FART-BLOSSOM a worthless or despicable person; a person inclined to stupid behaviour ...1938 Amer. sl.
• FARTBREATH a despicable person ...1974 US sl.
• FART-FACE a despicable person ...1938 US sl.
• FARTHEAD a stupid or despicable person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• FARTHOLE a despicable person or thing ...1972 US sl.
• FART-KNOCKER a despicable person ...1952 US sl.
• FART-SUCKER a despicable person ...1891 UK sl.
• FLAMING ASSHOLE a truly despicable person ...1968 US sl.
• FOUR-LETTER MAN an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1923 Brit. euphemism
• FUCKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...a1890 sl.
• GARETH HUNT an unpleasant or despicable person ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'cunt'
• GET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940 Brit. sl.
• GIT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1946 Brit. sl.
• GOBSHITE a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male...M20 sl., chiefly Irish
• GOORI an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 NZ sl.
• GOORIE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 NZ sl.
• GOORY an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 NZ sl.
• GROT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1970 sl.
• HANG-DOG a despicable or degraded fellow fit only to hang a dog, or to be hanged like a dog ...1687
• HEEL an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1932 sl., orig. US
• HUMP an offensive or despicable person ...1963 US sl.
• IRK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 Brit. sl.
• JELLY BEAN an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1919 sl., orig. US
• JERK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1935 sl., orig. US
• JERK-OFF an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1968 sl.
• LIZARD a despicable person ...1927 Amer. sl.
• LOUSE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; one who is thoroughly disliked ...1633 sl.
• LUG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
• MAGGOT a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife ...1680 sl.
• MAMA-HUNCHER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• MAMA-JAMMER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1950s euphemism
• MAMMA-JAMMA a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1992 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-DODGER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1920s Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-DUGGER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1948 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-HUGGER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-JABBER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1950s euphemism
• MAMMY-JAMMER a supreme insult; a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1948 Amer. euphemism
• MAMMY-JAMMY a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1989 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-SUCKER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-TAPPER a supreme insult; a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1967 Amer. euphemism
• MAMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a rascal ...1955 US sl.
• MAMZERIM an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MARE an unpleasant, despicable, bad-tempered female ...1303
• MO-DICKER a despicable or contemptible person; a lazy, irresponsible person ...1968-70 Amer. sl.
• MOFO a despicable or contemptible person ...1965 Amer. sl.
• MOFUCK a despicable or contemptible person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• MO-FUCKER a despicable or contemptible person ...a1987 Amer. sl.
• MOLLY-DODGER a contemptible or despicable fellow ,,,1964-69 US Black sl.
• MOMSER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOMZA an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOO an unpleasant or despicable female ...1967 sl.
• MOTHER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOTHER-FUCKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MOTHER-PLUGGER a term of a abuse; an extreme insult an unpleasant or despicable person ...1920s US Black sl.
• MOTHER-RAPER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MUDDLEFUG (derogatory) a supreme insult; a contemptible or despicable person ...1960s US Black sl.
• MUTHAFUCKA an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• NARK an annoying, unpleasant or despicable person; an oaf, a jerk ...1846 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• NOAH'S-ARK an unpleasant or despicable person ...1898 rhyming sl. for 'nark', orig. Aust.
• NO-GOODNIK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 US sl.
• OICK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1925 Brit. sl.
• OIK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1925 Brit. sl.
• OLD BAT a disagreeable, middle-aged or elderly woman; an unpleasant or despicable female; an unattractive or foolish old woman ...1886 UK sl.
• OLD COW a despicable old woman ...1864 Aust. sl.
• PALLAWA a term of contempt for a dastardly fellow, a worthless, dishonourable or despicable man ...1825 Sc.
• PECKERHEAD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• PIG an unpleasant or despicable person ...1546 sl.
• PILL an unpleasant or despicable person; an obnoxious person; an annoying or boring person ...1871 sl.
• PISS-ARTIST an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1975 Brit. sl.
• POLECAT a despicable, contemptible or deceitful person; a disreputable person; a sneaky person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• PONCE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1953 sl.
• POPPA-LOPPA a despicable or contemptible person; a motherfucker ...1930s US Black sl.
• POPPA-STOPPA a despicable or contemptible person; a motherfucker ...1930s US Black sl.
• PUKEPOT a despicable person ...1973 US sl.
• RAG a despicable person ...1997 US sl.
• RAT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1594
• RATBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1890 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• RAT FINK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1964 sl., chiefly US
• ROACH an unpleasant or despicable person ...1930 US sl.
• ROTTER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1894 Brit. sl.
• SALAUD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1962 sl.
• SCAB an unpleasant or despicable man ...1590
• SCHICER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1846 sl.
• SCHWEINEHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1941 sl.
• SCHWEINHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1941 sl.
• SCHWINEHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1941 sl.
• SCRAWL a mean or despicable person; a person of low rank ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SCROTE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1977 Brit. sl.
• SCROUCHER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1901 Aust. sl.
• SCROUSHER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1901 Aust. sl.
• SCROWCHER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1901 Aust. sl.
• SCUMBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1971 sl., chiefly US
• SCUNGE an unpleasant or despicable person ...1912 sl., orig. Sc.
• SCUZ an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1968 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZ an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1968 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZBALL an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZBUCKET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SEWER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1945 Brit. sl.
• SHAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1971 sl.
• SHICER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1846 sl.
• SHISER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1846 sl.
• SHIT an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHIT-BAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1961 sl.
• SHITE an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHITE-HAWK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1958 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.
• SILLY MOO an unpleasant or despicable female ...1967 sl.
• SKAG a despicable person or thing ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SKANK a despicable person ...1980s US sl.
• SKATE an unpleasant or despicable person; a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person, usually male ...1896 sl., chiefly US
• SKUNK an unpleasant or despicable person; a vile or good-for-nothing fellow ...1841 sl.
• SLAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1943 sl.
• SNOT a term of contempt for a person; an obnoxious or despicable person, esp. a self-important nonentity ...E17 sl.
• SO-AND-SO a euphemism for any derogatory name, esp. 'son of a bitch'; a despicable or unpleasant person ...1897 euphemism
• S.O.B. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male (Son Of a Bitch) ...1918 sl., chiefly US
• SOD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1818 sl.
• SON OF A BITCH an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1707 sl.
• SONUVABITCH an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1707 sl.
• STIFF an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1882 sl., orig. US
• STINKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1898 sl.
• STINK-POT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1854 sl.
• STOOGE any despised underling or subordinate ...1910s sl., orig. US
• SUCK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1974 Can. sl.
• SUCK-HOLE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1966 Can. & Aust. sl.
• SUMBITCH an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1975 US sl.
• SWINE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1842 sl.
• SWIPE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• SWISS BANKER a despicable person; an all-purpose form of abuse ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• TAG-RAG * a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person; a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TARGLE a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOE-RAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TOOL a despicable person ...sl.
• TOSSER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1977 sl.
• TURD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 sl.
• TWAT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• TWOT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• WANK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940s sl.
• WANKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940s sl.
• WHORE an unpleasant or despicable person ...1906 sl.
• WORM a despicable person ...c800
• WOWSER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
DESPICABLY - adverbs
• CAITIFLY † vilely, basely, despicably, badly ...c1425
DESPISE - verbs
• ASPERNATE † to despise, spurn, abhor ...1656
• CONSPUTE †* to spit upon (in contempt); to despise ...1526
• WALLIPEND to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse ...1847 Sc.
DESPISED - adjectives
• DESPECTUOUS †* to be despised, contemptible ...1541
DESPISED - nouns, person
• A.H. a despised person; an asshole ...Amer. sl.
• ASS BITE a worthless, despised individual ...1973 Amer. sl.
• AUNT HAGGIE'S CHILDREN any stupid, lazy, despised people ...1985 Bermuda sl.
• BASTRICH a curse and a nickname for a despised person ...20C US sl.
• BOLL WEEVIL a worthless or contemptible person; a mean, despised person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM FEEDER a despised person of low-status, who grasps any opportunity or means of survival ...1980 US sl.
• CADET a despised person ...1980s students' sl.
• CHOAD a person who is easily despised ...1998 US sl.
• CHODE a person who is easily despised ...1998 US sl.
• DICK-HEAD a jerk or an oaf; a despised man ...M20 US sl.
• DUCK-PLUCKER a rude nickname for a despised person ...1976 US euphemism
• FUCK-SHIT a term of contempt for a despised person ...20C US
• GACK a despised person ...1997 US sl.
• GOON an ugly or despised man; a hooligan ...E20 US sl.
• HAEMORRHOID a despised person ...1969 US sl.
• LAME STAIN a completely inept, despised person ...1997 US sl.
• MUDDAFUKKA a motherfucker; a person; a despised person; a difficult thing or situation ...1995 US sl.
• PECKER-HEAD a jerk or an oaf; a despised man ...M20 US sl.
• PUKE a disgusting or revolting person; a despised person ...M19 colloq.
• RAT a disliked or despised person ...20C Amer. sl.
• SNAKE IN THE GRASS a term of contempt; a sneaky, despised, underhanded person; a lurking danger ...17C colloq.
• UDDER a despised, disrespected or foolish woman ...2001 UK sl.
• WARLING † one who is despised or disliked ...1546
DESPITE - prepositions
• ASPITE despite, in spite of ...1943 Amer. dial.
• AT-OWER in spite of ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESPITE * despite ...1842
DESPONDENCY - nouns
• BLUES, THE depression of spirits, despondency ...1741 colloq.
• GOOHOOPERS a condition of despondency or ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1968 Amer. dial.
DESPONDENT - adjectives
• GRANKY despondent ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-HUNG † hanging the head, despondent ...1631
• HEART-SICK depressed and despondent, esp. through 'hope deferred' or continued trouble ...1526
• OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic ...1890s colloq.
DESPONDENT - verbs
• MAUNGE to be in a despondent, complaining mood; to be dissatisfied ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DESPONDENTLY - adverbs
• HANGEDLY reluctantly, unwillingly; despondently, as though being led to the gallows ...1807 Eng. dial.
DESPOT - nouns, person
• SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant ...1648
• TAMBURLAINE an oppressor, a despot ...a1579
• TAMERLANE an oppressor, a despot ...a1579
DESPOTIC - adjectives
• MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill ...1580
• MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering ...1531-2
• SATRAPIAN cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1822
• SATRAPICAL cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1823
DESSERT - see MEAL
DESTINATION - nouns
• DESTINY destination ...1887 Eng. dial.
DESTINE - verbs
• ORDAIN † to destine to a lot or fate ...a1300
DESTINED - adjectives
• AUND fated, destined, ordained ...1747 Eng. dial.
• AWNED fated, destined, ordained ...1747 Eng. dial.
• FATAL † allotted or decreed by fate or destiny; destined, fated ...c1374
• OND † fated, destined, ordained ...1775 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † fated, destined, ordained ...1775 Eng. dial.
• ORDINATE † ordered, arranged, disposed; destined, appointed ...1398
DESTINY - nouns
• KISMET fate, destiny
DESTITUTE - adjectives
• BEGGARED impoverished; reduced to destitution ...1599
• BESTEAD circumstanced, situated, generally in an evil sense; hence, destitute, forlorn; overcome, oppressed ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD BROKE ruined, bankrupt, penniless; destitute ...1842 Amer. colloq.
• EUCHRED exhausted, destitute, faulty ...L19 Aust. sl.
• GELD † profitless, yielding no satisfaction, unsatisfying; also, destitute of ...a1310
• GONE completely destitute and physically ruined because of crack cocaine addiction ...1994 US sl.
• HAVELESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• HAVENLESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• MOTHERLESS BROKE penniless, completely broke, bankrupt, destitute ...1898 Aust. sl.
• NACE pitiable, destitute, in great and abject want ...1795 Sc.
• NEAR THE BONE destitute
• ON ONE'S EAR on one's side after having fallen or been knocked down; hence, destitute ...1910 Amer. sl.
• ON THE NAIL broke, destitute ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ON THE ROCKS short of money; destitute; in financial trouble ...1889 colloq.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED utterly penniless; very poor, destitute; in want of money ...1886 sl.
• PENURIOUS extremely poor; destitute
• QUIT † destitute, deprived of ...c1290
• SAKELESS lacking, destitute of ...1821 Sc.
• SCABBERT destitute, down-and-out ...1832 Sc.
• SKERE † destitute, devoid, of something ...c1250
• SUCCOURLESS * without help, helpless; without resources or means of subsistence; destitute ...1412-20
• TO THE CURB destitute, suffering from hard times ...1989 US sl.
• UGIOVOUS destitute, having nothing left ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNBESEEN † unprovided, destitute, devoid ...1390
• UNBOUND * unprovided, destitute ...a1300
• WANE † destitute of ...a800
DESTITUTE, DESTITUTION - nouns
• NACE the destitute, the needy ...1871 Sc.
• NACENESS want, destitution ...1913 Sc.
• PENURY extremely poverty, destitution ...1400
• STRAWYARD a shelter, asylum or refuge for the destitute ...1851-61 tramps' sl.
DESTITUTE - nouns, person
• DOWN-AND-OUT a person who without money, a job, or a place to live; a homeless or destitute person ...1889 Amer. sl.
• DOWN-AND-OUTER a person who without money, a job, or a place to live; a homeless or destitute person ...1924 Amer. sl.
DESTITUTE - verbs
• PERISH THE PACK to squander one's fortune, to be or become destitute through extravagance, to be at the end of one's resources ...1808 Sc.
DESTITUTION - verbs
• BRING HADDOCK TO PADDOCK † to spend or lose everything; to come to destitution ...1546
DESTROY - adjectives
• PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal ...1521
DESTROY - nouns
• BANE † that which causes death or destroys life ...a1000
DESTROY - nouns, person
• DECREATOR † one who uncreates, destroys, or annihilates ...1678
• GRAUNCHER a person who crushes or destroys ...NZ
• HIRED GUN a person hired to destroy the opposition, or some unwelcome party, on behalf of another
• LEESER † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESAR † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESER † a destroyer ...c1380
• QUELMER † a destroyer ...c1425
DESTROY - verbs
• AMORTIZE † to deaden; to destroy ...LME
• BANJAX to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence ...US colloq.
• BLAP to kill or destroy ...1971 Amer. military sl.
• BLOW TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1865 Amer. sl.
• BOTTLE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREAK THE NECK OF † to destroy, to finish, to bring to an end ...1576
• BUMP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUMP OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE to destroy; to defeat ...19C sl.
• CHAW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK SOMEONE'S GOOSE to ruin or destroy someone ...1845 Amer. sl.
• DAMNIFY † to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin ...1612
• DEFACE † to destroy, to demolish, to lay waste ...1494
• DIDDLE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISANNUL to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOLLYMOSH to demolish, to destroy, to entirely spoil ...19C Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DO OVER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO THE BUSINESS FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUSE to extinguish, hence, to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWSE to extinguish, hence, to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT RAW to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT RAW WITHOUT SALT to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ENECATE † to kill outright, to destroy, to cause death ...1657
• EUCHRE to destroy ...1970s sl.
• EXFLUNCTICATE to demolish; to utterly destroy ...1842 Amer. dial.
• EXTERMINE † to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish ...1539
• EXTERMISH to destroy completely, to exterminate, to abolish ...1903 Amer. dial.
• FEAG † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEAGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FINISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINISH OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIX to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTEN to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FULYIE to trample, overcome, destroy ...LME Sc.
• GASTER † to destroy ..1609
• GRAUNCH to crush or destroy ...19C NZ
• HAMSTRING to cripple, to destroy the activity or efficiency of ...1641
• HAND SOMEONE HIS HEAD to destroy ...1970s Amer. sl.
• HARELIP THE GOVERNMENT to disfigure, to destroy ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HASH to spoil, to damage; to destroy; to make a mess of ...1773 Sc.
• HONISH † to bring to disgrace or ruin; to dishonour, insult; to destroy, put an end to ...a1300
• JAMRAG to render useless; to destroy, to knock to pieces ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JIMRAG to render useless; to destroy, to knock to pieces ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KIBOSH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK FOR A CRAPE to destroy ...1925 US sl.
• KNOCK OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO FLINDERATION to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1863 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO SMITHEREENS to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAY ALONG † to destroy, to overthrow, to kill ...1599
• LAY OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEESE † to destroy; to bring to ruin or perdition; to spoil ...a1325
• MAKE A BONFIRE OF to destroy
• MAKE AWAY WITH to kill, to destroy, to murder ...1892 Sc.
• MAKE DUCK SOUP OF to totally destroy ....L19 US sl.
• MAKE MINCEMEAT OF vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin ...1950 Sc.
• MARGULLIE † to spoil, to destroy, to mangle; to mar any business ...1721 Sc.
• MURDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MURGULLIE to spoil, to destroy, to mangle; to mar any business ...1721 Sc.
• NAPOO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAUGHT † to destroy ...1340
• OBLIVIATE to obliterate; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF to kill or murder; to destroy ...1930 sl., orig. US Black
• OF-FALL † to fall upon; to kill, to destroy ...a1000
• PLAY HELL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY THE DEVIL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY WHALEY WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT IN COLD STORAGE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON ICE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE EXTINGUISHER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FINISHER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FREEZE ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SETTLER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKIDS UNDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUAIL † to overpower, to destroy, to put an end to ...1551
• QUELL † to kill, to slay, to put to death; to destroy a person or animal ..c897 now rare or obs.
• QUELM † to torment; to kill, to destroy ...c825
• QUENCH * to destroy, to kill a person; to oppress or crush ...c1200
• RACKTIFY to damage; to break down; to destroy ...1922 Amer. dial.
• RACTIFY to damage; to break down; to destroy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAP AND REND to snatch and tear; to waste, destroy property ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RECTIFY to damage; to break down; to destroy ...1909 Amer. dial.
• RIMRACK to injure, damage, or destroy, esp. by misuse ...1841 Amer. dial.
• RUB OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCATHE to injure, to damage, to destroy; to defame ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAW to spoil or destroy the appearance of, esp. in respect of colour; to make shabby or faded ...1772 Sc.
• SCHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SEND TO GLORY to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHATTER to ruin, to put an end to, to utterly destroy ...L17
• SHEND to destroy or injure; to damage ...arch.
• SHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SPIFLICATE to crush, to destroy; to kill ...1841 humorous or colloq.
• STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• STYMIE to frustrate; to destroy ...1920s sl.
• TAKE DOWN to destroy, to dispose of ...L19 sl.
• TAKE OUT to kill, destroy, or defeat ...sl.
• TEAR DOWN to destroy ...1970s sl.
• TERRIFY to damage, to injure, to destroy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-BEAT † vb. to beat to pieces, to destroy by beating ...c893
• TO-BREAK † to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish ...c888
• VAST † to lay waste; to destroy ...1434
• WASH UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRITE OFF to completely destroy or damage something so that it is beyond all hope of repair ...1910s sl., orig. Royal Air Force
DESTROYED - adjectives
• ALL TO HELL utterly destroyed or ruined ...1890 sl.
• BANED † ruined, destroyed; injured, hurt ...1568
• BANJAXED demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BEGUGGLED destroyed by mud, slime, etc ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DEAD ruined; destroyed; ...1400
• DOWN THE GURGLER ruined; irretrievably lost or destroyed; wasted; used of something that has not worked out ...1930s Aust. sl.
• GONE TO HELL utterly destroyed ...19C sl.
• IMPERDIBLE †* not capable of being lost or destroyed ...1661
• KABLOOEY destroyed, ruined ...L20 N. Amer. colloq.
• ON TOP wrong; destroyed or defeated ...1999 UK sl.
DESTROYED - verbs
• GO FOR A BURTON to be killed, destroyed, ruined, or lost ...M20 colloq, orig. RAF sl.
• SUFFER † to be killed or destroyed ...1605
• TINE to be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish ...1300s chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DESTROYING - nouns
• KISS OF DEATH something that causes failure, destruction, etc. ...informal
• MAKE-AWAY wilful waste, destruction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUALE † death, destruction, mortality ...c900
• VASTATION † the act of laying waste, devastating, or destroying; also, an instance of this ...1545
DESTRUCTION - adverbs
• CAT-WEST into disarray, confusion, or destruction ...1946 Amer. dial.
DESTRUCTION - nouns
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000
• BALLYHACK ruin, destruction ...1843 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWRACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BANE † murder, death, destruction ...c1175
• BLADDIN a spoiling, destruction ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CASTLE-COME-DOWN † ruin, total destruction ...1563-87
• CATALYSIS †* dissolution, destruction, ruin ...1655
• DECAY † downfall, destruction, ruin ...1535
• DECREATION † the undoing of creation; depriving of existence; annihilation, utter destruction ...1647
• DUCK SOUP the total destruction of ...L19 US sl.
• FATE an instrument of death or destruction ...1700 poetic
• HASHRIE destruction from carelessness ...Bk1902 Sc.
• IMMOLATION devotion to destruction or severe loss for the sake of something else ...c1690
• KISS OF DEATH something that causes failure, destruction, etc. ...informal
• LEESING † losing, loss; also, destruction, perdition ...1362
• MAKE-AWAY wilful waste, destruction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NECK-BREAK † ruin, destruction ...a1665 Sc.
• PAN-DESTRUCTION universal destruction ...1884
• PANOLETHRY † general destruction or slaughter ...1668
• QUALE † death, destruction, mortality ...c900
• RACK AND MANGER † want of proper economy or management; waste and destruction ...1687 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RACK AND REND rack and ruin; destruction ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RACKING † wrecking, destruction ...1689
• TINING † destruction ...a1300
• VILLYAROO confusion, destruction, smithereens, a lost or scattered state ...1912 Sc.
DESTRUCTION - verbs
• GO LIKE WARD'S DUCKS to go to hell, destruction ...1856 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE BUGS † to go to destruction; to come to nothing ...1828 Amer. dial.
DESTRUCTIVE - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• BALEFUL full of malign, deadly, or noxious influence; pernicious, destructive, noxious, injurious, mischievous, malignant ...a1000
• CATAWAMPOUS fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
• CATAWAMPTIOUS adj. fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
• DEAD-DOING † 'doing to death'; causing death; killing, murderous; destructive, fatal, mortal ... 1590
• DEATHFUL full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly ...a1240
• DESTROYFUL destructive ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DESTRUCTFUL destructive ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DESTRUCTIONFU' destructive, wasteful; full of destruction ...B1900 Sc.
• DESTRUCTIOUS destructive, prone to destroy ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DESTRUCTUOUS destructive, prone to destroy ...1942 Amer. dial.
• EXITIABLE †* destructive, ruinous, hurtful ...1607
• FATIFEROUS fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive ...1656
• HASHING wasteful, destructive; overflowing, as of a flood ...1812 Sc.
• HASHY slovenly, careless, destructive ...Bk1902 Sc.
• PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal ...1521
• SAIR destructive, harmful, injurious ...1901 Sc.
• SCADLY greedy, greedy of; destructive ...1888 Eng. dial.
• VANDALIC barbarously or ignorantly destructive ...1666
• VANDALIQUE barbarously or ignorantly destructive ...1666
DESTRUCTIVE - nouns
• EDACITY † corrosive quality, destructive power ...1657
• TEAR-UP a period of violent destructive behaviour ...1964 sl., orig. US
DESTRUCTIVE - nouns, person
• RAMPER a noisy, stamping fellow; one who acts violently or destructively ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEARDOWN a fierce or destructive person ...1834 Amer. dial.
• VERSANT tendency to slope or descend; declination ...1859
DESCEND - verbs
• DECLINE † to come down, to fall, to descend, to sink ...a1400-50
• DEVALL to descend, to fall, to hurry ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RASH to descend heavily; to dash down, as rain .,..1824 Sc.
• SCRIDE to stride; to descend partly by sliding, partly by climbing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VAIL 1. to lower (a weapon, banner, etc.); to cause or allow to descend or sink ...c1330 now arch.
† 2. to fall down; to descend ...c1400
DESCENDANT - nouns, person
• NEPHEW † a descendant; one of remote or unspecified degree of descent; a successor ...1387
• OFF a descendant; offspring; one of a progeny or family ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DESCENDING - adjectives
• DECLIVATE descending; declining; inclining downward ...1881
• DESCENTIVE †* descending ...1599
DESCENDING - prepositions
• ADOWN in a descending direction upon or along ...c1374 arch.
• ADOWNWARD † in a descending direction upon or along ...1205
DESCENT - nouns
• BAJA a steep descent, road, or trail ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BAJADA a steep descent, road, or trail ...1866 Amer. dial.
• DECOURSE † downward course; descent ...1585
• ETION † kindred, lineage; descent, genealogy ...1742 Sc.
• PARAGE † lineage, descent, rank; esp. noble or high lineage ...a1300
• SCENT descent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DESCRIBE - verbs
• DECIPHER † to represent verbally or pictorially; to describe, to delineate, to portray, to depict ...a1572
• DECLARE † to manifest, to make known; to describe, to state in detail; to recount, to relate ...c1340
• DESCRIVE to describe ...1787 Sc.
DESCRIPTION - nouns
• ADUMBRATION representation in outline; sketching; an outline, a sketch, a shadowy figure; a faint or light sketch or description ...1552
• DECIPHER † description, delineation ...a1670
• DESCRIVING description; the act of describing ...1714 Sc.
• IMPORTRAITURE * the act of portraying in or upon something; a portrait or description ...1836
• PANTOGRAPHY * complete description ...1828
• RUNDOWN a catalogue of information, facts, etc., or a brief description ...1945 sl., orig. US
• SPEC a detailed working description of something ...1956 sl.
DESERT - nouns
• ASHTRAY the desert ...1991 US Gulf war usage
DESERT - nouns, person
• DESERT RAT one who lives in the desert; a prospector in the desert ...1907 Amer. dial.
DESERT - verbs
• GO OVER THE HILL to desert ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAT to desert one's own side, esp. in politics ...1812
• SKEDADDLE to desert ...US Civil War usage
• STICK TO THE HAFT not to desert ...1835 Sc.
• WAIVE † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing ...c1330
• 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.
DESERTED - adjectives
• BARE † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
• DEAD of a house or place: uninhabited, empty, deserted ...L19 sl.
DESERTED - nouns
• FALLING-OFF PLACE a deserted or uninhabited region ...1908 Amer. dial.
DESERTER - nouns, person
• BUMMER a deserter ...US Civil War usage
• CORNER TURNER a deserter ...World War II Amer. sl.
• SKEDADDLER a deserter ...US Civil War usage
DESERTION - nouns
• BACK-DOOR FURLOUGH absence without leave; a desertion ...1927 US military sl.
• LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing ...1759 sl.
• SCRAMSVILLE desertion, running off ...1950s sl.
DESERVE - verbs
• HAVE IT COMING to deserve; to merit; usually 'it' is unpleasant ...L19 sl.
• OF-EARN † to earn, to deserve ...c1200
• OFGO † to gain, to win, to obtain; to obtain by merit, to deserve, to earn ...c1000
• OFSERVE † to deserve, to merit; to obtain by deserving; to earn ...a1225
DESERVING - adjectives
• BENE-MERENT †* well-deserving ...1656. rare
• DESERVABLE deserving ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ILL-DESERVING deserving of ill ...1625
DESERVING - nouns
• EARNING † the fact of deserving, merit; that which one deserves ...c1020
• OFGOING † deserving, earning ...1340
• OFSERVING † deserving, desert, merit ...c1240
DESERVINGS - nouns
• DAPPYS deserts, deservings ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DESIGN - nouns
• LEVEL † aim, purpose, design ...a1592
DESIGN - verbs
• MARK to trace out boundaries for; to plot out ground; to set out the ground plan of a building; to plan out, to design ...c888 now poetic
• TAILOR-MAKE to design to suit exactly ...1898
DESIGNER - nouns, person
• FASHIONER † one who makes articles of dress; a tailor, a designer ...1625 obs. or arch.
DESIRABLE - adjectives
• APPETITIOUS † of the nature of, or suited to, appetite; palatable, desirable, appetizing ...1653
• DEAD FLICK very desirable ...Irish sl.
• FAIR † desirable, reputable ...c1380
• FUCKABLE pert. to a sexually desirable woman ...19C sl.
• FUCKSOME pert. to a sexually desirable woman ...19C Brit. sl.
• ROMPWORTHY of a woman: sexually desirable ...c1935 colloq.
• SNAZZY elegant; stylish; smart and fashionable; clever and desirable ...1932 Amer. sl.
DESIRABLE - nouns
• BABE something excellent or desirable ...1910s sl.
• BABES, THE something excellent or desirable ...1910s sl.
• CANDY, THE something excellent, admirable, desirable ...1900s US sl.
• HAIRY desirable, sexy ...M19 sl.
• JAM something desirable ...colloq.
• OPTATIVE † something to be desired; a desirable thing ...1605
• WANG-TANG anything, esp. on a sexual level, that is particular desirable ...1970s US Black sl.
• YEARNANDLIKE †* desirable ...a1300
DESIRABLE - nouns, person
• EATING-STUFF a woman who looks delicious and desirable ...M20 US sl.
• GYLRIG a desirable person ...1950s UK back-slang of 'girl' or 'girly'
• OYSTER a person desired or sought for a particular purpose ...1877 Amer. sl.
• SCRUFF PUPPY a girl as the object of social and sexual desire ...1988 US sl.
• WHITE HEN'S CHICKENS extremely pleasant or desirable persons ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DESIRE - adjectives
• DESIREFUL filled with desire or longing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• EARNFUL † causing anxiety or yearning; anxious; full of longing desire; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FULL OF FUCK sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
• FULL OF GISM sexually aroused; full of desire or full of semen ...20C sl.
• HANKLING desirous of, having a craving or desire for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OFLIST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OFLUST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OPTATIVE characterized by desire or choice; expressing desire ...1611
DESIRE - adverbs
• AFFECTEDLY † with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly ...1596
DESIRE - nouns
• AFFECT † 1. the way in which one is affected or disposed; mental state, mood, feeling, desire, intention ...c1374
† 2. feeling, desire, or appetite, as opposed to reason; passion, lust, evil-desire ...1531
• BEDROOM EYES eyes or look suggestive of sexual desire ...1947 sl.
• CUNT-STAND active physical desire in women ...19C sl.
• EAGERS, THE feelings of desire, impatience, or anxiety; excessive eagerness or apprehension ...1828 Amer. dial.
• EARNEST † ardour in battle; broadly, intense passion or desire ...c1205
• EARNING † longing desire; poignant grief or compassion ...1631
• EISNING a strong desire or longing of any kind ...1773 Sc.
• EPITHYMY †* desire; lust ...1600
• FAINNESS desire, liking ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANTASY † inclination, liking, desire ...c1374
• HARK a whisper; a secret wish or desire ...1814 Sc.
• HEART † intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire ...c825
• HUSTLE effort, exertion, desire ...1898 US sl.
• INKLING a desire, an inclination ...1978 Amer. dial.
• MANGE † a restless desire ...1648
• NASTIES sexual desire ...1900s US Black sl.
• NINNY-WATCH a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary ...1746 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † strong desire, longing ...c1320
• OPTATION the act of wishing; a wish or desire ...1577
• OPTION † a wish or desire ...1604
• OREXIS a desire or longing ...1619
• STOMACH desire, appetite, or inclination
• TALENT † inclination, propension, or disposition for anything; wish, desire, appetite ...a1300
• TAPTEE a state of eager desire ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TICKLING an 'itching' to do something; an uneasy desire, craving, hankering ...1553
• VEIN † an inclination or desire, a tendency, towards something specified ...1587
• VELLEITY a mere wish, desire, or inclination without accompanying action or effort ...1624
• YARK †* an impulse, an eager desire ...1577
• YERING † desire, longing; request ...a1300
• ZAZZLE sexual desire ...20C US sl.
DESIRE - nouns, person
• SMARTY-PANTS a boy who has begun to feel mature sexual desire ...1940s US Black sl.
• VISA-BODY a human object of desire ...1990s W. Indies sl.
DESIRE - verbs
• BID to desire, to wish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHUCK to desire someone sexually ...20C sl.
• DAG to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• EARN † to desire strongly, to long ...1579
• EASSIN to desire strongly ...1661 Sc.
• EFFLAGITATE †* to demand eagerly; to desire eagerly ...1641
• EISIN to desire strongly ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ENVY to wish for, to desire ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EXOPT †* to wish or desire greatly ...1548
• EXOPTATE † to desire earnestly ...1692
• FAIN † to be delighted or glad; to rejoice; also, to desire, to wish ...c888
• FANCY to desire, to wish for, to want ...1598 UK
• FANCY to desire sexually, to find sexually attractive ...1635 UK
• FANCY THE MUFF OFF to find a woman extremely desirable ...2000 UK sl.
• FANCY THE PANTS OFF to find a woman extremely desirable ...2000 UK sl.
• FANCY THE TITS OFF to find a woman extremely desirable ...2000 UK sl.
• FEEL TO to want, to desire; to want to, to feel inclined to do something ...1837 Amer. dial.
• GALLA to crave, to desire very mush, esp. of food ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• GALP † to gape after, to be eagerly desirous of something ...1583
• GAPE to desire eagerly to do something ...a1340
• GREEN to desire earnestly, to yearn after ...LME Sc.
• HANK to long for, to desire earnestly ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to greatly desire, to hanker after ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE HOTS FOR SOMEONE to have strong sexual desire for a specific person ...20C US sl.
• ITCHY to itch, to desire ...1893 Amer. dial.
• KEEP † to care for, to regard, to desire ...1297
• LACK to desire, to wish ...1872 Eng. dial.
• LIKE to desire sexually ...16C
• MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire ...1866 Sc.
• MANTLE † to 'bubble' with desire ...1657
• MIND to desire, to like, to be inclined ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OPTATE * to choose; to wish for, to desire ...1611
• PUT ONE'S LONG EYE ON to covet, to desire for oneself ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• SIGH † to desire or long for something ...1650
• TALENT † to fill with desire ...1486
• THROW LONG EYE ON to covet, to desire for oneself ...20C W. Indies. sl.
• YERE † to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request ...c1205
DESIRE - phrases
• WANTED AS MUCH AS A DOG WANTS A SIDE-POCKET applied to one who wants or desires something he doesn't need ...1788 sl.
• WANTED AS MUCH AS A TOAD WANTS A SIDE-POCKET applied to one who wants or desires something he doesn't need ...1785 sl.
DESIRED - adjectives
• AFFECTED † sought after, aimed at, desired ...1597
• SAUCY attractive; desired ...2004 US sl.
• VOLIBLE † capable of being wished or desired ...1675
DESIRED - nouns
• WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED something needed or desired
DESIRING - adjectives
• MANTLING † eagerly desiring ...1657
• SITIENT * thirsty; thirsting, coveting, desiring much ...1656
DESIRING - nouns
• VELLEITY the fact of merely willing, wishing, or desiring without any effort or advance towards action or realization ...1618
DESIROUS - adjectives
• ANONSKER eager, desirous, set upon a thing ...1876 Eng. dial.
• AVIDIOUS * avid, ardently desirous, extremely eager, greedy ...1534
• CONCUPISCIBLE worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
• CUPIDINOUS * full of desire or cupidity, covetous, desirous, greedy ...1656
• EDACIOUS excessively desirous ...1819
• EDGY eager, anxious, desirous, keen ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIN desirous, eager ...c1205 arch. or Eng. dial.
• FEEN desirous, eager ...1818 Eng. dial.
• HORNY obsessively eager or desirous ...1982 Amer. sl.
• MAN-WOOD † 'man-mad'; madly desirous of a man ...1579-80
• MAZED eagerly desirous; 'mad after' ...1896 Eng. dial.
• MAZY mad; eager for, madly desirous ...1873 Eng. dial.
• NAP ready, eager, desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWIS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEWOUS keeping under, holding in, parsimonious; covetous, greedy; earnestly desirous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANK very eager, anxious, impatient, ardently desirous ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RED-HOT eager, anxious, desirous ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TALENTIVE † desirous ...a1300
• YAP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen; desirous ...c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARE ready, prepared; desirous, eager ...c888 arch. & Eng. dial.
• YAUP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen, desirous ...c1450 obs. exc. Sc.
• YAWP quick, apt, ready; eager, keen; desirous; forward ...1685 Sc.
• YEARNFUL † eagerly desirous, anxious, solicitous ...c888
• YERN † eager, earnestly or keenly desirous; also, greedy, covetous ...c893
DESIST - verbs
• ABSIST †* to withdraw; to desist ...1614
• BLIN to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEVALL to halt, to stop, to desist, to cease ...1823 Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
• GIVE IT A PULL to desist, to discontinue ...20C Aust. sl.
• LET † 1. to desist, to forbear ...c1200
† 2. to check or withhold oneself; to desist, to refrain ...c1374
• PACK THE GAME IN to desist, esp. abandon a way of life ...20C sl.
• PACK UP to desist; to give up ...c1945 cyclist's usage
• QUAT to cease work; to desist from, to stop ...1790 Sc.
• QUIT to cease, to give up, to desist...1827 Sc.
• SALIST to desist, to hold ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SIST † to cease, to desist, to stop ...a1676
• TAKE A PULL to desist, to discontinue ...20C Aust. sl.
• TIE UP to give up, to desist from; to quit a course of action ...1760 sl.
DESIST - interjections
• TAH! used as a command to desist ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DESK - adjectives
• READY TO WALK OFF said of a table or desk cluttered and loaded till it looks like a pack animal ...c1950 Amer. dial.
DESK - nouns
• DEST a desk ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TOY a desk with an attached bookcase ...1947 UK sl.
DESK - nouns, person
• CHAIR-POUNDER a desk worker; used derisively ...1919 US sl.
DESOLATE - adjectives
• BARE † laid waste, desolate ...c1305
• GAUNT of inanimate things: grim or desolate of aspect ...1840
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• WESTY † desolate, waste ...c950
DESOLATE, DESOLATION - nouns
• VASTITY † the fact of being desolate, waste, void, or empty ...1545
• VASTNESS †* desolation, waste ...1605
DESOLATE - verbs
• UNRONE † to make desolate ...a1300
DESPAIR - nouns
• WANHOPE † despair, hopelessness ...1297 obs. exc. arch.
• WANHOPING † loss of hope, hopelessness, despair ...a1300
• WANTROKING † despair; false or mistaken expectation ...c1315
DESPAIR - verbs
• TAKE THE COW to lose heart ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANHOPE † to despair ...a1300 obs. exc. arch.
• WANTROKIE † to despair ...c1315
DESPAIR - interjections
• RATS! an exclamation of annoyance, despair, disgust, or disapproval ...1886 orig. US
DESPAIRING - adjectives
• WANHOPE † that has no hope, despairing ...1549 obs. exc. arch.
DESPAIRINGLY - adverbs
• WANHOPEFULLY † despairingly ...c1425
DESPERADO - nouns, person
• BAD MAN a desperado ...1888 US
DESPERATE - adjectives
• AERWENE †* hopeless, desperate ...1205
• DEAD FOR desperate for, in great need of ...1876 Amer. sl.
• FANGING FOR desperate for ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GAGGING FOR desperate for ...1970s sl.
• HAIL MARY desperate, last-ditch ...1990s US sl.
• MELTED OUT without money, and hence, desperate ...1930s US Black sl.
• UP THE SPOUT in a desperate situation; beyond help; in trouble ...1829 sl.
DESPERATE - nouns
• GROUNDHOG CASE a desperate or inescapable situation; an unavoidable situation ...1885 Amer. West usage
• HAIL MARY a last-minute, desperate low-probability manoeuvre ...1994 US sl.
DESPERATE - nouns, person
• PERDIDO †* a desperado, a desperate man, a ruined man ...a1734
• SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow ...1538
DESPERATE - verbs
• SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL to use one's last and worst resources; to be forced to desperate measures ...1942 Amer. sl.
DESPERATE - phrases
• NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW one may have to do illegal things when one is desperate ...a1555
DESPERATELY - adverbs
• LIKE HELL with extreme vigour; desperately ...L18 colloq.
• NECK OR NOTHING at every risk; desperately ...1708-10 colloq.
• TARNATION damnably, desperately, execrably ...1790
DESPERATION - verbs
• GRASP AT STRAWS to resort in desperation to any utterly inadequate expedient, like a person drowning
DESPICABLE - adjectives
• ASS-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned ...1939 Amer. sl.
• BABY-RAPING of a person: despicable, disgusting ...1950s US sl.
• BAGGAGE † trashy, worthless, beggarly, despicable ...1553
• BAIST † low, despicable ...1780 Sc.
• BLITHERING despicable, contemptible ...1889
• BOSS poor, despicable, worthless ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUTTOCK-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned ...1921 Amer. sl.
• CAITIFF vile, wicked, mean, base; despicable; cowardly ...a1300
• COOTIE-HEARTED contemptible, despicable ...1920s US sl.
• DESPIZABLE despicable ...1975 Amer. dial.
• LOWER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOW-LIFED lacking in self-respect; despicable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN CAT SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN CAT SHIT AND A DAMN SIGHT NASTIER very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN COW SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN HEN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN HOG SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN OWL'S SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN SKUNK SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN SNAKE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MEANER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MOFO contemptible or despicable ...1989 Amer. sl.
• MOLLYFOGGING contemptible, despicable ...1978 Amer. sl.
• MUFF-DIVING despicable, contemptible ...1930s sl.
• NAFF in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable; despicable, contemptible ...1965 Brit. sl.
• NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• NAFFETTE vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely ...1992 Brit. sl.
• PALTERING † trifling, worthless, despicable, paltry ...1553
• PICKSNIFF paltry, despicable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAT unpleasant, untrustworthy, generally despicable ...1910s sl., orig. US
• SCALY despicable ...L18 sl.
• SCRAWLING mean, despicable, paltry; worthless, miserably small ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMMIGAN despicable ...Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SHIT-EATING despicable; smug; self-satisfied ...sl.
• UNDALA mean, despicable ...Bk1905 Sc.
DESPICABLE - nouns
• FARTHOLE a despicable person or thing ...1972 US sl.
• OWL'S DUNG n. the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OWL SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OWL'S SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKAG a despicable thing ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SOUR OWL MANURE the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SOUR OWL SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing ...1967 Amer. dial.
DESPICABLE - nouns, person
• ARSE a fool; a despicable person ...1944 Aust. sl.
• ARSEHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an unpleasant person, usually male ...c1784
• ASSHOLE a foolish or despicable person ...c1784 sl.
• B an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male (Bugger or Bastard) ...1851 euphemism
• BABY-RAPER a person who commits statutory rape; broadly, a despicable man ...1961 US sl., esp. prison usage
• BAD NEWS an unpleasant or despicable person; esp. applied to someone best avoided ...1946 sl.
• BAG a low and despicable person ...20C US sl.
• BAG OF SHIT a despicable person ...1970 Aust. sl.
• BASKET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 sl., euphemism of 'bastard'
• BASTARD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1830 sl.
• BAT an unpleasant or despicable female ...1906 sl.
• BEAST an unpleasant or despicable person ...1772 sl.
• BITCH an unpleasant or despicable female ...1400
• BLEEDER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1887 sl.
• BLIGHTER a contemptible person; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; also, a fellow ...1896 Brit. sl.
• BLISTER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1806 Brit. sl.
• BOOGER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1770 US sl.
• BOSS a despicable, worthless person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUGGER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1719 sl.
• BUTTHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an obnoxious person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BUZZARD a foolish or despicable person; a contemptible old man ...1641
• CAITIFF a base, mean, despicable person; a villain ...1250 arch.
• CHEAPSKATE an unpleasant or despicable person; a low or contemptible person, usually male ...1896 US sl.
• CHICKENSHIT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940s sl., orig. US
• COCKSUCKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1918 sl.
• COW an unpleasant or despicable female ...1696
• CREEP an unpleasant or despicable person, a jerk, usually male ...1926 sl., orig. US
• CRUD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1930 sl., orig. US
• CRUMB a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1918 sl., orig. US
• CRUT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1925 US sl.
• CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal ...1575
• CUNT a disliked person; an objectionable fellow; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1860 sl.
• DASTARD one who meanly or basely shrinks from danger; a mean, base, or despicable coward; one who does malicious acts in a cowardly, skulking way, so as not to expose himself to risk ...1526
• DEADSHIT a despicable person ...1961 Aust. sl.
• DICKRASH an annoying or despicable person; a jerk ...1996 Aust. sl.
• DILDO a despicable, offensive, or dim-witted person ...1960 US sl.
• DINGLEBERRY a despicable person ...1924 US sl.
• DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person ...1869 Aust. sl.
• DIRTRIE a collective term expressive of contempt, denoting despicable, good-for-nothing persons ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DUCK PLUCKER a contemptible or despicable person; a motherfucker ...1976 US euphemism
• DUH an offensive, despicable person; a clumsy person; a socially awkward person ...1976 S. African sl.
• DUMBFUCK a despicable, stupid person ...1950 US sl.
• DUST-WORM a 'worm of the dust', a mean, despicable, or grovelling person; a term of reproach ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ERK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 Brit. sl.
• FACE-ACHE an unpleasant, undesirable, or despicable person ...1937 Brit. sl.
• FAG a despicable, unlikeable person ...1982 US sl.
• FART-BLOSSOM a worthless or despicable person; a person inclined to stupid behaviour ...1938 Amer. sl.
• FARTBREATH a despicable person ...1974 US sl.
• FART-FACE a despicable person ...1938 US sl.
• FARTHEAD a stupid or despicable person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• FARTHOLE a despicable person or thing ...1972 US sl.
• FART-KNOCKER a despicable person ...1952 US sl.
• FART-SUCKER a despicable person ...1891 UK sl.
• FLAMING ASSHOLE a truly despicable person ...1968 US sl.
• FOUR-LETTER MAN an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1923 Brit. euphemism
• FUCKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...a1890 sl.
• GARETH HUNT an unpleasant or despicable person ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'cunt'
• GET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940 Brit. sl.
• GIT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1946 Brit. sl.
• GOBSHITE a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male...M20 sl., chiefly Irish
• GOORI an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 NZ sl.
• GOORIE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 NZ sl.
• GOORY an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 NZ sl.
• GROT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1970 sl.
• HANG-DOG a despicable or degraded fellow fit only to hang a dog, or to be hanged like a dog ...1687
• HEEL an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1932 sl., orig. US
• HUMP an offensive or despicable person ...1963 US sl.
• IRK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 Brit. sl.
• JELLY BEAN an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1919 sl., orig. US
• JERK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1935 sl., orig. US
• JERK-OFF an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1968 sl.
• LIZARD a despicable person ...1927 Amer. sl.
• LOUSE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; one who is thoroughly disliked ...1633 sl.
• LUG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
• MAGGOT a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife ...1680 sl.
• MAMA-HUNCHER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• MAMA-JAMMER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1950s euphemism
• MAMMA-JAMMA a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1992 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-DODGER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1920s Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-DUGGER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1948 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-HUGGER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-JABBER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1950s euphemism
• MAMMY-JAMMER a supreme insult; a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1948 Amer. euphemism
• MAMMY-JAMMY a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1989 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-SUCKER a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MAMMY-TAPPER a supreme insult; a 'motherfucker'; a despicable or contemptible person ...1967 Amer. euphemism
• MAMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a rascal ...1955 US sl.
• MAMZERIM an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MARE an unpleasant, despicable, bad-tempered female ...1303
• MO-DICKER a despicable or contemptible person; a lazy, irresponsible person ...1968-70 Amer. sl.
• MOFO a despicable or contemptible person ...1965 Amer. sl.
• MOFUCK a despicable or contemptible person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• MO-FUCKER a despicable or contemptible person ...a1987 Amer. sl.
• MOLLY-DODGER a contemptible or despicable fellow ,,,1964-69 US Black sl.
• MOMSER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOMZA an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOO an unpleasant or despicable female ...1967 sl.
• MOTHER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• MOTHER-FUCKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MOTHER-PLUGGER a term of a abuse; an extreme insult an unpleasant or despicable person ...1920s US Black sl.
• MOTHER-RAPER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MUDDLEFUG (derogatory) a supreme insult; a contemptible or despicable person ...1960s US Black sl.
• MUTHAFUCKA an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• NARK an annoying, unpleasant or despicable person; an oaf, a jerk ...1846 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• NOAH'S-ARK an unpleasant or despicable person ...1898 rhyming sl. for 'nark', orig. Aust.
• NO-GOODNIK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 US sl.
• OICK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1925 Brit. sl.
• OIK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1925 Brit. sl.
• OLD BAT a disagreeable, middle-aged or elderly woman; an unpleasant or despicable female; an unattractive or foolish old woman ...1886 UK sl.
• OLD COW a despicable old woman ...1864 Aust. sl.
• PALLAWA a term of contempt for a dastardly fellow, a worthless, dishonourable or despicable man ...1825 Sc.
• PECKERHEAD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1955 US sl.
• PIG an unpleasant or despicable person ...1546 sl.
• PILL an unpleasant or despicable person; an obnoxious person; an annoying or boring person ...1871 sl.
• PISS-ARTIST an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1975 Brit. sl.
• POLECAT a despicable, contemptible or deceitful person; a disreputable person; a sneaky person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• PONCE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1953 sl.
• POPPA-LOPPA a despicable or contemptible person; a motherfucker ...1930s US Black sl.
• POPPA-STOPPA a despicable or contemptible person; a motherfucker ...1930s US Black sl.
• PUKEPOT a despicable person ...1973 US sl.
• RAG a despicable person ...1997 US sl.
• RAT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1594
• RATBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1890 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• RAT FINK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1964 sl., chiefly US
• ROACH an unpleasant or despicable person ...1930 US sl.
• ROTTER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1894 Brit. sl.
• SALAUD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1962 sl.
• SCAB an unpleasant or despicable man ...1590
• SCHICER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1846 sl.
• SCHWEINEHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1941 sl.
• SCHWEINHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1941 sl.
• SCHWINEHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1941 sl.
• SCRAWL a mean or despicable person; a person of low rank ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SCROTE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1977 Brit. sl.
• SCROUCHER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1901 Aust. sl.
• SCROUSHER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1901 Aust. sl.
• SCROWCHER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1901 Aust. sl.
• SCUMBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1971 sl., chiefly US
• SCUNGE an unpleasant or despicable person ...1912 sl., orig. Sc.
• SCUZ an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1968 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZ an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1968 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZBALL an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SCUZZBUCKET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SEWER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1945 Brit. sl.
• SHAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1971 sl.
• SHICER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1846 sl.
• SHISER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1846 sl.
• SHIT an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHIT-BAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1961 sl.
• SHITE an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHITE-HAWK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1958 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.
• SILLY MOO an unpleasant or despicable female ...1967 sl.
• SKAG a despicable person or thing ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SKANK a despicable person ...1980s US sl.
• SKATE an unpleasant or despicable person; a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person, usually male ...1896 sl., chiefly US
• SKUNK an unpleasant or despicable person; a vile or good-for-nothing fellow ...1841 sl.
• SLAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1943 sl.
• SNOT a term of contempt for a person; an obnoxious or despicable person, esp. a self-important nonentity ...E17 sl.
• SO-AND-SO a euphemism for any derogatory name, esp. 'son of a bitch'; a despicable or unpleasant person ...1897 euphemism
• S.O.B. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male (Son Of a Bitch) ...1918 sl., chiefly US
• SOD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1818 sl.
• SON OF A BITCH an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1707 sl.
• SONUVABITCH an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1707 sl.
• STIFF an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1882 sl., orig. US
• STINKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1898 sl.
• STINK-POT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1854 sl.
• STOOGE any despised underling or subordinate ...1910s sl., orig. US
• SUCK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1974 Can. sl.
• SUCK-HOLE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1966 Can. & Aust. sl.
• SUMBITCH an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1975 US sl.
• SWINE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1842 sl.
• SWIPE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• SWISS BANKER a despicable person; an all-purpose form of abuse ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• TAG-RAG * a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person; a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TARGLE a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOE-RAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TOOL a despicable person ...sl.
• TOSSER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1977 sl.
• TURD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 sl.
• TWAT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• TWOT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• WANK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940s sl.
• WANKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1940s sl.
• WHORE an unpleasant or despicable person ...1906 sl.
• WORM a despicable person ...c800
• WOWSER an unpleasant or despicable person ...1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
DESPICABLY - adverbs
• CAITIFLY † vilely, basely, despicably, badly ...c1425
DESPISE - verbs
• ASPERNATE † to despise, spurn, abhor ...1656
• CONSPUTE †* to spit upon (in contempt); to despise ...1526
• WALLIPEND to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse ...1847 Sc.
DESPISED - adjectives
• DESPECTUOUS †* to be despised, contemptible ...1541
DESPISED - nouns, person
• A.H. a despised person; an asshole ...Amer. sl.
• ASS BITE a worthless, despised individual ...1973 Amer. sl.
• AUNT HAGGIE'S CHILDREN any stupid, lazy, despised people ...1985 Bermuda sl.
• BASTRICH a curse and a nickname for a despised person ...20C US sl.
• BOLL WEEVIL a worthless or contemptible person; a mean, despised person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM FEEDER a despised person of low-status, who grasps any opportunity or means of survival ...1980 US sl.
• CADET a despised person ...1980s students' sl.
• CHOAD a person who is easily despised ...1998 US sl.
• CHODE a person who is easily despised ...1998 US sl.
• DICK-HEAD a jerk or an oaf; a despised man ...M20 US sl.
• DUCK-PLUCKER a rude nickname for a despised person ...1976 US euphemism
• FUCK-SHIT a term of contempt for a despised person ...20C US
• GACK a despised person ...1997 US sl.
• GOON an ugly or despised man; a hooligan ...E20 US sl.
• HAEMORRHOID a despised person ...1969 US sl.
• LAME STAIN a completely inept, despised person ...1997 US sl.
• MUDDAFUKKA a motherfucker; a person; a despised person; a difficult thing or situation ...1995 US sl.
• PECKER-HEAD a jerk or an oaf; a despised man ...M20 US sl.
• PUKE a disgusting or revolting person; a despised person ...M19 colloq.
• RAT a disliked or despised person ...20C Amer. sl.
• SNAKE IN THE GRASS a term of contempt; a sneaky, despised, underhanded person; a lurking danger ...17C colloq.
• UDDER a despised, disrespected or foolish woman ...2001 UK sl.
• WARLING † one who is despised or disliked ...1546
DESPITE - prepositions
• ASPITE despite, in spite of ...1943 Amer. dial.
• AT-OWER in spite of ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BESPITE * despite ...1842
DESPONDENCY - nouns
• BLUES, THE depression of spirits, despondency ...1741 colloq.
• GOOHOOPERS a condition of despondency or ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1968 Amer. dial.
DESPONDENT - adjectives
• GRANKY despondent ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-HUNG † hanging the head, despondent ...1631
• HEART-SICK depressed and despondent, esp. through 'hope deferred' or continued trouble ...1526
• OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic ...1890s colloq.
DESPONDENT - verbs
• MAUNGE to be in a despondent, complaining mood; to be dissatisfied ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DESPONDENTLY - adverbs
• HANGEDLY reluctantly, unwillingly; despondently, as though being led to the gallows ...1807 Eng. dial.
DESPOT - nouns, person
• SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant ...1648
• TAMBURLAINE an oppressor, a despot ...a1579
• TAMERLANE an oppressor, a despot ...a1579
DESPOTIC - adjectives
• MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill ...1580
• MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering ...1531-2
• SATRAPIAN cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1822
• SATRAPICAL cruel, tyrannical, despotic ...1823
DESSERT - see MEAL
DESTINATION - nouns
• DESTINY destination ...1887 Eng. dial.
DESTINE - verbs
• ORDAIN † to destine to a lot or fate ...a1300
DESTINED - adjectives
• AUND fated, destined, ordained ...1747 Eng. dial.
• AWNED fated, destined, ordained ...1747 Eng. dial.
• FATAL † allotted or decreed by fate or destiny; destined, fated ...c1374
• OND † fated, destined, ordained ...1775 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † fated, destined, ordained ...1775 Eng. dial.
• ORDINATE † ordered, arranged, disposed; destined, appointed ...1398
DESTINY - nouns
• KISMET fate, destiny
DESTITUTE - adjectives
• BEGGARED impoverished; reduced to destitution ...1599
• BESTEAD circumstanced, situated, generally in an evil sense; hence, destitute, forlorn; overcome, oppressed ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEAD BROKE ruined, bankrupt, penniless; destitute ...1842 Amer. colloq.
• EUCHRED exhausted, destitute, faulty ...L19 Aust. sl.
• GELD † profitless, yielding no satisfaction, unsatisfying; also, destitute of ...a1310
• GONE completely destitute and physically ruined because of crack cocaine addiction ...1994 US sl.
• HAVELESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• HAVENLESS † without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor ...c1000
• MOTHERLESS BROKE penniless, completely broke, bankrupt, destitute ...1898 Aust. sl.
• NACE pitiable, destitute, in great and abject want ...1795 Sc.
• NEAR THE BONE destitute
• ON ONE'S EAR on one's side after having fallen or been knocked down; hence, destitute ...1910 Amer. sl.
• ON THE NAIL broke, destitute ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ON THE ROCKS short of money; destitute; in financial trouble ...1889 colloq.
• PEBBLE-BEACHED utterly penniless; very poor, destitute; in want of money ...1886 sl.
• PENURIOUS extremely poor; destitute
• QUIT † destitute, deprived of ...c1290
• SAKELESS lacking, destitute of ...1821 Sc.
• SCABBERT destitute, down-and-out ...1832 Sc.
• SKERE † destitute, devoid, of something ...c1250
• SUCCOURLESS * without help, helpless; without resources or means of subsistence; destitute ...1412-20
• TO THE CURB destitute, suffering from hard times ...1989 US sl.
• UGIOVOUS destitute, having nothing left ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNBESEEN † unprovided, destitute, devoid ...1390
• UNBOUND * unprovided, destitute ...a1300
• WANE † destitute of ...a800
DESTITUTE, DESTITUTION - nouns
• NACE the destitute, the needy ...1871 Sc.
• NACENESS want, destitution ...1913 Sc.
• PENURY extremely poverty, destitution ...1400
• STRAWYARD a shelter, asylum or refuge for the destitute ...1851-61 tramps' sl.
DESTITUTE - nouns, person
• DOWN-AND-OUT a person who without money, a job, or a place to live; a homeless or destitute person ...1889 Amer. sl.
• DOWN-AND-OUTER a person who without money, a job, or a place to live; a homeless or destitute person ...1924 Amer. sl.
DESTITUTE - verbs
• PERISH THE PACK to squander one's fortune, to be or become destitute through extravagance, to be at the end of one's resources ...1808 Sc.
DESTITUTION - verbs
• BRING HADDOCK TO PADDOCK † to spend or lose everything; to come to destitution ...1546
DESTROY - adjectives
• PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal ...1521
DESTROY - nouns
• BANE † that which causes death or destroys life ...a1000
DESTROY - nouns, person
• DECREATOR † one who uncreates, destroys, or annihilates ...1678
• GRAUNCHER a person who crushes or destroys ...NZ
• HIRED GUN a person hired to destroy the opposition, or some unwelcome party, on behalf of another
• LEESER † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESAR † a destroyer ...c1380
• LESER † a destroyer ...c1380
• QUELMER † a destroyer ...c1425
DESTROY - verbs
• AMORTIZE † to deaden; to destroy ...LME
• BANJAX to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence ...US colloq.
• BLAP to kill or destroy ...1971 Amer. military sl.
• BLOW TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1865 Amer. sl.
• BOTTLE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREAK THE NECK OF † to destroy, to finish, to bring to an end ...1576
• BUMP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUMP OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGE to destroy; to defeat ...19C sl.
• CHAW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK SOMEONE'S GOOSE to ruin or destroy someone ...1845 Amer. sl.
• DAMNIFY † to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin ...1612
• DEFACE † to destroy, to demolish, to lay waste ...1494
• DIDDLE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISANNUL to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOLLYMOSH to demolish, to destroy, to entirely spoil ...19C Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DO OVER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO THE BUSINESS FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOUSE to extinguish, hence, to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DOWSE to extinguish, hence, to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EAT RAW to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT RAW WITHOUT SALT to defeat; to destroy mercilessly ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EAT UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ENECATE † to kill outright, to destroy, to cause death ...1657
• EUCHRE to destroy ...1970s sl.
• EXFLUNCTICATE to demolish; to utterly destroy ...1842 Amer. dial.
• EXTERMINE † to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish ...1539
• EXTERMISH to destroy completely, to exterminate, to abolish ...1903 Amer. dial.
• FEAG † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEAGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FINISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINISH OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIX to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTEN to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FULYIE to trample, overcome, destroy ...LME Sc.
• GASTER † to destroy ..1609
• GRAUNCH to crush or destroy ...19C NZ
• HAMSTRING to cripple, to destroy the activity or efficiency of ...1641
• HAND SOMEONE HIS HEAD to destroy ...1970s Amer. sl.
• HARELIP THE GOVERNMENT to disfigure, to destroy ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HASH to spoil, to damage; to destroy; to make a mess of ...1773 Sc.
• HONISH † to bring to disgrace or ruin; to dishonour, insult; to destroy, put an end to ...a1300
• JAMRAG to render useless; to destroy, to knock to pieces ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JIMRAG to render useless; to destroy, to knock to pieces ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KIBOSH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK FOR A CRAPE to destroy ...1925 US sl.
• KNOCK OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO FLINDERATION to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1863 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO SMITHEREENS to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAY ALONG † to destroy, to overthrow, to kill ...1599
• LAY OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEESE † to destroy; to bring to ruin or perdition; to spoil ...a1325
• MAKE A BONFIRE OF to destroy
• MAKE AWAY WITH to kill, to destroy, to murder ...1892 Sc.
• MAKE DUCK SOUP OF to totally destroy ....L19 US sl.
• MAKE MINCEMEAT OF vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin ...1950 Sc.
• MARGULLIE † to spoil, to destroy, to mangle; to mar any business ...1721 Sc.
• MURDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MURGULLIE to spoil, to destroy, to mangle; to mar any business ...1721 Sc.
• NAPOO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAUGHT † to destroy ...1340
• OBLIVIATE to obliterate; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFF to kill or murder; to destroy ...1930 sl., orig. US Black
• OF-FALL † to fall upon; to kill, to destroy ...a1000
• PLAY HELL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY THE DEVIL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY WHALEY WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT IN COLD STORAGE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON ICE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE EXTINGUISHER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FINISHER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FREEZE ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SETTLER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKIDS UNDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUAIL † to overpower, to destroy, to put an end to ...1551
• QUELL † to kill, to slay, to put to death; to destroy a person or animal ..c897 now rare or obs.
• QUELM † to torment; to kill, to destroy ...c825
• QUENCH * to destroy, to kill a person; to oppress or crush ...c1200
• RACKTIFY to damage; to break down; to destroy ...1922 Amer. dial.
• RACTIFY to damage; to break down; to destroy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• RAP AND REND to snatch and tear; to waste, destroy property ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RECTIFY to damage; to break down; to destroy ...1909 Amer. dial.
• RIMRACK to injure, damage, or destroy, esp. by misuse ...1841 Amer. dial.
• RUB OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCATHE to injure, to damage, to destroy; to defame ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAW to spoil or destroy the appearance of, esp. in respect of colour; to make shabby or faded ...1772 Sc.
• SCHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SEND TO GLORY to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHATTER to ruin, to put an end to, to utterly destroy ...L17
• SHEND to destroy or injure; to damage ...arch.
• SHTUP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• SPIFLICATE to crush, to destroy; to kill ...1841 humorous or colloq.
• STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat ...1930s sl,. orig. US
• STYMIE to frustrate; to destroy ...1920s sl.
• TAKE DOWN to destroy, to dispose of ...L19 sl.
• TAKE OUT to kill, destroy, or defeat ...sl.
• TEAR DOWN to destroy ...1970s sl.
• TERRIFY to damage, to injure, to destroy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-BEAT † vb. to beat to pieces, to destroy by beating ...c893
• TO-BREAK † to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish ...c888
• VAST † to lay waste; to destroy ...1434
• WASH UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRITE OFF to completely destroy or damage something so that it is beyond all hope of repair ...1910s sl., orig. Royal Air Force
DESTROYED - adjectives
• ALL TO HELL utterly destroyed or ruined ...1890 sl.
• BANED † ruined, destroyed; injured, hurt ...1568
• BANJAXED demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BEGUGGLED destroyed by mud, slime, etc ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DEAD ruined; destroyed; ...1400
• DOWN THE GURGLER ruined; irretrievably lost or destroyed; wasted; used of something that has not worked out ...1930s Aust. sl.
• GONE TO HELL utterly destroyed ...19C sl.
• IMPERDIBLE †* not capable of being lost or destroyed ...1661
• KABLOOEY destroyed, ruined ...L20 N. Amer. colloq.
• ON TOP wrong; destroyed or defeated ...1999 UK sl.
DESTROYED - verbs
• GO FOR A BURTON to be killed, destroyed, ruined, or lost ...M20 colloq, orig. RAF sl.
• SUFFER † to be killed or destroyed ...1605
• TINE to be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish ...1300s chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DESTROYING - nouns
• KISS OF DEATH something that causes failure, destruction, etc. ...informal
• MAKE-AWAY wilful waste, destruction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUALE † death, destruction, mortality ...c900
• VASTATION † the act of laying waste, devastating, or destroying; also, an instance of this ...1545
DESTRUCTION - adverbs
• CAT-WEST into disarray, confusion, or destruction ...1946 Amer. dial.
DESTRUCTION - nouns
• BALE-SITHE † death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity ...a1000
• BALLYHACK ruin, destruction ...1843 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWRACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BANE † murder, death, destruction ...c1175
• BLADDIN a spoiling, destruction ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CASTLE-COME-DOWN † ruin, total destruction ...1563-87
• CATALYSIS †* dissolution, destruction, ruin ...1655
• DECAY † downfall, destruction, ruin ...1535
• DECREATION † the undoing of creation; depriving of existence; annihilation, utter destruction ...1647
• DUCK SOUP the total destruction of ...L19 US sl.
• FATE an instrument of death or destruction ...1700 poetic
• HASHRIE destruction from carelessness ...Bk1902 Sc.
• IMMOLATION devotion to destruction or severe loss for the sake of something else ...c1690
• KISS OF DEATH something that causes failure, destruction, etc. ...informal
• LEESING † losing, loss; also, destruction, perdition ...1362
• MAKE-AWAY wilful waste, destruction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NECK-BREAK † ruin, destruction ...a1665 Sc.
• PAN-DESTRUCTION universal destruction ...1884
• PANOLETHRY † general destruction or slaughter ...1668
• QUALE † death, destruction, mortality ...c900
• RACK AND MANGER † want of proper economy or management; waste and destruction ...1687 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RACK AND REND rack and ruin; destruction ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RACKING † wrecking, destruction ...1689
• TINING † destruction ...a1300
• VILLYAROO confusion, destruction, smithereens, a lost or scattered state ...1912 Sc.
DESTRUCTION - verbs
• GO LIKE WARD'S DUCKS to go to hell, destruction ...1856 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE BUGS † to go to destruction; to come to nothing ...1828 Amer. dial.
DESTRUCTIVE - adjectives
• BALE † actively evil, deadly, dire, pernicious, destructive, fatal, cruel, tormenting ...a1000
• BALEFUL full of malign, deadly, or noxious influence; pernicious, destructive, noxious, injurious, mischievous, malignant ...a1000
• CATAWAMPOUS fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
• CATAWAMPTIOUS adj. fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
• DEAD-DOING † 'doing to death'; causing death; killing, murderous; destructive, fatal, mortal ... 1590
• DEATHFUL full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly ...a1240
• DESTROYFUL destructive ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DESTRUCTFUL destructive ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DESTRUCTIONFU' destructive, wasteful; full of destruction ...B1900 Sc.
• DESTRUCTIOUS destructive, prone to destroy ...1927 Amer. dial.
• DESTRUCTUOUS destructive, prone to destroy ...1942 Amer. dial.
• EXITIABLE †* destructive, ruinous, hurtful ...1607
• FATIFEROUS fate-bringing; deadly, mortal, destructive ...1656
• HASHING wasteful, destructive; overflowing, as of a flood ...1812 Sc.
• HASHY slovenly, careless, destructive ...Bk1902 Sc.
• PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal ...1521
• SAIR destructive, harmful, injurious ...1901 Sc.
• SCADLY greedy, greedy of; destructive ...1888 Eng. dial.
• VANDALIC barbarously or ignorantly destructive ...1666
• VANDALIQUE barbarously or ignorantly destructive ...1666
DESTRUCTIVE - nouns
• EDACITY † corrosive quality, destructive power ...1657
• TEAR-UP a period of violent destructive behaviour ...1964 sl., orig. US
DESTRUCTIVE - nouns, person
• RAMPER a noisy, stamping fellow; one who acts violently or destructively ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEARDOWN a fierce or destructive person ...1834 Amer. dial.