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IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
IMBECILE, IMBECILIC - adjectives
• CABBAGED rendered imbecilic ...1990s sl.
• DAFFY imbecile, soft ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUPET silly, stupid, foolish, imbecile ...1788 Sc.
• DAWPIT silly, stupid, foolish, imbecile ...1788 Sc.
• DEEPOOPERIT applied to one in a state of imbecility, mentally or bodily; worn out ...B1900 Sc.
• DINGBATTY half crazy, imbecile ...1911 Amer. dial.
• FATUOUS * that is in a state of dementia or imbecility; idiotic ...1773
• IMBESILLY imbecile and silly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SACKY imbecile, deficient in understanding ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SART foolish, imbecile, daft ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRATLING imbecile, silly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ZACKY imbecile, deficient in understanding ...1854 Eng. dial.
IMBECILE - nouns, person
• AMENT a person congenitally deficient in mind or intellect; a born idiot or imbecile ...1897
• DAFTIE an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAFTY an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DODDYPOLL † a dunce; an imbecile
• DUMBSHIT a stupid oaf; an imbecile ...1961 US sl.
• DUMBWAD an imbecile ...1978 US sl.
• IMBY an imbecile ...1981 Amer. sl.
• NAZZ-NOLL an imbecile; a person whose wits are confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZZ-NOWL an imbecile; a person whose wits are confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZAHTY-POLL a stupid, silly, half-imbecile person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
IMBECILE - verbs
• IMBECILE † to make imbecile, weak, or impotent; to impair, to weaken, to enfeeble, to debilitate ...1593-40
• IMBECILITATE to render imbecile, weak, or feeble; to enfeeble ...1653
IMBECILITY - nouns
• AMENTIA total lack of intelligence, imbecility ...1801
• FATUISM idiocy, mental imbecility, dementia ...1884
• FATUITY * idiocy, mental imbecility, dementia ...1621-51
• FATUOUSNESS besotted foolishness, stupidity, infatuation; imbecility ...1874
• UNNATURALITY † imbecility ...1823 Sc.
IMBIBE - verbs
• PAUNCH to take into the stomach, to consume, to imbibe, usually with implication of haste or greed ...1821 Sc.
IMITATE - nouns
• IMITANT * that which imitates; a counterfeit article or product ...1888
IMITATE - nouns, person
• APE a foolish person who imitates ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE one who follows or imitates others ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ECHO one who assents obsequiously to the opinions of another; a person who reflects or imitates the language, sentiments, or conduct of others ...a1631
• PARROT one who imitates ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
IMITATE - verbs
• HACK AT to imitate ...1828 Eng. dial.
• HARM to mock or imitate in speaking; to mimic ...1806 Eng. dial.
• IMP to imitate ...1911 Amer. dial.
• PAGEANT †* to imitate as in a pageant or play; to mimic ...1606
• SAMPLE † to imitate; to copy ...1613-16
• SIMILIZE † to imitate, to copy ...1605
• TAKE AFTER to copy, to imitate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A LEAF FROM SOMEONE'S BOOK to imitate or emulate someone ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SOMEONE'S BOOK to imitate or emulate someone ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE A PAGE OUT OF SOMEONE'S BOOK to imitate or emulate someone ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
• XEROX to copy, to imitate ...1990s US Black sl.
IMITATING - nouns
• IMITANCY the quality of imitating ...1832 nonce word
• TAKE-OFF a mimicking expression; an imitating; a parody; a caricature ...1846 US sl.
IMITATION - adjectives
• SUIT-WORTH † worthy of imitation ...1594
IMITATION - adverbs
• IMITABLY † by way of imitation of counterfeiting ...1616
IMITATION - nouns
• FAKE made in imitation without fraudulent intent; artificial ...1909
• FAIR ITCH an absolute imitation ...L19 sl.
• IDOL † a counterpart, likeness, imitation ...1590
• IMITAMEN †* an imitation; a counterfeit ...1677
• IMITATE †* an imitation ...1669
• IMITATURE †* imitation ...1652
• SIMULACRUM a mere image, a specious imitation or likeness of something ...1833
• TAKE-OFF an imitation, a parody, usually mocking ...1855 colloq.
IMITATOR - nouns, person
• IMITATRESS a female imitator ...a1834
• IMITATRIX a female imitator ...1606
IMITATIVE - adjectives
• EICASTIC †* imitative ...1669
IMMACULATE - adjectives
• IMMACULABLE †* incapable of stain ...1624
IMMACULATE - nouns
• IMMACULATION †* an immaculate condition ...1609
IMMATERIAL - adjectives
• ADIAPHOROUS neutral, indifferent, immaterial; neither right nor wrong morally ...1635
• IMMATERIATE † immaterial ...1626
• IMMATESTICLE immaterial, irrelevant, of no concern ...1967 Amer. dial.
• IMMATISTICAL immaterial, irrelevant, of no concern ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MATTERLESS unimportant, immaterial ...1870 Eng. dial.
IMMATURE - adjectives
• BEARDLESS youthful, immature ...c1325
• CALFISH stupid, untrained, immature ...L16
• PUERILE childishly foolish; immature or trivial ...17C
• RAWLY † unripe, immature ...1824 Sc.
• SAPPY † immature, unready ...a1627
• UNBLOWED † unready, immature ...1623
• UNBLOWN unready, immature ...1594
• VEALY imperfectly developed; immature; characterized by youthful immaturity ...1890
IMMATURE - nouns
• VEALINESS want of maturity ...1895
IMMATURE - nouns, person
• BABY-CHILD an immature person ...1970s US Black sl.
• CHICKEN'S HEAD a stupid, immature girl ...1960s US Black sl.
• HALF-BAKED an immature person ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SCHMENDRICH a stupid person; an oaf; an immature male; a nonvirile male; used derisively by women ...20C US sl.
• SHMENDRICK n. a stupid person; an oaf; an immature male; a nonvirile male; used derisively by women ...20C US sl.
• SKIN an immature or inexperienced young person ...1989 UK Royal Navy sl.
IMMEASURABLE - adjectives
• IMMENSIBLE † immeasurable; immense ...1579
• IMMENSIVE † immeasurable, immense ...1604
• IMMENSURABLE immeasurable ...1535
IMMEASURABLE - nouns
• IMMENSURABILITY immeasurable quality or condition ...1678
• IMMENSURABLENESS immeasurable quality or condition ...1675
IMMEASURABLY - adverbs
• EVERLASTINGLY very, extremely, immeasurably, excessively; damned ...1889 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF ALL NICK past counting ...1595
• OUT OF ALL SIGHT immeasurably, beyond all comparison ...1821
IMMEDIATE - adjectives
• IMMEDIENT immediate ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SOON AS DAMMIT exceedingly quick, or almost immediate, soon ...1908 UK
• SUDDEN † performed or taking place without delay; speedy; prompt, immediate ...a1375 obs. exc. of death
IMMEDIATE - nouns
• IMMEDIATION † immediate or direct action, communication, etc. ...1569
IMMEDIATELY - adverbs
• ALL AT ONE SHOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL OF A RATTLE at once ...1871 Eng. dial.
• ASAFP immediately; As Soon As Fucking Possible ...1985 Amer. sl.
• AS BLIVE † as quickly as possible, immediately ...1413
• AT ONE SHOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AT THE SOUND OF THE GUN immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AWHILE NOW at once, immediately ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BANG-OFF immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEDENE † straightaway, at once, forthwith, immediately ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON immediately; shortly ...1785 sl.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY J.R. immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY KNIFE immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY SCAT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BELYVE immediately ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIG AND PRONTO immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BILIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BLIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BUNG immediately ...1899
• CHOP-CHOP quickly; immediately; shortly ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• DIRECTLY MINUTE instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DOWN ON THE NAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRACLY MINUTE instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DRECKLY MINUTE directly; instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FAST † closely, at once, immediately ...a1300
• IMMEDIENTLY immediately ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMMEJITLY immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A BANG immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A BRACE OF SHAKES immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF HUMPS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF JERKS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF KICKS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF SHAKES immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF WINKS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FLEA'S LEAP in next to no time; promptly, immediately ...B1900
• IN A JERK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A JIFF immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A JIFFY immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A KICK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A PIG'S WHISPER very quickly indeed; immediately; in a very short time ...1823 colloq.
• IN A RAP in a moment; immediately ...1813 Sc.
• IN A SHAKE immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A TWINK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A WINK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INCONTINENT † immediately, forthwith, at once ...1660 Sc.
• INCONTINENTLY † immediately, forthwith ...1650 Sc.
• IN JIG TIME immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN LESS THAN NO TIME immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN NOTHING FLAT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN NO TIME immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN QUICK ORDER immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN SHORT METER immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INSTANTER instantly, immediately, at once, without delay ...1688, orig. law term
• IN THE NAME OF NO TIME almost immediately ...1864 Sc.
• IN THE TWINKLING OF A BEDPOST immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD LAMB'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO TWO'S immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFFILY immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHNNY JUMP UP immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUST THEN immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A BLINK immediately, very quickly ...1950s sl.
• LIKE BLINKO immediately, very quickly ...1950s sl.
• LIKE A SHOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A SHOT OUT OF HELL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A SHOT THROUGH HELL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAINTENANT † at once, immediately ...a1300
• MAINTENANTLY † at once, immediately ...1528
• OFF THE TOP from the beginning, immediately ...1990s US sl.
• ON-END immediately, forthwith; without stop or intermission, perpetually, in succession ...1888 Eng. dial.
• ONENE † at once ...c1450
• ON THE DOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE NAIL promptly; straightaway; immediately ...1596
• ON THE SPOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ׇ• OUT OF HAND at once, immediately; without premeditation, suddenly; extempore ...a1300
• P.D.Q. immediately; shortly (Pretty Damn Quick) ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POCO PRONTO at once, quickly, immediately ...1907 Amer. dial.
• PRONTO immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK-STICKS immediately, hastily ...1877
• QUICKTIME quickly, immediately ...M19 UK Black sl.
• RIGHT OFF THE BAT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT OFF THE REEL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT OUT immediately ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIGHT STRAIGHT immediately ...Bk1903 sl.
• SKEET † quickly, hastily, immediately ...c1200
• SKEETLY † swiftly; immediately ...a1400-50
• STRAIGHT OFF immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRAIGHT OFF THE REEL at once, immediately ...1894 Sc.
• SUDDENLY † without delay, forthwith, promptly, immediately, directly, at once ...c1330
• SUMMARILY without unnecessary formality or delay; without hesitation, immediately ...1621
• TO RIGHTS immediately, instantly, at once ...1795 Amer. dial.
• WITH A THRASH immediately; 'at one blow' ...1870 Sc.
• WITHOUT ABODE † without delay, immediately ...1314
• YARE † quickly, without delay, promptly, immediately, soon ...c1250
• YERNE † quickly, without delay, immediately, directly, soon ...c1320
IMMENSE - adjectives
• BROBDINGNAG immense
• BROBDINGNAGIAN immense
• DECUMAN very large, immense; usually of waves ...1659
• DECUMANAL †* very large, immense: usually of waves ...1652
• IMMENSIBLE † immeasurable; immense ...1579
• IMMENSIVE † immeasurable, immense ...1604
• IMMENSURATE † unmeasured, immense ...1654
• UNDEEMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDEEMOUS unexampled, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNDOMIOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDOOMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDUMIOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDUMOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNHINE † excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHYNE † excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNIFEIE † immense ...c1205
• UNIFOH † immense ...c1275
• VASTY vast, immense ...1596
IMMENSE, IMMENSITY - nouns
• VASTITY * 1. the quality of being vast or immense; vastness ...1603
* 2. a vast or immense space ...1652
• VASTURE † a vast or immense space ...1595
• VASTITUDE the quality of being vast; immensity ...1623
IMMENSELY - adverbs
• IMPENSIVELY † exceedingly, greatly, immensely ...1620
IMMERSE - verbs
• IMMERGE * to dip, to plunge, to put under the surface of a liquid; to immerse ...1624
IMMERSED - adjectives
• BEDOVE † immersed, plunged ...a1000
• BEDOVEN † immersed, plunged ...a1000
IMMIGRANT - nouns
• CABBAGE TOWN the German immigrant section of a town ...20C US sl.
IMMIGRANT - nouns, person
• ABIE KABIBBLE an unassimilated Jewish immigrant ...1932 Amer. dial.
• ADVENTIVE † an immigrant, a sojourner ...a1626
• AH CABBAGE a nickname for a Chinese immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• BLACK HAT a newly-arrived immigrant ...1887 Aust. sl.
• BUNK a Slav immigrant ...20C US sl.
• CABBAGE-EATER (offensive) a German or Russian immigrant ...1942 US sl.
• CANARY a Chinese immigrant ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUNDUR any Indian (Hindu) immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• COYOTE a person who imports or exploits illegal immigrants, esp. from Mexico ...US sl.
• DAGE a foreigner, an immigrant ...1955 Aust. sl.
• DALLIE a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• DALLY a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• ETHNO an immigrant ...1976 Aust. sl.
• FRESHWATER an emigrant who works their passage rather than pays a fare ...M19 sl.
• HEAD an illegal immigrant ...1929-33 Amer. sl.
• HOMEY a British immigrant, esp. one newly arrived ...1927 NZ sl.
• HOMIE a British immigrant, esp. one newly arrived ...1927 NZ sl.
• HYPHENATE an immigrant to American, or an American from an immigrant family ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JIMMY a free emigrant ...1859 Aust. convicts usage
• JIMMY GRANT an immigrant ...1845 Aust, NZ & S. Afr. rhyming sl.
• LACE-CURTAIN IRISH middle-class Irish-American or Irish immigrants ...1934 US sl.
• LIMEY orig. a British immigrant, and hence, a British person ...1888 sl., orig. Aust., NZ & S. Afr.
• MICK DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DO an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOO an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLEY an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLIE an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLIN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKY DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MONK (contemptuous) a Black immigrant from the West Indies ...1924 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY-CHASER a Black immigrant from the West Indies; used contemptuously ...1924 US Black sl.
• MOUSTACHE MOB first generation immigrants from Sicily or southern Italy ...1955 US sl.
• NEWIE a new immigrant; a new arrival ...20C Aust. sl.
• NEW INIQUITY an immigrant ...M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• ORGAN GRINDER (derogatory) an Italian, specifically, an immigrant ...1910s sl.
• PAK (derogatory or patronizing) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent ...1964 UK sl.
• PAKKI (derogatory or patronizing) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan ...1964 UK sl.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• POLACK (mainly derogatory) a Polish immigrant or a person of Polish ancestry; broadly, a central European immigrant, a foreigner ...1855 Amer. dial.
• POLACKER (mainly derogatory) a Polish immigrant or a person of Polish ancestry; broadly, a central European immigrant, a foreigner ...1883 Amer. dial.
• RAM CHUNDUR any Indian (Hindu) immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• SABÉ an immigrant of French origin ...L19 US sl.
• SALVE-EATER (derogatory) an immigrant from northern Europe, esp. a Swede ...L19 US sl.
• SIFTON'S PETS Eastern European, esp. Ruthenian and Galician immigrants ...1900 Can. usage
• WET an illegal immigrant from Mexico to the US; hence, to any illegal immigrant ...1973 US sl.
• WETBACK an illegal immigrant to the US, orig. and esp. a Mexican who crosses the Rio Grande ...1920 Amer. dial.
IMMIGRANT - phrases
• STRAIGHT FROM THE BOG (derogatory) used of an Irish immigrant to the UK ...L19 sl.
IMMIGRATION - adjectives
• IMMIGRATORY * pert. to immigration ...1897
IMMIGRATION - nouns, person
• SNAKEHEAD 1. a smuggler; someone who smuggles illegal immigrants from mainland China into Hong Kong ...1990s Amer. sl.
2. an agent who arranges illegal immigration of Chinese ...1990s Amer. sl.
IMMINENCE - nouns
• IMPENDENCE n. menacing attitude; imminence ...1657
• IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character ...a1632
IMMINENCE - phrases
• THREE MORE AND UP GOES THE DONKEY used to denote the imminence of events ...1910s sl.
IMMINENT - adjectives
• IMPENDENT * of evil, danger: that is about to fall or happen; imminent; near at hand ...a1592
• NEAR HAND nearby; imminent ...1958 Amer. dial.
IMMINENT - verbs
• IMPEND to be about to happen; to be imminent or near at hand ...1674
IMMOBILE - verbs
• FREEZE to become immobile and ineffective from fear ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FREEZE UP to become immobile and ineffective from fear ...1970s Amer. sl.
• SCOTCH to hold oneself immobile ...1949 Amer. dial.
IMMODERATE - adjectives
• MENSELESS immoderate, out of all due bounds; incalculable; extraordinary ...1790 Sc.
IMMODERATE, IMMODERATENESS - nouns
• IMMODERACY †* immoderateness, want of moderation, excess ...1682
• IMMODERANCY †* immoderateness, want of moderation, excess ...1646
• IMMODERATIONS † excesses; immoderate or intemperate acts ...1614
IMMODEST - adjectives
• FAST-GATED reckless, thoughtless, hasty; presumptuous, immodest ...1874 Eng. dial.
• IMPUDICOUS †* immodest, indecent, indelicate ...1657
• INVERECUND † unabashed, immodest, shameless ...1657
• TAWDRY immodest; loose in conduct ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMMODEST - nouns
• EGGTAGGLE † the act of wasting time in bad company; hence, immodest conduct ...1825 Sc.
IMMODEST - nouns, person
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY † a bold or immodest woman ...1579
IMMODEST - verbs
• FLASH A BIT of a woman: to permit examination; to behave immodestly ...Bk1893 sl.
• RAMP † to behave licentiously; to go about in a loose, immodest way; to act in a promiscuous manner; to work as a prostitute ...1530
IMMORAL - adjectives
• BREACHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BREECHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• DIKE-LOUPING loose, immoral ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAST immoral; wanton; easily encouraged to participate in sexual activity; dissipated ...18C
• GAY of loose or immoral life; sexually loose, dissipated, licentious ...1637
• ILL evil, immoral ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-LIVED leading a bad or immoral life ...1633
• KINKY given to loose or immoral behaviour ...1889 Amer. sl.
• MEAN immoral, loose ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MESSY immoral, unethical ...1920s sl.
• NAUGHT † immoral, vicious ...1550
• ORDINARY inferior, poor, worthless, contemptible, immoral ...1800 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY inferior, poor, insignificant, worthless, contemptible, mean, immoral ...1816 Amer. dial.
• RATCH loose in morals; unsteady ...1861 Sc.
• SLUTTISH sexually immoral, promiscuous, lustful ...M16
• VENUS impure, immoral ...1821 Sc.
• WAFF disreputable, wild, worthless; immoral ...1788 Sc.
• WAFFISH disreputable; immoral ...Bk1905 Sc.
IMMORAL - nouns
• BACK-GATE cunning, deceitful action; immoral or degrading conduct ...1825 Sc.
• DEAD CAT ON THE LINE something causing suspicion, mistrust, or concern; something immoral ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
• GAY LIFE of women: an immoral life; a life of prostitution ...19C Brit. sl.
• ILL-LIVING immoral conduct ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAM-RIDING a punishment, esp. inflicted on married people convicted of immorality: a cart in which were represented burlesque representatives of the erring pair, was drawn through the village, attended by a procession of men and boys, on donkeys, blowing horns; the custom was often the occasion of much riotous behaviour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMMORAL - nouns, person
• ALLEY BAT a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANGRY BOY a rake, an immoral man, a young man about town, a 'blood' ...L16 sl.
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life, a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1596
• BLISTER an immoral woman; a whore ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CAT a prostitute or immoral woman; a low woman ...1916 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• CHICKEN a woman of questionable morals, one of doubtful virtue...1915 Amer. dial.
• CUTTY an immoral girl or woman ...Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DASHER a 'fast' young woman ...19C sl.
• DAY TRIPPER an immoral woman ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DONY a female member of the demi-monde; an immoral woman ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FENCE LIZARD an immoral woman ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FRUIT a woman of easy morals ...E20 US sl.
• HAZEL SPLITTER a female with a bad reputation; an immoral woman ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• HEIFER a woman of questionable morals ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IDLE HUSSY an immoral woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-LIVER one who lives an immoral life ...1883 Sc.
• LIMMER an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NO-ACCOUNT an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAMEL † an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANEL an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency ...14C Brit. sl.
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, an immoral woman, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• QUEEN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
• RACK-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKE 1. a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of fashion; a dissolute man ...1653
2. a woman of loose habits and immoral character ...1712
• RAKE-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKEHELLONIAN one of the 'sect' of rakehells; an utterly immoral or dissolute person ...a1704
• RAKEHELLY a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...a1762
• RAKEL † a rake-hell; a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANDIE a scolding virago; a disorderly, immoral woman ...1816 Sc.
• RANDY a scolding virago; a disorderly, immoral woman ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROO a rake; a man who is habituated to immoral conduct; one who has sex with a lot of women ...M19 society colloq.
• SCRAG an immoral woman ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SMOCK an immoral woman ...L16 sl.
• TAD a person of questionable moral; an immoral woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TART a girl or woman, often one of immoral character ...1887 sl.
• TITA an immoral woman ...1967 Hawaii
• TWO-BIT HOLE an immoral woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TWO-BIT WHORE an immoral woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WAFF a worthless person; a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company ...1813 Sc.
• WEAN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
IMMORAL - verbs
• BE ON THE RANDY to spend time in drinking and riot; to live in an immoral manner ...1893 Eng. dial.
• CARRY A RIG to play fast and loose ...Bk1903 sl.
• DO DIRT to act immorally ...1893 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE BAD to deteriorate morally or physically; to become slovenly, careless, or immoral ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• PLAY A RIG to play fast and loose ...Bk1903 sl.
• PLAY TAM-TRAM to play fast and loose; to act recklessly, unreliably, irresponsibly, immorally, or thoughtlessly ...1866 Sc.
• RUN A RIG to play fast and loose ...1782 sl.
• TAKE A STONE UP IN THE AIR. of a woman: to fall into an immoral lifestyle ...L17 sl.
• TAM-TRAM to play; to play fast and loose ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIG-TOW to play fast and loose with; to behave irresponsibly or immorally; to act capriciously; to dally with ...1864 Sc.
IMMORAL - phrases
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE BELLY used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH A TOP HAT used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH STILTS ON used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
IMMORTAL - adjectives
• EVERLIVING living without end; immortal, eternal ...1547
• NEVER-DYING undying, immortal ...1596
• UNDEADLY † not subject to death; immortal ...c950
IMMORTAL - verbs
• IMMORTALIZATE †* to immortalize, to render immortal ...1566
IMMORTALITY - nouns
• UNDEADLINESS † immortality ...c1000
IMMOVABLE - adjectives (also see MOVEMENT)
• DEAD-DOUR utterly immovable ...Bk1900 Sc.
• IMMOTABLE †* immovable ...1577
• LIKE A KNOT ON A LOG immovable, motionless, perfectly still ...1873 Amer. dial.
IMP, IMPISH - adjectives
• GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
IMP, IMPISH - nouns, person
• DEVIL'S BUCKIE a mischievous, troublesome person; an imp ...1816 Sc.
• DEVIL'S LIMB an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1714 Sc.
• DEVIL'S PETS an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GARLACH a little rascal; an impish youngster; a spoiled child ...1930 Sc.
• IMPLING * a little imp ...1780
• NACKET a pert, tricky, or precocious child; an imp ...1887 Sc.
• TOM TUMBLER an imp or devil ...Bk1926
IMPACT - nouns
• RACE †* impact; a shock, blow ...c1400
IMPAIR - nouns, person
• PAIRER †* one who impairs ...c1400
IMPAIR - verbs
• ACRAZE † to weaken, to impair, to enfeeble ...1549
• IMBECILE † to make imbecile, weak, or impotent; to impair, to weaken, to enfeeble, to debilitate ...1593-40
• IMPEACH † to hinder the action, progress, or well-being of; to affect detrimentally or prejudicially; to hurt, to harm, to injure, to endamage, to impair ...1563
• IMPERISH † to impair, to injure, to make worse ...1494
• JAZZ UP to confuse; to mess up; to interfere with; to ruin or impair; to botch ...1917 Amer. sl.
• LABEFY †* to weaken, to impair; to cause to fall ...1620
• MANK † to maim, to mangle, to mutilate; to make defective; to impair, to spoil ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc.
• QUAIL † to spoil, to impair ...1551
• TAINT † to affect injuriously; to cause detriment to; to hurt, to injure, to impair ...1601
IMPAIRED - adjectives
• ACRAZED † weakened, enfeebled, diseased in body, affected with illness, indisposed; impaired ...1521
• IMPAIRABLE * capable of being impaired ...a1665
• PALLED † enfeebled, weakened, impaired ...c1386
• SUFFERING † becoming impaired by use ...1601
• UNAPPAIRABLE † incapable of being impaired; unfading ...1574
IMPAIRED - verbs
• UNAPPAIR † to become impaired; to fade ...1426
IMPAIRMENT - nouns
• IMPEACHMENT † detriment, impairment, injury, damage ...1548
• MARRING † injury, harm, impairment ...1357
• PAIR †* impairment, abatement ...c1375
• PAIRING † injury, damage, impairment ...1382
• PAIRMENT † impairment; injury, deterioration ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
IMPALE - verbs
• GANCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
• GAUNCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
IMPALING - nouns
• GANCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GANCHING † capital punishment by impaling ...1614
• GAUNCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
IMPARTIAL - adjectives
• UNAFFECTIONATE † unbiased; impartial ...1588
• UNAPPASSIONATE † impartial ...1598
IMPARTIAL - verbs
• HEAR OF BOTH EARS † to hear both sides, to be impartial ...1705
IMPARTIALITY - nouns
• OPEN GO any situation that meets a basic requirement of impartiality to all without fear of favour or prejudice ...20C Aust. sl.
IMPARTIALLY - adverbs
• UNAPPASSIONATELY † impartially ...1598
IMPASSE - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
IMPASSIONED - adjectives
• CANDENT * fervent, impassioned ...1723
• HEATED impassioned, angry; inflamed, excited ...1593
• IMPASSIONATE * impassioned ...1590
IMPASSIONED - nouns
• IMPASSIONMENT † the fact of being impassioned; the act of impassioning ...
IMPASSIVE - adjectives
• PO-FACED characterized by or assuming an expressionless or impassive face; hence, humourless, disapproving ...c1900
• POKER-FACED without expression; showing a neutral mask; impassive ...1923 Amer. sl.
• STONY-FACED having an impassive, unfriendly and unyielding expression
IMPASSIVE - verbs
• NOT BAT AN EYE to remain impassive ...1904 sl., orig. US
• NOT BAT AN EYELID to remain impassive ...1904 sl., orig. US
IMPASSIVENESS - nouns
• UNAFFECTEDNESS † impassiveness, indifference ...1670
IMPATIENCE - nouns
• CABIN FEVER lassitude, restlessness, impatience, or irritability as a result of being confined in too small a space, with no variety in companions or occupations ...1918 sl.
• CAN'T-HARDLIES a state of anxiety or impatience ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DUCK-FIT a state or fit of excitement, impatience, or uneasiness; a tantrum ...1903 Amer. dial.
• EAGERS, THE feelings of desire, impatience, or anxiety; excessive eagerness or apprehension ...1828 Amer. dial.
• IMPATIENCY † impatience ...1526
• IMPATIENTNESS †* impatience ...1550
• KENTISH FIRE a prolonged and ordered salvo or volley of applause, or demonstration of impatience or dissent ...1834
• NETTLE a state of uneasiness or impatience ...1723
• TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state ...1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
IMPATIENCE - verbs
• FAUNCH to fret, to worry; to show irritation or impatience; to complain, to sulk ...1970 Amer. dial.
IMPATIENCE - interjections
• ACH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc ...1871 Sc.
• AUGH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc ...1871 Sc.
• BAGODBAGEE! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BAGODBAJEES! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BAGODBEJINGOES! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLAST MY EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• BLAST YOUR EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• BOTHERATION! a mild expletive; an exclamation of impatience, annoyance, or disgust ...1797 colloq.
• CHA! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment ...1827 Jamaica
• CHO! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment ...1827 Jamaica
• DAMN MY EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• DAMN YOUR EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• FOOF! an exclamation of impatience, disgust, etc. ...1865 Sc.
• GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! an exclamation of amazement, impatience, etc. ...1906 Amer. sl.
• HURRY-DURRY † an exclamation of impatience or indignation ...1682
• NAME OF GOODNESS an expletive, generally of impatience ...1881 Eng. dial.
• NAME OF THUNDER an expletive, generally of impatience ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PISH! an exclamation of contempt, impatience or disgust ...1592
• PSHAW! * an excl. of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc.
• SHAFF! an exclamation of impatience or contempt ...1783 Eng. dial.
• TA! an exclamation of impatience or exasperation ...1837 Sc.
• TEUGH! an exclamation of disgust, contempt, or impatience ...1870 Sc.
• TEW! an exclamation of disgust, contempt, or impatience ...1870 Sc.
• TILLEY-VALLEY! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...1816 obs. or arch.
• TILLIE VALLIE! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...c1630 obs. or arch.
• TILLY-FALLY! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...1597 obs. or arch.
• TILLY-VALLY! † int. an exclamation of impatience or contempt at what has been said: Nonsense! Fiddlesticks! ... 1601 obs. or arch.
• TULLY VALY! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...a1529 obs. or arch.
IMPATIENT - adjectives
• ACHING TO impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ANXIOUSED UP impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL HOPPED UP impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN A LATHER impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN A STEW impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN A SWEAT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ON EDGE impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ON END impatient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANXIOUSED UP impatient ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CATCHY impatient, irritable ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FIGHTING THE BITS said of an impatient or restless person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FISTY impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOPPED UP impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HURRY-DURRY † impatient, irritable ...1672 nautical
• IMPATIENTED † awaited with impatience ...1654-66
• IN A LATHER agitated, restless; impatient ...1839 sl.
• IN A STEW agitated, restless; impatient ...1806 sl.
• IN A SWEAT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ITCHETY impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ITCHY impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAINLESS impatient, restive, impetuous ...1880 Sc.
• ON EDGE impatient ...1870 sl.
• ON END impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON NETTLES fidgety, uneasy, excited; in a restless, impatient condition; anxious, in suspense ...1892
• ON TIPTOE impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PREVIOUS impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK † hasty, impatient, hot-tempered ...1549
• RAMSASSPATORIOUS excited, anxious, impatient ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANK very eager, anxious, impatient ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RARING impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RARIN' TO GO impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RED HOT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT-PATIENCED quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-PATIENT quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SNIPPY impatient, argumentative ...1848 US sl.
• UNBEAR † impatient ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNBEER † impatient ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNHEER † impatient ...1721 Eng. dial.
• UNPATIENT impatient ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
IMPATIENT - nouns, person
• RAGGARD a tease; an impatient person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPATIENT - verbs
• BATE † to flutter, to struggle; to be restless or impatient ...1592
• CHAMP AT THE BIT to be eager or impatient to start ...c1645
• CHEW ONE'S BITS to be eager, anxious, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CHEW THE BIT to be eager, anxious, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FASH AT to be impatient with, to be intolerant of; to grow weary of ...1721 Sc.
• GET ONE'S ASS OVER THE DASHBOARD to become excited, impatient or angry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S TAIL OVER THE DASH to become excited, impatient or angry ...1995 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD to become excited, impatient or angry ...1946 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS to be impatient or eager to act or speak; to be restless; to be or become agitated ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE to be exasperated; to have lost all one's patience ...1940s sl.
• SIT UPON HOT COCKLES †* to be very impatient; to 'sit on pins and needles' ...1607
• STRAIN AT THE LEASH. to be eager or impatient to start ...1910 sl.
IMPATIENTLY - adverbs
• HASTIS hurriedly, hastily; impatiently ...1842 Eng. dial.
IMPEDE - adjectives
• IMPEDITIVE tending to impede or obstruct; obstructive ...1651
IMPEDE - verbs
• BAFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• BALK to hinder, to prevent, to thwart, to impede ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BOFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DACKLE to cause to hesitate, to impede, to hold back ...1934 Sc.
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• HABBLE to confuse, to perplex, to nonplus, to embarrass, to impede, to hamper or foil in the performance of anything ...1825 Sc.
• IMPEACH † to impede, to hinder, to prevent ...c1380
• IMPEDITE † to impede ...c1535 now rare or obs.
• LANTER to foil, to impede, to hinder ...1928 Sc.
• MAGGLE to impede, to hinder, to inconvenience ...a1813 Sc.
• TAIGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TARRY † to detain, to delay, to retard, to keep back a person or agent for a time; to keep waiting; to hold in check, to impede, to hinder ...1340
• TEAGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• THROGGLE to trammel, to impede, said of any article of dress that impedes free movement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPEDED - adjectives
• IMPEDIBLE † that can be impeded, obstructed, or hindered ...1655
• IMPEDITE † impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective ...1544
• LETTED †* hindered, impeded ...1388
IMPEDED - nouns
• IMPEDIBILITY † liability to be impeded ...1677
IMPEDIMENT - adjectives
• BLESILOQUENT †* speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech ...1656
• TONGUE-TACKIT tongue-tied; having an impediment in speech; dumb, mute ...1825 Sc.
IMPEDIMENT - nouns
• CLOG an impediment; an encumbrance ...ME
• HAAR an impediment in speech ...1783 Sc.
• IMPEACH † hindrance, impediment, prevention ...1551
• IMPEACHMENT † hindrance, prevention, obstruction; impediment, obstacle ...1432
• MANT a stutter; an impediment in the speech ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAR † 1. a hindrance, obstruction; an impediment in speech ...a1300
† 2. a fault; a defect; an impediment ...1551 obs. exc. Sc.
• MORASS a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp. one that impedes progress
• OBEX † an impediment, an obstacle ...1611 rare or obs.
• POP an impediment in speech, a stammer ...1929 Sc.
• TACK an impediment in speech ...1972 Sc.
• TIE an impediment, an obstruction ...1885 Eng. dial.
IMPEDING - adjectives
• IMPEDIENT obstructive, hindering, impeding ...1596
• IMPEDIMENTAL of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding ...1654
• IMPEDIMENTARY of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding ...1888
IMPEDING - nouns
• ACCUMBRANCE † the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury ...1489
• IMPEDITION † the act of impeding; hindering ...1623
IMPEL - verbs
• HARRY to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HERRY to harass, to tease, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• IMPORTUNE † to press, to urge, to impel ...1603
• TICKLE † to stir up, to incite, to provoke; to prompt or impel to do something ...1532
IMPELLED - adjectives
• IMPRESSED impelled, moved ...1931 Amer. dial.
IMPENETRABLE - adjectives
• IMPERVIAL †* impervious; impenetrable ...1618
IMPENITENT - adjectives
• OBDURATE hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence ...c1440
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence ...1608
IMPERATIVELY - adverbs
• KELEUSMATICALLY imperatively, by way of a command ...1885
IMPERCEPTIBLE - adjectives
• IMPERCEIVABLE * imperceptible ...a1617
• UNKENNABLE imperceptible, inconspicuous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPERCEPTIBLY - adverbs
• UNAPPREHENSIVELY † undiscoverably, imperceptibly ...a1659
IMPERFECT - adjectives
• ABORTIVATE †* imperfect, defective ...c1630
• HALF-FACED imperfect, incomplete, half-and-half ...1592
• HALFLING half-complete, imperfect ...1705 Sc.
• IMPERFECTED † not perfected; incomplete, imperfect ...1552
• IMPERFECTIOUS †* full of imperfection, imperfect, faulty ...1594
• IMPERFECTIVE † characterized by imperfection; imperfect ...a1677
• UNPERFECT imperfect; unfitting ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
IMPERFECT - verbs
• GALL a fault, an imperfection; a defect in a tree ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• IMPERFECT † to render imperfect; to destroy the perfection of ...1555
• MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLY to hurry over work; to do anything in an imperfect manner ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
IMPERFECTION - nouns
• IMPERFECTIVE † an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish ...1601
• UNFULLMAKING † imperfection ...a1300
IMPERFECTLY - adverbs
• NAKEDLY † barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly ...1589 rare or obs.
IMPERIAL - nouns
• IMPERIALITY † 1. imperial rank, power, or authority ...1534
* 2. an imperial right or privilege; a tax levied by an emperor or empress ...1799
3. a humorous title for an emperor or imperial personage ...1870
• IMPERIALTY † imperial state or government, empire ...1600
• IMPERIOUSNESS † imperial character or dignity; absolute rule or sovereignty; empire ...1574
• IMPERIUM command; absolute power; supreme or imperial power ...1651
• IMPERY † imperial or supreme rule or authority; command, dominion, sovereignty ...a1300
IMPERIAL - verbs
• IMPERIALIZE to render imperial; to belong to an empire or an imperial policy ...1805
IMPERIL - verbs
• JEOPARD to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, or death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...c1374
• JEOPARDY * to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...1460
• PUT IN ADVENTURE to put in jeopardy, to imperil, to risk, to stake ...1297
IMPERIOUS - adjectives
• GAUSTERING imperious, boasting ...1824 Eng. dial.
• MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering ...1531-2
• SIRLY †* lordly, haughty, imperious ...c1350
IMPERIOUS - nouns, person
• BASHAW a grandee; a haughty, imperious man ...1593
• MASTER WOMAN † an imperious or masculine woman ...1534
IMPERISHABLE - adjectives
• IMMARCESCIBLE * unfading; incorruptible, imperishable ...1542
• IMPERIBLE †* imperishable ...1614
IMPERSONATE - verbs
• IMPERSONIFY * to represent in personal form; to impersonate ...1804
• IMPERSONIZE * to personify, to impersonate ...1804
IMPERSONATION - nouns
• IMPERSONIZATION * impersonation ...1796
IMPERSONATOR - nouns
• FAG SHOW in the circus or carnival: a performance by female impersonators ...1940s US sl.
IMPERSONATOR - nouns, person
• IMPERSONATRESS a female impersonator ...1881
• IMPERSONATRIX a female impersonator ...1847
IMPERTINENCE, IMPERTINENT - nouns
• BACK-CHAT saucy or impertinent replies to a superior; cheek, impudence, abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk ...1901 sl.
• BACK-SASS impertinent talk ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FAASTIE rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica usage
• GAFF † loud, rude talk, impertinence ...1880 Sc.
• IMPERANCE impertinence; impudence ...1766 sl.
• IMFERENCE sauciness, impertinence ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMPITTENCE impudence, impertinence, forwardness ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NASH-GAB impertinent chatter, insolent talk ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB impertinent chatter; insolent talk ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SASS sauciness, impertinence, cheek; impudent talk ...1835 N. Amer. colloq.
• SAUCE sauciness, impertinence, pertness, brashness ...1835 colloq.
• SAUCE MALAPERT † impertinence, insolence ...1529
IMPERTINENT - adjectives
• APISH impertinent ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAIRSE impertinent, impudent ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAST-FAST MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST-MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST WITH cheeky, impertinent ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• FASTY rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica sl.
• HARDEN-FACED impertinent, brazen-faced,; hard-hearted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• GABBIT loquacious, talkative, tattling; impudent, impertinent ...1808 Sc.
• IKEY impertinent, cheeky ...L19 US sl.
• IKY impertinent, impudent, cheeky ...1906 Amer. dial.
• IMPERSOME impertinent, impudent ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMPERT pert, impertinent, impudent ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MANNISH forward, impertinent; usually applied to young people ...20C US & W. Indies sl.
• NEBBIE cheeky, impertinent ...1888 Sc.
• NEBBY sharp, ill-natured; impertinent ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEBSIE ill-natured, sharp in manner, impertinent ...B1900 Sc.
• NEBSY ill-natured, sharp in manner; impertinent ...1896 Sc.
• OFF BASE impertinent; assuming authority or intimacy which one does not have ...20C sl.
• PAUGHTY pert, impertinent, saucy, insolent ...1637-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANK impertinent, extremely cheeky ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SELF-CONCEITY conceited, impertinent ...1969 Amer. dial.
IMPERTINENT - nouns, person
• BEAUTY a term of contempt for a person who is the reverse of beautiful; an impertinent, an unmanageable person; one who is incompetent; used ironically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRSIE a forward, impertinent child ...19C Sc.
• BORE an impertinent person, one who talks back ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON a young man, a boy; an inexperienced or impertinent fellow ...1915 Amer. dial. West.
• CANAT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• IMPERTINENCE an impertinent or insolent person ...1754
• JACK-ADAMS a foolish and stubborn person; a simpleton; a silly, impertinent fellow ...1690 sl.
• JACKANAPES a ridiculous upstart; a pert, impertinent, or conceited fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a coxcomb, a fop ...c1555
• KINAT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• KINNAT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• KINNATT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc.
• NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB an impertinent, ill-natured fellow ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SASS-BOX an impertinent person; one who gives rude answers ...1871 Amer. dial.
• SASSY-BOX an impertinent person; one who gives rude answers ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUCEBOX a person addicted to making saucy or impertinent remarks ...1588 colloq.
• SAUCY-BOX a person addicted to making saucy or impertinent remarks ...1588 colloq.
• SAUCY-FACE an impertinent person ...1684
• SNIPPER-SNAPPER † a small, insignificant, conceited fellow; an impertinent youth; an effeminate young fellow ...c1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YACKEY-YAA a term of contempt for an impertinent fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPERTINENT - verbs
• BACK-SASS to speak impertinently or discourteously ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BRASS IT to behave with effrontery ...1859 colloq.
• COME THE OLD TIN SOLDIER to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
• COME THE TIN SOLDIER to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
• EAT RAZOR SOUP to say something sharp or impertinent ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FAS' to be fast with, to be rude, impertinent; to meddle with somebody's business; to be forward ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• GAB to speak boldly or impertinently; to assail or answer with impertinent language; to jeer at ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAB AGAIN to give an impertinent reply when reprimanded ...1721 Sc.
• GADGE to dictate impertinently; to talk idly ...1719 Sc.
• SASS to speak rudely or impertinently to a person; to answer someone back ...1856 N. Amer. colloq.
• SAUCE to be impertinent to; to answer impudently; to be cheeky, to tease ...1862 Eng. dial.
IMPERTINENTLY - adverbs
• PAUGHTILY superciliously, in a conceited or impertinent manner ...1838 Sc.
IMPERVIOUS - adjectives
• IMPERVIAL †* impervious; impenetrable ...1618
• OBTURATE †* stopped up, obstructed; fig. impervious ...c1560
• CABBAGED rendered imbecilic ...1990s sl.
• DAFFY imbecile, soft ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAUPET silly, stupid, foolish, imbecile ...1788 Sc.
• DAWPIT silly, stupid, foolish, imbecile ...1788 Sc.
• DEEPOOPERIT applied to one in a state of imbecility, mentally or bodily; worn out ...B1900 Sc.
• DINGBATTY half crazy, imbecile ...1911 Amer. dial.
• FATUOUS * that is in a state of dementia or imbecility; idiotic ...1773
• IMBESILLY imbecile and silly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SACKY imbecile, deficient in understanding ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SART foolish, imbecile, daft ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRATLING imbecile, silly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ZACKY imbecile, deficient in understanding ...1854 Eng. dial.
IMBECILE - nouns, person
• AMENT a person congenitally deficient in mind or intellect; a born idiot or imbecile ...1897
• DAFTIE an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DAFTY an idiot, an imbecile; a madman ...1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DODDYPOLL † a dunce; an imbecile
• DUMBSHIT a stupid oaf; an imbecile ...1961 US sl.
• DUMBWAD an imbecile ...1978 US sl.
• IMBY an imbecile ...1981 Amer. sl.
• NAZZ-NOLL an imbecile; a person whose wits are confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAZZ-NOWL an imbecile; a person whose wits are confused ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ZAHTY-POLL a stupid, silly, half-imbecile person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
IMBECILE - verbs
• IMBECILE † to make imbecile, weak, or impotent; to impair, to weaken, to enfeeble, to debilitate ...1593-40
• IMBECILITATE to render imbecile, weak, or feeble; to enfeeble ...1653
IMBECILITY - nouns
• AMENTIA total lack of intelligence, imbecility ...1801
• FATUISM idiocy, mental imbecility, dementia ...1884
• FATUITY * idiocy, mental imbecility, dementia ...1621-51
• FATUOUSNESS besotted foolishness, stupidity, infatuation; imbecility ...1874
• UNNATURALITY † imbecility ...1823 Sc.
IMBIBE - verbs
• PAUNCH to take into the stomach, to consume, to imbibe, usually with implication of haste or greed ...1821 Sc.
IMITATE - nouns
• IMITANT * that which imitates; a counterfeit article or product ...1888
IMITATE - nouns, person
• APE a foolish person who imitates ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE one who follows or imitates others ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ECHO one who assents obsequiously to the opinions of another; a person who reflects or imitates the language, sentiments, or conduct of others ...a1631
• PARROT one who imitates ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
IMITATE - verbs
• HACK AT to imitate ...1828 Eng. dial.
• HARM to mock or imitate in speaking; to mimic ...1806 Eng. dial.
• IMP to imitate ...1911 Amer. dial.
• PAGEANT †* to imitate as in a pageant or play; to mimic ...1606
• SAMPLE † to imitate; to copy ...1613-16
• SIMILIZE † to imitate, to copy ...1605
• TAKE AFTER to copy, to imitate ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE A LEAF FROM SOMEONE'S BOOK to imitate or emulate someone ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SOMEONE'S BOOK to imitate or emulate someone ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE A PAGE OUT OF SOMEONE'S BOOK to imitate or emulate someone ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
• XEROX to copy, to imitate ...1990s US Black sl.
IMITATING - nouns
• IMITANCY the quality of imitating ...1832 nonce word
• TAKE-OFF a mimicking expression; an imitating; a parody; a caricature ...1846 US sl.
IMITATION - adjectives
• SUIT-WORTH † worthy of imitation ...1594
IMITATION - adverbs
• IMITABLY † by way of imitation of counterfeiting ...1616
IMITATION - nouns
• FAKE made in imitation without fraudulent intent; artificial ...1909
• FAIR ITCH an absolute imitation ...L19 sl.
• IDOL † a counterpart, likeness, imitation ...1590
• IMITAMEN †* an imitation; a counterfeit ...1677
• IMITATE †* an imitation ...1669
• IMITATURE †* imitation ...1652
• SIMULACRUM a mere image, a specious imitation or likeness of something ...1833
• TAKE-OFF an imitation, a parody, usually mocking ...1855 colloq.
IMITATOR - nouns, person
• IMITATRESS a female imitator ...a1834
• IMITATRIX a female imitator ...1606
IMITATIVE - adjectives
• EICASTIC †* imitative ...1669
IMMACULATE - adjectives
• IMMACULABLE †* incapable of stain ...1624
IMMACULATE - nouns
• IMMACULATION †* an immaculate condition ...1609
IMMATERIAL - adjectives
• ADIAPHOROUS neutral, indifferent, immaterial; neither right nor wrong morally ...1635
• IMMATERIATE † immaterial ...1626
• IMMATESTICLE immaterial, irrelevant, of no concern ...1967 Amer. dial.
• IMMATISTICAL immaterial, irrelevant, of no concern ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MATTERLESS unimportant, immaterial ...1870 Eng. dial.
IMMATURE - adjectives
• BEARDLESS youthful, immature ...c1325
• CALFISH stupid, untrained, immature ...L16
• PUERILE childishly foolish; immature or trivial ...17C
• RAWLY † unripe, immature ...1824 Sc.
• SAPPY † immature, unready ...a1627
• UNBLOWED † unready, immature ...1623
• UNBLOWN unready, immature ...1594
• VEALY imperfectly developed; immature; characterized by youthful immaturity ...1890
IMMATURE - nouns
• VEALINESS want of maturity ...1895
IMMATURE - nouns, person
• BABY-CHILD an immature person ...1970s US Black sl.
• CHICKEN'S HEAD a stupid, immature girl ...1960s US Black sl.
• HALF-BAKED an immature person ...L19 Aust. sl.
• SCHMENDRICH a stupid person; an oaf; an immature male; a nonvirile male; used derisively by women ...20C US sl.
• SHMENDRICK n. a stupid person; an oaf; an immature male; a nonvirile male; used derisively by women ...20C US sl.
• SKIN an immature or inexperienced young person ...1989 UK Royal Navy sl.
IMMEASURABLE - adjectives
• IMMENSIBLE † immeasurable; immense ...1579
• IMMENSIVE † immeasurable, immense ...1604
• IMMENSURABLE immeasurable ...1535
IMMEASURABLE - nouns
• IMMENSURABILITY immeasurable quality or condition ...1678
• IMMENSURABLENESS immeasurable quality or condition ...1675
IMMEASURABLY - adverbs
• EVERLASTINGLY very, extremely, immeasurably, excessively; damned ...1889 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF ALL NICK past counting ...1595
• OUT OF ALL SIGHT immeasurably, beyond all comparison ...1821
IMMEDIATE - adjectives
• IMMEDIENT immediate ...1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SOON AS DAMMIT exceedingly quick, or almost immediate, soon ...1908 UK
• SUDDEN † performed or taking place without delay; speedy; prompt, immediate ...a1375 obs. exc. of death
IMMEDIATE - nouns
• IMMEDIATION † immediate or direct action, communication, etc. ...1569
IMMEDIATELY - adverbs
• ALL AT ONE SHOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL OF A RATTLE at once ...1871 Eng. dial.
• ASAFP immediately; As Soon As Fucking Possible ...1985 Amer. sl.
• AS BLIVE † as quickly as possible, immediately ...1413
• AT ONE SHOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AT THE SOUND OF THE GUN immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• AWHILE NOW at once, immediately ...1935 Amer. dial.
• BANG-OFF immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEDENE † straightaway, at once, forthwith, immediately ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY JACK ROBINSON immediately; shortly ...1785 sl.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY J.R. immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY KNIFE immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORE YOU CAN SAY SCAT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BELIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BELYVE immediately ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIG AND PRONTO immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BILIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BLIVE † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
• BUNG immediately ...1899
• CHOP-CHOP quickly; immediately; shortly ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• DIRECTLY MINUTE instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DOWN ON THE NAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRACLY MINUTE instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• DRECKLY MINUTE directly; instantly, immediately, at once ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FAST † closely, at once, immediately ...a1300
• IMMEDIENTLY immediately ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMMEJITLY immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A BANG immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A BRACE OF SHAKES immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF HUMPS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF JERKS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF KICKS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF SHAKES immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A COUPLE OF WINKS immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A FLEA'S LEAP in next to no time; promptly, immediately ...B1900
• IN A JERK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A JIFF immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A JIFFY immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A KICK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A PIG'S WHISPER very quickly indeed; immediately; in a very short time ...1823 colloq.
• IN A RAP in a moment; immediately ...1813 Sc.
• IN A SHAKE immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A TWINK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A WINK immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INCONTINENT † immediately, forthwith, at once ...1660 Sc.
• INCONTINENTLY † immediately, forthwith ...1650 Sc.
• IN JIG TIME immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN LESS THAN NO TIME immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN NOTHING FLAT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN NO TIME immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN QUICK ORDER immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN SHORT METER immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• INSTANTER instantly, immediately, at once, without delay ...1688, orig. law term
• IN THE NAME OF NO TIME almost immediately ...1864 Sc.
• IN THE TWINKLING OF A BEDPOST immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A BRASS MONKEY'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD LAMB'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO SHAKES OF A SHEEP'S TAIL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN TWO TWO'S immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JIFFILY immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JOHNNY JUMP UP immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUST THEN immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A BLINK immediately, very quickly ...1950s sl.
• LIKE BLINKO immediately, very quickly ...1950s sl.
• LIKE A SHOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A SHOT OUT OF HELL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LIKE A SHOT THROUGH HELL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAINTENANT † at once, immediately ...a1300
• MAINTENANTLY † at once, immediately ...1528
• OFF THE TOP from the beginning, immediately ...1990s US sl.
• ON-END immediately, forthwith; without stop or intermission, perpetually, in succession ...1888 Eng. dial.
• ONENE † at once ...c1450
• ON THE DOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE NAIL promptly; straightaway; immediately ...1596
• ON THE SPOT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ׇ• OUT OF HAND at once, immediately; without premeditation, suddenly; extempore ...a1300
• P.D.Q. immediately; shortly (Pretty Damn Quick) ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POCO PRONTO at once, quickly, immediately ...1907 Amer. dial.
• PRONTO immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK-STICKS immediately, hastily ...1877
• QUICKTIME quickly, immediately ...M19 UK Black sl.
• RIGHT OFF THE BAT immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT OFF THE REEL immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIGHT OUT immediately ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIGHT STRAIGHT immediately ...Bk1903 sl.
• SKEET † quickly, hastily, immediately ...c1200
• SKEETLY † swiftly; immediately ...a1400-50
• STRAIGHT OFF immediately; shortly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRAIGHT OFF THE REEL at once, immediately ...1894 Sc.
• SUDDENLY † without delay, forthwith, promptly, immediately, directly, at once ...c1330
• SUMMARILY without unnecessary formality or delay; without hesitation, immediately ...1621
• TO RIGHTS immediately, instantly, at once ...1795 Amer. dial.
• WITH A THRASH immediately; 'at one blow' ...1870 Sc.
• WITHOUT ABODE † without delay, immediately ...1314
• YARE † quickly, without delay, promptly, immediately, soon ...c1250
• YERNE † quickly, without delay, immediately, directly, soon ...c1320
IMMENSE - adjectives
• BROBDINGNAG immense
• BROBDINGNAGIAN immense
• DECUMAN very large, immense; usually of waves ...1659
• DECUMANAL †* very large, immense: usually of waves ...1652
• IMMENSIBLE † immeasurable; immense ...1579
• IMMENSIVE † immeasurable, immense ...1604
• IMMENSURATE † unmeasured, immense ...1654
• UNDEEMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDEEMOUS unexampled, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNDOMIOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDOOMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDUMIOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNDUMOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned ...1871 Sc.
• UNHINE † excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHYNE † excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNIFEIE † immense ...c1205
• UNIFOH † immense ...c1275
• VASTY vast, immense ...1596
IMMENSE, IMMENSITY - nouns
• VASTITY * 1. the quality of being vast or immense; vastness ...1603
* 2. a vast or immense space ...1652
• VASTURE † a vast or immense space ...1595
• VASTITUDE the quality of being vast; immensity ...1623
IMMENSELY - adverbs
• IMPENSIVELY † exceedingly, greatly, immensely ...1620
IMMERSE - verbs
• IMMERGE * to dip, to plunge, to put under the surface of a liquid; to immerse ...1624
IMMERSED - adjectives
• BEDOVE † immersed, plunged ...a1000
• BEDOVEN † immersed, plunged ...a1000
IMMIGRANT - nouns
• CABBAGE TOWN the German immigrant section of a town ...20C US sl.
IMMIGRANT - nouns, person
• ABIE KABIBBLE an unassimilated Jewish immigrant ...1932 Amer. dial.
• ADVENTIVE † an immigrant, a sojourner ...a1626
• AH CABBAGE a nickname for a Chinese immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• BLACK HAT a newly-arrived immigrant ...1887 Aust. sl.
• BUNK a Slav immigrant ...20C US sl.
• CABBAGE-EATER (offensive) a German or Russian immigrant ...1942 US sl.
• CANARY a Chinese immigrant ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CHUNDUR any Indian (Hindu) immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• COYOTE a person who imports or exploits illegal immigrants, esp. from Mexico ...US sl.
• DAGE a foreigner, an immigrant ...1955 Aust. sl.
• DALLIE a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• DALLY a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general ...1940 NZ sl.
• ETHNO an immigrant ...1976 Aust. sl.
• FRESHWATER an emigrant who works their passage rather than pays a fare ...M19 sl.
• HEAD an illegal immigrant ...1929-33 Amer. sl.
• HOMEY a British immigrant, esp. one newly arrived ...1927 NZ sl.
• HOMIE a British immigrant, esp. one newly arrived ...1927 NZ sl.
• HYPHENATE an immigrant to American, or an American from an immigrant family ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JIMMY a free emigrant ...1859 Aust. convicts usage
• JIMMY GRANT an immigrant ...1845 Aust, NZ & S. Afr. rhyming sl.
• LACE-CURTAIN IRISH middle-class Irish-American or Irish immigrants ...1934 US sl.
• LIMEY orig. a British immigrant, and hence, a British person ...1888 sl., orig. Aust., NZ & S. Afr.
• MICK DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DO an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOO an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLEY an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLIE an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLIN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MICKY DOOLAN an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic ...20C NZ sl.
• MONK (contemptuous) a Black immigrant from the West Indies ...1924 Amer. sl.
• MONKEY-CHASER a Black immigrant from the West Indies; used contemptuously ...1924 US Black sl.
• MOUSTACHE MOB first generation immigrants from Sicily or southern Italy ...1955 US sl.
• NEWIE a new immigrant; a new arrival ...20C Aust. sl.
• NEW INIQUITY an immigrant ...M19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• ORGAN GRINDER (derogatory) an Italian, specifically, an immigrant ...1910s sl.
• PAK (derogatory or patronizing) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent ...1964 UK sl.
• PAKKI (derogatory or patronizing) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan ...1964 UK sl.
• PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot ...1867 Amer. dial.
• POLACK (mainly derogatory) a Polish immigrant or a person of Polish ancestry; broadly, a central European immigrant, a foreigner ...1855 Amer. dial.
• POLACKER (mainly derogatory) a Polish immigrant or a person of Polish ancestry; broadly, a central European immigrant, a foreigner ...1883 Amer. dial.
• RAM CHUNDUR any Indian (Hindu) immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• SABÉ an immigrant of French origin ...L19 US sl.
• SALVE-EATER (derogatory) an immigrant from northern Europe, esp. a Swede ...L19 US sl.
• SIFTON'S PETS Eastern European, esp. Ruthenian and Galician immigrants ...1900 Can. usage
• WET an illegal immigrant from Mexico to the US; hence, to any illegal immigrant ...1973 US sl.
• WETBACK an illegal immigrant to the US, orig. and esp. a Mexican who crosses the Rio Grande ...1920 Amer. dial.
IMMIGRANT - phrases
• STRAIGHT FROM THE BOG (derogatory) used of an Irish immigrant to the UK ...L19 sl.
IMMIGRATION - adjectives
• IMMIGRATORY * pert. to immigration ...1897
IMMIGRATION - nouns, person
• SNAKEHEAD 1. a smuggler; someone who smuggles illegal immigrants from mainland China into Hong Kong ...1990s Amer. sl.
2. an agent who arranges illegal immigration of Chinese ...1990s Amer. sl.
IMMINENCE - nouns
• IMPENDENCE n. menacing attitude; imminence ...1657
• IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character ...a1632
IMMINENCE - phrases
• THREE MORE AND UP GOES THE DONKEY used to denote the imminence of events ...1910s sl.
IMMINENT - adjectives
• IMPENDENT * of evil, danger: that is about to fall or happen; imminent; near at hand ...a1592
• NEAR HAND nearby; imminent ...1958 Amer. dial.
IMMINENT - verbs
• IMPEND to be about to happen; to be imminent or near at hand ...1674
IMMOBILE - verbs
• FREEZE to become immobile and ineffective from fear ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FREEZE UP to become immobile and ineffective from fear ...1970s Amer. sl.
• SCOTCH to hold oneself immobile ...1949 Amer. dial.
IMMODERATE - adjectives
• MENSELESS immoderate, out of all due bounds; incalculable; extraordinary ...1790 Sc.
IMMODERATE, IMMODERATENESS - nouns
• IMMODERACY †* immoderateness, want of moderation, excess ...1682
• IMMODERANCY †* immoderateness, want of moderation, excess ...1646
• IMMODERATIONS † excesses; immoderate or intemperate acts ...1614
IMMODEST - adjectives
• FAST-GATED reckless, thoughtless, hasty; presumptuous, immodest ...1874 Eng. dial.
• IMPUDICOUS †* immodest, indecent, indelicate ...1657
• INVERECUND † unabashed, immodest, shameless ...1657
• TAWDRY immodest; loose in conduct ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMMODEST - nouns
• EGGTAGGLE † the act of wasting time in bad company; hence, immodest conduct ...1825 Sc.
IMMODEST - nouns, person
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY † a bold or immodest woman ...1579
IMMODEST - verbs
• FLASH A BIT of a woman: to permit examination; to behave immodestly ...Bk1893 sl.
• RAMP † to behave licentiously; to go about in a loose, immodest way; to act in a promiscuous manner; to work as a prostitute ...1530
IMMORAL - adjectives
• BREACHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BREECHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• DIKE-LOUPING loose, immoral ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAST immoral; wanton; easily encouraged to participate in sexual activity; dissipated ...18C
• GAY of loose or immoral life; sexually loose, dissipated, licentious ...1637
• ILL evil, immoral ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-LIVED leading a bad or immoral life ...1633
• KINKY given to loose or immoral behaviour ...1889 Amer. sl.
• MEAN immoral, loose ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MESSY immoral, unethical ...1920s sl.
• NAUGHT † immoral, vicious ...1550
• ORDINARY inferior, poor, worthless, contemptible, immoral ...1800 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY inferior, poor, insignificant, worthless, contemptible, mean, immoral ...1816 Amer. dial.
• RATCH loose in morals; unsteady ...1861 Sc.
• SLUTTISH sexually immoral, promiscuous, lustful ...M16
• VENUS impure, immoral ...1821 Sc.
• WAFF disreputable, wild, worthless; immoral ...1788 Sc.
• WAFFISH disreputable; immoral ...Bk1905 Sc.
IMMORAL - nouns
• BACK-GATE cunning, deceitful action; immoral or degrading conduct ...1825 Sc.
• DEAD CAT ON THE LINE something causing suspicion, mistrust, or concern; something immoral ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAST ONE a trick intended to deceive or defraud; any scheme seen as immoral, corrupt, or underhand ...1923 US sl.
• GAY LIFE of women: an immoral life; a life of prostitution ...19C Brit. sl.
• ILL-LIVING immoral conduct ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAM-RIDING a punishment, esp. inflicted on married people convicted of immorality: a cart in which were represented burlesque representatives of the erring pair, was drawn through the village, attended by a procession of men and boys, on donkeys, blowing horns; the custom was often the occasion of much riotous behaviour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMMORAL - nouns, person
• ALLEY BAT a promiscuous, careless, or slovenly woman; an immoral woman; sometimes used as a general term of abuse ...1968 Amer. dial.
• ANGRY BOY a rake, an immoral man, a young man about town, a 'blood' ...L16 sl.
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life, a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1596
• BLISTER an immoral woman; a whore ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CAT a prostitute or immoral woman; a low woman ...1916 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• CHICKEN a woman of questionable morals, one of doubtful virtue...1915 Amer. dial.
• CUTTY an immoral girl or woman ...Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DASHER a 'fast' young woman ...19C sl.
• DAY TRIPPER an immoral woman ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DONY a female member of the demi-monde; an immoral woman ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FENCE LIZARD an immoral woman ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FRUIT a woman of easy morals ...E20 US sl.
• HAZEL SPLITTER a female with a bad reputation; an immoral woman ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• HEIFER a woman of questionable morals ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IDLE HUSSY an immoral woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-LIVER one who lives an immoral life ...1883 Sc.
• LIMMER an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute ...1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NO-ACCOUNT an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PAMEL † an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANEL an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency ...14C Brit. sl.
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, an immoral woman, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• QUEEN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
• RACK-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKE 1. a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of fashion; a dissolute man ...1653
2. a woman of loose habits and immoral character ...1712
• RAKE-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKEHELLONIAN one of the 'sect' of rakehells; an utterly immoral or dissolute person ...a1704
• RAKEHELLY a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...a1762
• RAKEL † a rake-hell; a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANDIE a scolding virago; a disorderly, immoral woman ...1816 Sc.
• RANDY a scolding virago; a disorderly, immoral woman ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROO a rake; a man who is habituated to immoral conduct; one who has sex with a lot of women ...M19 society colloq.
• SCRAG an immoral woman ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SMOCK an immoral woman ...L16 sl.
• TAD a person of questionable moral; an immoral woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TART a girl or woman, often one of immoral character ...1887 sl.
• TITA an immoral woman ...1967 Hawaii
• TWO-BIT HOLE an immoral woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TWO-BIT WHORE an immoral woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WAFF a worthless person; a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company ...1813 Sc.
• WEAN an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman ...1740 Eng. dial.
IMMORAL - verbs
• BE ON THE RANDY to spend time in drinking and riot; to live in an immoral manner ...1893 Eng. dial.
• CARRY A RIG to play fast and loose ...Bk1903 sl.
• DO DIRT to act immorally ...1893 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE BAD to deteriorate morally or physically; to become slovenly, careless, or immoral ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• PLAY A RIG to play fast and loose ...Bk1903 sl.
• PLAY TAM-TRAM to play fast and loose; to act recklessly, unreliably, irresponsibly, immorally, or thoughtlessly ...1866 Sc.
• RUN A RIG to play fast and loose ...1782 sl.
• TAKE A STONE UP IN THE AIR. of a woman: to fall into an immoral lifestyle ...L17 sl.
• TAM-TRAM to play; to play fast and loose ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIG-TOW to play fast and loose with; to behave irresponsibly or immorally; to act capriciously; to dally with ...1864 Sc.
IMMORAL - phrases
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE BELLY used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH A TOP HAT used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH STILTS ON used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics ...1920s sl., orig. Aust.
IMMORTAL - adjectives
• EVERLIVING living without end; immortal, eternal ...1547
• NEVER-DYING undying, immortal ...1596
• UNDEADLY † not subject to death; immortal ...c950
IMMORTAL - verbs
• IMMORTALIZATE †* to immortalize, to render immortal ...1566
IMMORTALITY - nouns
• UNDEADLINESS † immortality ...c1000
IMMOVABLE - adjectives (also see MOVEMENT)
• DEAD-DOUR utterly immovable ...Bk1900 Sc.
• IMMOTABLE †* immovable ...1577
• LIKE A KNOT ON A LOG immovable, motionless, perfectly still ...1873 Amer. dial.
IMP, IMPISH - adjectives
• GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy ...1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
IMP, IMPISH - nouns, person
• DEVIL'S BUCKIE a mischievous, troublesome person; an imp ...1816 Sc.
• DEVIL'S LIMB an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1714 Sc.
• DEVIL'S PETS an imp; a tiresome, troublesome person ...1856 Eng. dial.
• GARLACH a little rascal; an impish youngster; a spoiled child ...1930 Sc.
• IMPLING * a little imp ...1780
• NACKET a pert, tricky, or precocious child; an imp ...1887 Sc.
• TOM TUMBLER an imp or devil ...Bk1926
IMPACT - nouns
• RACE †* impact; a shock, blow ...c1400
IMPAIR - nouns, person
• PAIRER †* one who impairs ...c1400
IMPAIR - verbs
• ACRAZE † to weaken, to impair, to enfeeble ...1549
• IMBECILE † to make imbecile, weak, or impotent; to impair, to weaken, to enfeeble, to debilitate ...1593-40
• IMPEACH † to hinder the action, progress, or well-being of; to affect detrimentally or prejudicially; to hurt, to harm, to injure, to endamage, to impair ...1563
• IMPERISH † to impair, to injure, to make worse ...1494
• JAZZ UP to confuse; to mess up; to interfere with; to ruin or impair; to botch ...1917 Amer. sl.
• LABEFY †* to weaken, to impair; to cause to fall ...1620
• MANK † to maim, to mangle, to mutilate; to make defective; to impair, to spoil ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc.
• QUAIL † to spoil, to impair ...1551
• TAINT † to affect injuriously; to cause detriment to; to hurt, to injure, to impair ...1601
IMPAIRED - adjectives
• ACRAZED † weakened, enfeebled, diseased in body, affected with illness, indisposed; impaired ...1521
• IMPAIRABLE * capable of being impaired ...a1665
• PALLED † enfeebled, weakened, impaired ...c1386
• SUFFERING † becoming impaired by use ...1601
• UNAPPAIRABLE † incapable of being impaired; unfading ...1574
IMPAIRED - verbs
• UNAPPAIR † to become impaired; to fade ...1426
IMPAIRMENT - nouns
• IMPEACHMENT † detriment, impairment, injury, damage ...1548
• MARRING † injury, harm, impairment ...1357
• PAIR †* impairment, abatement ...c1375
• PAIRING † injury, damage, impairment ...1382
• PAIRMENT † impairment; injury, deterioration ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
IMPALE - verbs
• GANCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
• GAUNCH † to impale a person upon sharp hooks or stakes as a mode of execution ...1615
IMPALING - nouns
• GANCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
• GANCHING † capital punishment by impaling ...1614
• GAUNCH † the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself ...1625-6
IMPARTIAL - adjectives
• UNAFFECTIONATE † unbiased; impartial ...1588
• UNAPPASSIONATE † impartial ...1598
IMPARTIAL - verbs
• HEAR OF BOTH EARS † to hear both sides, to be impartial ...1705
IMPARTIALITY - nouns
• OPEN GO any situation that meets a basic requirement of impartiality to all without fear of favour or prejudice ...20C Aust. sl.
IMPARTIALLY - adverbs
• UNAPPASSIONATELY † impartially ...1598
IMPASSE - nouns
• MEXICAN STANDOFF an impasse, deadlock; an impasse resolved by the backing down of one or both parties; a contest without a clear-cut victory for either side; a hopeless staring match ...1891 Amer. dial.
IMPASSIONED - adjectives
• CANDENT * fervent, impassioned ...1723
• HEATED impassioned, angry; inflamed, excited ...1593
• IMPASSIONATE * impassioned ...1590
IMPASSIONED - nouns
• IMPASSIONMENT † the fact of being impassioned; the act of impassioning ...
IMPASSIVE - adjectives
• PO-FACED characterized by or assuming an expressionless or impassive face; hence, humourless, disapproving ...c1900
• POKER-FACED without expression; showing a neutral mask; impassive ...1923 Amer. sl.
• STONY-FACED having an impassive, unfriendly and unyielding expression
IMPASSIVE - verbs
• NOT BAT AN EYE to remain impassive ...1904 sl., orig. US
• NOT BAT AN EYELID to remain impassive ...1904 sl., orig. US
IMPASSIVENESS - nouns
• UNAFFECTEDNESS † impassiveness, indifference ...1670
IMPATIENCE - nouns
• CABIN FEVER lassitude, restlessness, impatience, or irritability as a result of being confined in too small a space, with no variety in companions or occupations ...1918 sl.
• CAN'T-HARDLIES a state of anxiety or impatience ...1969 Amer. dial.
• DUCK-FIT a state or fit of excitement, impatience, or uneasiness; a tantrum ...1903 Amer. dial.
• EAGERS, THE feelings of desire, impatience, or anxiety; excessive eagerness or apprehension ...1828 Amer. dial.
• IMPATIENCY † impatience ...1526
• IMPATIENTNESS †* impatience ...1550
• KENTISH FIRE a prolonged and ordered salvo or volley of applause, or demonstration of impatience or dissent ...1834
• NETTLE a state of uneasiness or impatience ...1723
• TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state ...1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
IMPATIENCE - verbs
• FAUNCH to fret, to worry; to show irritation or impatience; to complain, to sulk ...1970 Amer. dial.
IMPATIENCE - interjections
• ACH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc ...1871 Sc.
• AUGH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc ...1871 Sc.
• BAGODBAGEE! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BAGODBAJEES! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BAGODBEJINGOES! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BLAST MY EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• BLAST YOUR EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• BOTHERATION! a mild expletive; an exclamation of impatience, annoyance, or disgust ...1797 colloq.
• CHA! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment ...1827 Jamaica
• CHO! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment ...1827 Jamaica
• DAMN MY EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• DAMN YOUR EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. ...M18 sl.
• FOOF! an exclamation of impatience, disgust, etc. ...1865 Sc.
• GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! an exclamation of amazement, impatience, etc. ...1906 Amer. sl.
• HURRY-DURRY † an exclamation of impatience or indignation ...1682
• NAME OF GOODNESS an expletive, generally of impatience ...1881 Eng. dial.
• NAME OF THUNDER an expletive, generally of impatience ...1892 Eng. dial.
• PISH! an exclamation of contempt, impatience or disgust ...1592
• PSHAW! * an excl. of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc.
• SHAFF! an exclamation of impatience or contempt ...1783 Eng. dial.
• TA! an exclamation of impatience or exasperation ...1837 Sc.
• TEUGH! an exclamation of disgust, contempt, or impatience ...1870 Sc.
• TEW! an exclamation of disgust, contempt, or impatience ...1870 Sc.
• TILLEY-VALLEY! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...1816 obs. or arch.
• TILLIE VALLIE! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...c1630 obs. or arch.
• TILLY-FALLY! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...1597 obs. or arch.
• TILLY-VALLY! † int. an exclamation of impatience or contempt at what has been said: Nonsense! Fiddlesticks! ... 1601 obs. or arch.
• TULLY VALY! † an exclamation of impatience; nonsense! fiddlesticks! ...a1529 obs. or arch.
IMPATIENT - adjectives
• ACHING TO impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ANXIOUSED UP impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL HOPPED UP impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN A LATHER impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN A STEW impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL IN A SWEAT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ON EDGE impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL ON END impatient ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ANXIOUSED UP impatient ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CATCHY impatient, irritable ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FIGHTING THE BITS said of an impatient or restless person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FISTY impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOPPED UP impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HURRY-DURRY † impatient, irritable ...1672 nautical
• IMPATIENTED † awaited with impatience ...1654-66
• IN A LATHER agitated, restless; impatient ...1839 sl.
• IN A STEW agitated, restless; impatient ...1806 sl.
• IN A SWEAT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ITCHETY impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ITCHY impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAINLESS impatient, restive, impetuous ...1880 Sc.
• ON EDGE impatient ...1870 sl.
• ON END impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON NETTLES fidgety, uneasy, excited; in a restless, impatient condition; anxious, in suspense ...1892
• ON TIPTOE impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PREVIOUS impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUICK † hasty, impatient, hot-tempered ...1549
• RAMSASSPATORIOUS excited, anxious, impatient ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANK very eager, anxious, impatient ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RARING impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RARIN' TO GO impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RED HOT impatient ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHORT-PATIENCED quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SHORT-PATIENT quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SNIPPY impatient, argumentative ...1848 US sl.
• UNBEAR † impatient ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNBEER † impatient ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNHEER † impatient ...1721 Eng. dial.
• UNPATIENT impatient ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
IMPATIENT - nouns, person
• RAGGARD a tease; an impatient person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPATIENT - verbs
• BATE † to flutter, to struggle; to be restless or impatient ...1592
• CHAMP AT THE BIT to be eager or impatient to start ...c1645
• CHEW ONE'S BITS to be eager, anxious, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CHEW THE BIT to be eager, anxious, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FASH AT to be impatient with, to be intolerant of; to grow weary of ...1721 Sc.
• GET ONE'S ASS OVER THE DASHBOARD to become excited, impatient or angry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S TAIL OVER THE DASH to become excited, impatient or angry ...1995 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD to become excited, impatient or angry ...1946 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS to be impatient or eager to act or speak; to be restless; to be or become agitated ...1931 sl., orig. US
• HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE to be exasperated; to have lost all one's patience ...1940s sl.
• SIT UPON HOT COCKLES †* to be very impatient; to 'sit on pins and needles' ...1607
• STRAIN AT THE LEASH. to be eager or impatient to start ...1910 sl.
IMPATIENTLY - adverbs
• HASTIS hurriedly, hastily; impatiently ...1842 Eng. dial.
IMPEDE - adjectives
• IMPEDITIVE tending to impede or obstruct; obstructive ...1651
IMPEDE - verbs
• BAFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• BALK to hinder, to prevent, to thwart, to impede ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BOFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DACKLE to cause to hesitate, to impede, to hold back ...1934 Sc.
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• HABBLE to confuse, to perplex, to nonplus, to embarrass, to impede, to hamper or foil in the performance of anything ...1825 Sc.
• IMPEACH † to impede, to hinder, to prevent ...c1380
• IMPEDITE † to impede ...c1535 now rare or obs.
• LANTER to foil, to impede, to hinder ...1928 Sc.
• MAGGLE to impede, to hinder, to inconvenience ...a1813 Sc.
• TAIGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TARRY † to detain, to delay, to retard, to keep back a person or agent for a time; to keep waiting; to hold in check, to impede, to hinder ...1340
• TEAGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• THROGGLE to trammel, to impede, said of any article of dress that impedes free movement ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPEDED - adjectives
• IMPEDIBLE † that can be impeded, obstructed, or hindered ...1655
• IMPEDITE † impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective ...1544
• LETTED †* hindered, impeded ...1388
IMPEDED - nouns
• IMPEDIBILITY † liability to be impeded ...1677
IMPEDIMENT - adjectives
• BLESILOQUENT †* speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech ...1656
• TONGUE-TACKIT tongue-tied; having an impediment in speech; dumb, mute ...1825 Sc.
IMPEDIMENT - nouns
• CLOG an impediment; an encumbrance ...ME
• HAAR an impediment in speech ...1783 Sc.
• IMPEACH † hindrance, impediment, prevention ...1551
• IMPEACHMENT † hindrance, prevention, obstruction; impediment, obstacle ...1432
• MANT a stutter; an impediment in the speech ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAR † 1. a hindrance, obstruction; an impediment in speech ...a1300
† 2. a fault; a defect; an impediment ...1551 obs. exc. Sc.
• MORASS a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp. one that impedes progress
• OBEX † an impediment, an obstacle ...1611 rare or obs.
• POP an impediment in speech, a stammer ...1929 Sc.
• TACK an impediment in speech ...1972 Sc.
• TIE an impediment, an obstruction ...1885 Eng. dial.
IMPEDING - adjectives
• IMPEDIENT obstructive, hindering, impeding ...1596
• IMPEDIMENTAL of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding ...1654
• IMPEDIMENTARY of the nature of an impediment; obstructive; impeding ...1888
IMPEDING - nouns
• ACCUMBRANCE † the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury ...1489
• IMPEDITION † the act of impeding; hindering ...1623
IMPEL - verbs
• HARRY to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HERRY to harass, to tease, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• IMPORTUNE † to press, to urge, to impel ...1603
• TICKLE † to stir up, to incite, to provoke; to prompt or impel to do something ...1532
IMPELLED - adjectives
• IMPRESSED impelled, moved ...1931 Amer. dial.
IMPENETRABLE - adjectives
• IMPERVIAL †* impervious; impenetrable ...1618
IMPENITENT - adjectives
• OBDURATE hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence ...c1440
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence ...1608
IMPERATIVELY - adverbs
• KELEUSMATICALLY imperatively, by way of a command ...1885
IMPERCEPTIBLE - adjectives
• IMPERCEIVABLE * imperceptible ...a1617
• UNKENNABLE imperceptible, inconspicuous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPERCEPTIBLY - adverbs
• UNAPPREHENSIVELY † undiscoverably, imperceptibly ...a1659
IMPERFECT - adjectives
• ABORTIVATE †* imperfect, defective ...c1630
• HALF-FACED imperfect, incomplete, half-and-half ...1592
• HALFLING half-complete, imperfect ...1705 Sc.
• IMPERFECTED † not perfected; incomplete, imperfect ...1552
• IMPERFECTIOUS †* full of imperfection, imperfect, faulty ...1594
• IMPERFECTIVE † characterized by imperfection; imperfect ...a1677
• UNPERFECT imperfect; unfitting ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
IMPERFECT - verbs
• GALL a fault, an imperfection; a defect in a tree ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• IMPERFECT † to render imperfect; to destroy the perfection of ...1555
• MAKE MASHELTON OF ANYTHING to do anything imperfectly, to make a muddle of, to bungle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLY to hurry over work; to do anything in an imperfect manner ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
IMPERFECTION - nouns
• IMPERFECTIVE † an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish ...1601
• UNFULLMAKING † imperfection ...a1300
IMPERFECTLY - adverbs
• NAKEDLY † barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly ...1589 rare or obs.
IMPERIAL - nouns
• IMPERIALITY † 1. imperial rank, power, or authority ...1534
* 2. an imperial right or privilege; a tax levied by an emperor or empress ...1799
3. a humorous title for an emperor or imperial personage ...1870
• IMPERIALTY † imperial state or government, empire ...1600
• IMPERIOUSNESS † imperial character or dignity; absolute rule or sovereignty; empire ...1574
• IMPERIUM command; absolute power; supreme or imperial power ...1651
• IMPERY † imperial or supreme rule or authority; command, dominion, sovereignty ...a1300
IMPERIAL - verbs
• IMPERIALIZE to render imperial; to belong to an empire or an imperial policy ...1805
IMPERIL - verbs
• JEOPARD to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, or death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...c1374
• JEOPARDY * to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...1460
• PUT IN ADVENTURE to put in jeopardy, to imperil, to risk, to stake ...1297
IMPERIOUS - adjectives
• GAUSTERING imperious, boasting ...1824 Eng. dial.
• MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering ...1531-2
• SIRLY †* lordly, haughty, imperious ...c1350
IMPERIOUS - nouns, person
• BASHAW a grandee; a haughty, imperious man ...1593
• MASTER WOMAN † an imperious or masculine woman ...1534
IMPERISHABLE - adjectives
• IMMARCESCIBLE * unfading; incorruptible, imperishable ...1542
• IMPERIBLE †* imperishable ...1614
IMPERSONATE - verbs
• IMPERSONIFY * to represent in personal form; to impersonate ...1804
• IMPERSONIZE * to personify, to impersonate ...1804
IMPERSONATION - nouns
• IMPERSONIZATION * impersonation ...1796
IMPERSONATOR - nouns
• FAG SHOW in the circus or carnival: a performance by female impersonators ...1940s US sl.
IMPERSONATOR - nouns, person
• IMPERSONATRESS a female impersonator ...1881
• IMPERSONATRIX a female impersonator ...1847
IMPERTINENCE, IMPERTINENT - nouns
• BACK-CHAT saucy or impertinent replies to a superior; cheek, impudence, abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk ...1901 sl.
• BACK-SASS impertinent talk ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FAASTIE rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica usage
• GAFF † loud, rude talk, impertinence ...1880 Sc.
• IMPERANCE impertinence; impudence ...1766 sl.
• IMFERENCE sauciness, impertinence ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMPITTENCE impudence, impertinence, forwardness ...1896 Eng. dial.
• NASH-GAB impertinent chatter, insolent talk ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB impertinent chatter; insolent talk ...1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SASS sauciness, impertinence, cheek; impudent talk ...1835 N. Amer. colloq.
• SAUCE sauciness, impertinence, pertness, brashness ...1835 colloq.
• SAUCE MALAPERT † impertinence, insolence ...1529
IMPERTINENT - adjectives
• APISH impertinent ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAIRSE impertinent, impudent ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAST-FAST MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST-MOUTH cheeky, impertinent ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• FAST WITH cheeky, impertinent ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• FASTY rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica sl.
• HARDEN-FACED impertinent, brazen-faced,; hard-hearted ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FAUSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FEISTY irascible, argumentative, touchy, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FICETY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FISTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• FYSTY irascible, angry, low, mean, cross; pert, impertinent, impudent, self-important; frisky, mettlesome ...1890 Amer. dial.
• GABBIT loquacious, talkative, tattling; impudent, impertinent ...1808 Sc.
• IKEY impertinent, cheeky ...L19 US sl.
• IKY impertinent, impudent, cheeky ...1906 Amer. dial.
• IMPERSOME impertinent, impudent ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IMPERT pert, impertinent, impudent ...1889 Eng. dial.
• MANNISH forward, impertinent; usually applied to young people ...20C US & W. Indies sl.
• NEBBIE cheeky, impertinent ...1888 Sc.
• NEBBY sharp, ill-natured; impertinent ...1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEBSIE ill-natured, sharp in manner, impertinent ...B1900 Sc.
• NEBSY ill-natured, sharp in manner; impertinent ...1896 Sc.
• OFF BASE impertinent; assuming authority or intimacy which one does not have ...20C sl.
• PAUGHTY pert, impertinent, saucy, insolent ...1637-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANK impertinent, extremely cheeky ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SELF-CONCEITY conceited, impertinent ...1969 Amer. dial.
IMPERTINENT - nouns, person
• BEAUTY a term of contempt for a person who is the reverse of beautiful; an impertinent, an unmanageable person; one who is incompetent; used ironically ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIRSIE a forward, impertinent child ...19C Sc.
• BORE an impertinent person, one who talks back ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUTTON a young man, a boy; an inexperienced or impertinent fellow ...1915 Amer. dial. West.
• CANAT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• IMPERTINENCE an impertinent or insolent person ...1754
• JACK-ADAMS a foolish and stubborn person; a simpleton; a silly, impertinent fellow ...1690 sl.
• JACKANAPES a ridiculous upstart; a pert, impertinent, or conceited fellow who assumes ridiculous airs; a coxcomb, a fop ...c1555
• KINAT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• KINNAT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• KINNATT an impertinent, conceited youngster ...20C Irish sl.
• NACKET a pert, forward, smart boy; a trifling little person; an insignificant person; a wicked, mischievous, or impertinent child; a precocious child ...1833 Sc.
• NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl ...1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• NASH-GOB an impertinent, ill-natured fellow ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SASS-BOX an impertinent person; one who gives rude answers ...1871 Amer. dial.
• SASSY-BOX an impertinent person; one who gives rude answers ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUCEBOX a person addicted to making saucy or impertinent remarks ...1588 colloq.
• SAUCY-BOX a person addicted to making saucy or impertinent remarks ...1588 colloq.
• SAUCY-FACE an impertinent person ...1684
• SNIPPER-SNAPPER † a small, insignificant, conceited fellow; an impertinent youth; an effeminate young fellow ...c1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YACKEY-YAA a term of contempt for an impertinent fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
IMPERTINENT - verbs
• BACK-SASS to speak impertinently or discourteously ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BRASS IT to behave with effrontery ...1859 colloq.
• COME THE OLD TIN SOLDIER to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
• COME THE TIN SOLDIER to be impertinent or obstructive ...1977 UK sl.
• EAT RAZOR SOUP to say something sharp or impertinent ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FAS' to be fast with, to be rude, impertinent; to meddle with somebody's business; to be forward ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• GAB to speak boldly or impertinently; to assail or answer with impertinent language; to jeer at ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAB AGAIN to give an impertinent reply when reprimanded ...1721 Sc.
• GADGE to dictate impertinently; to talk idly ...1719 Sc.
• SASS to speak rudely or impertinently to a person; to answer someone back ...1856 N. Amer. colloq.
• SAUCE to be impertinent to; to answer impudently; to be cheeky, to tease ...1862 Eng. dial.
IMPERTINENTLY - adverbs
• PAUGHTILY superciliously, in a conceited or impertinent manner ...1838 Sc.
IMPERVIOUS - adjectives
• IMPERVIAL †* impervious; impenetrable ...1618
• OBTURATE †* stopped up, obstructed; fig. impervious ...c1560