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UNTAMED - UPROARIOUS
UNTAMED - adjectives
• FERINE of the nature of a wild animal, wild, untamed ...1677
• HAGGAR wild, untamed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGARD † wild, untamed, unreclaimed, untrained ...1580
• RAMAGE of animals: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...c1290
• RAMAGEOUS † of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...1398
• RAMAGIOUS † wild, untamed ...1398
• RAMMISH † wild, violent, untamed, rash; strong ...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SEVERE wild, untamed, fierce, vicious, savage ...1829 Amer. dial.
UNTARNISHED - adjectives
• UNBLENCHED unstained, untarnished ...1813
• UNBRAIDED † untarnished, undamaged ...1611
UNTAUGHT - adjectives
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• LEWD † unlearned, unlettered, untaught, ignorant ...a1225
UNTENDED - adjectives
• CARELESS † uncared for, untended ...1590
• TENTLESS uncared for, untended ...1835 Sc.
• UNCARED untended; uncared for ...Bk1905 Ireland
UNTHAWED - adjectives
• UNGEEN unrelented; unthawed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTHINKABLE - adjectives
• INCOGITABLE that cannot be thought of; unthinkable, inconceivable ...1522
• SICK AND WRONG absolutely impossible, unthinkable, totally disgusting; also used ironically ...1980s US campus sl.
UNTHINKING - adjectives
• ACEREBRAL brainless; unintelligent; unthinking ...M20
• INCOGITANT thoughtless, not thinking; inconsiderate; characterized by want of thought ...1628
UNTHINKING - nouns, person
• DUMBBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...1918 US colloq.
• DUMBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...E20 US colloq.
UNTHINKINGLY - adverbs
• UNCANNILY unthinkingly, thoughtlessly ...1825 Eng. dial.
UNTHRIFTY - adjectives
• MALEGERENT †* ill-behaving, unthrifty, improvident ...1727
• UNHAGLY unthrifty, untidy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WANTHRIFTY unthrifty ...a1585 Sc.
UNTHRIVING - adjectives
• UNKINDLY unnatural; unthriving; undesirable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTIDILY - adverbs
• A-MULLOCK untidily; in a confused heap ...1890 Eng. dial.
UNTIDINESS - nouns
• JAKES a state of dirty mess or untidiness; a mess, confusion ...1867 Eng. dial.
UNTIDY - adjectives
• ALL-A-MUGGLE disorderly, untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL IN A MUGGLE disorderly, untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL TO A MUGGLE disorderly, untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLED UP untidy, in a mess or litter ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CADDLING untidy, disorderly, slipshod ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASS-CASS untidy, disreputable, inferior, low-class ...20C W. Indies
• DAGGLE-TAILED † having the skirts splashed by being trailed over wet ground; untidy, slatternly ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUBY sticky, clammy, dirty, untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DAWDRY slovenly, untidy ...1835 Sc.
• FALLOPY untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALLY-LIKE untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEEST untidy, unkempt; filthy ...1901 Amer. dial.
• GOING TO RIDE OUT of a room or piece of furniture: untidy, very cluttered or disordered ...1855 Amer. dial.
• HACKLE UP of things: torn, damaged, untidy ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HAGEGY untidy, slovenly; loose ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HAGGAGING untidy, slovenly; loose ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAIRY unkempt, untidy, rough, slovenly ...1956 Sc.
• HARUM untidy, slovenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWTHERY untidy, tossed ...Bk1902 N. Ireland
• HOGRY-MOGRY disorderly, in a confused state; untidy, slovenly ...1869 Sc.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY in a confused state, disorderly, untidy, slovenly ...B1900 Sc.
• MENSELESS without regard for decency or propriety; indecent; untidy, disorderly ...1811 Eng. dial.
• MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISPUT untidy, messy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFFAL inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OFFALD inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OFFALLY inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1857 Eng. dial.
• OFFALY inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• PAIXY untidy; dirty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH beggarly, untidy ..,1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGETY ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGILY beggarly, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons: unkempt, untidy, rough ...1882 Sc.
• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US sl.
• READY TO RIDE OUT of a room or piece of furniture: untidy, very cluttered or disordered ...1855 Amer. dial.
• REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused ...1842
• SAMMY untidy in dress; slovenly in gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUCY dirty, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABELY scraggy, untidy, naked-looking ...1921 Sc.
• SCAMBLING hasty, careless; makeshift; untidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCAMMISH rough, awkward, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAUER untidy ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOSLICH hasty, clumsy, sloppy, untidy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSELY sloppy, untidy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SCLAFFIE untidy ...c1850 Sc.
• SCOUR untidy ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SCRAGGLING wild, untidy, disorderly, generally applied to vegetation ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROOBLY messy, mussy, untidy ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPLED untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLACKER THAN DISHWATER untidy, dirty, slovenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLAMMERKIN untidy, slovenly ...1794 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLIPPETTY-SLOPPETTY untidy, slovenly, slatternly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLOBBY untidy ...1961 sl.
• SLUMMOCKY slovenly, untidy ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUTTISH dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...LME
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TADDY untidy; tossed about ...Bk1905 Ireland
• TALLOCKING idle, good-for-nothing; slovenly, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• THICK-THUMBED sluttish, untidy; clumsy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKY untidy, rough, shabby, unpolished, messy ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TUZZY-MUZZY dishevelled, ragged, untidy; fuzzy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• UDDER-MUCKING untidy, slovenly, dirty, muddling ...1896 Eng. dial.
• UNHAGLY unthrifty, untidy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHEPPEN slatternly, untidy; unbecoming ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNKAIMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKAMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKEMBED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKEMMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNMANNERLY untidy ...1854 Eng. dial.
• UNMEANSOME ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNMENSEFUL unbecoming, ill-dressed, shabby, untidy ...Bk1905 N. Eng. dial.
• UNPURPOSE awkward; inexact; untidy; useless ...1865 Sc.
• UNPURPOSE-LIKE awkward, unfit, untidy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNREADY untidy ...1885 Eng. dial.
• UNRID disorderly, untidy; filthy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRIDDY untidy; slow in motion or speech ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTIDY - adverbs
• HAGGERTY-TAG in an untidy, ragged manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY untidily ...1598
UNTIDY - nouns
• AUCTION a dirty or untidy place or room; a disorderly crowd ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BOAR'S NEST an untidy or messy room or house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOAR'S ROOM an untidy or messy room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BRECHAM an untidy piece of dress ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAB anything slovenly or untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FIBBER MCGEE'S CLOSET an untidy or overstuffed closet, cubbyhole, or room that serves as a catchall ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FUSSOCK an untidy mass or bundle ...M19 Sc.
• GLORY HOLE a room, cupboard, or other storage space that contains an untidy and miscellaneous collection of objects ...colloq.
• LAST YEAR'S BIRD'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S CROW'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S WASP NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MAMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MARE'S NEST an untidy jumble; a mess; a tangle of debris in a stream ...1948 Amer. dial.
• MOMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY'S BREAKFAST an untidy piece of work ...20C nautical sl.
• MUMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• PIGSTY a dirty or untidy place ...1820 sl.
• RAGABRAG a beggarly, untidy state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGABRASH a beggarly, untidy state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a very dirty, filthy, untidy room ...c1880 colloq.
• SKLATCHIN a clot or mass of something messy or untidy ...1866 Sc.
• TIP an untidy place, esp. a room ...1983 colloq.
• WRECK OF THE HESPERUS an untidy, dishevelled person or place ...E20 Brit. sl.
UNTIDY- nouns, person
• ABLACH a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person ...1788 Sc.
• BLUTTER a dirty, clumsy, untidy, or slovenly person ...1776 Sc.
• BOCH an untidy or disagreeable woman ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAB an untidy, thriftless woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAG an untidy, slovenly person ...20C Aust. sl.
• DAGGLE-TAIL † a person, esp. a woman, whose garments are bemired by being trailed over wet ground; an untidy woman, a slut, a slattern ...1577-87 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAW an untidy woman or housewife, a slut, a slattern ...1500-20 Sc.
• DAWPS a slattern; a dirty, untidy woman ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † a slovenly, untidy woman; a slut, a drab ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DROOPY-DRAWERS an untidy, sloppy, or depressing person ...1910s sl.
• GRUB an untidy person; a slovenly person, esp. a child ...a1845 Amer. sl.
• HAGGAGE a term of reproach for a woman; an untidy, slatternly, or slovenly woman ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person; a rough field-labourer ...1824 Sc.
• MAD MOLL O' THE WOODS an untidy woman or girl ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAILIN an untidy, slovenly girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALLY-WALLOPS a tall, untidy woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOPSY † a slatternly, untidy woman; a sloven; a dowdy or homely woman ...a1700 ? obs.
• MOTHER BUNCH a fat or untidy old woman ...1847 sl.
• MOXIE an untidy thus unattractive young woman ...20C W. Indies
• MUCK-SUCKLE a filthy, dirty, slatternly, or very untidy woman ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• MUCKY PUP a dirty or untidy child; a term of disapproval ...1984 Brit. sl.
• RAG BAG a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern; an untidy or shabbily dressed person ...1888 UK sl.
• RAGGEDY ANN an untidy, unkempt woman ...1980s US Black sl.
• SCALLOP an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALLOPS an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SCASH † an untidy or slovenly piece of dress; an untidy person, a sloven ...1895 Sc.
• SCLAFF an untidy, slatternly person ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLEURACH a person untidy in dress and gait; a sloven, a slattern ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLUTE a lout, an awkward, clumsy fellow; a person of untidy habits, esp. a woman ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLYTE a clumsy, untidy fellow ...1804 Sc.
• SCOW-BANK an untidy, idle, lounging person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF an untidy person ...1950s sl.
• SCRUFFO an untidy person ...1959 sl.
• SKLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLUTE a lout, an awkward, clumsy fellow; a person of untidy habits, esp. a woman ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLYTE a clumsy, untidy fellow ...1804 Sc.
• SLOB a dirty, slovenly, or untidy person; also implies fatness - a fat person ...1861 sl.
• SLUMMOCK a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TACK a person who is unfashionable or untidy ...1893 Amer. dial.
• WRECK OF THE HESPERUS an untidy, dishevelled person or place ...E20 Brit. sl.
UNTIDY - verbs
• BEDABBLE to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
• LOOK LIKE A CHAP'S PLAYHOUSE to be untidy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOOK LIKE A DEAD DUCK IN A THUNDERSTORM to be unattractive, untidy, etc. ...20C Aust. sl.
• MESS OVER to meddle with, to make a mess of, to make untidy or disorderly, to cause pain or trouble for ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MUSS to make untidy; to rumple ...19C US & Can. colloq.
• SCAMBLE to trample upon; to litter about, to make untidy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLUT to make dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...E17
• TAZZLE to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TAZZLE UP to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TEAR UP to mess up, to make untidy or disorderly, to muddle up, to disarrange ...1939 Amer. dial.
UNTIDY - phrases
• DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN'T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT UP WITH A PITCHFORK, THE said of an untidy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
UNTIE - verbs
• CHAW BEEF to use one's teeth to untie knots in (wet) clothing ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHAW RAW BEEF to use one's teeth to untie knots in (wet) clothing ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHAW ROAST BEEF to use one's teeth to untie knots in (wet) clothing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• UNBRACE to undo, to loosen or untie ...c1475
UNTIL - prepositions
• AWHILST until ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
UNTIMELINESS - nouns
• IMMATURITY † prematureness; untimeliness ...c1540
UNTIMELY - adjectives
• IMMATURE † occurring before its time; untimely, premature ...1548 obs. or arch.
• IMPORTUNATE † inopportune, unseasonable, untimely ...1529
• IMPORTUNE † inopportune, untimely; unseasonable, unfit ...c1425
UNTIMELY - adverbs
• IMPORTUNATELY † inopportunely, untimely, unseasonably ...1529
UNTIRINGLY - adverbs
• LIKE UGLY ON A BABOON tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
LIKE UGLY ON AN APE tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON A TOAD tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2005 Amer. dial.
• • LIKE UGLY ON WARTHOG tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2006 Amer. dial.
UNTOUCHED - adjectives
• UNATTAINED † untouched, unaffected ...1613
UNTOWARD - adjectives
• AWK of persons or things: awkward, untoward ...1580 Eng. dial.
• AWKLY † untoward, perverse ...1556
• PROTERVOUS † forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant ...1547
UNTOWARD - nouns
• CROOK IN ONE'S LOT something untoward or distressing; a trial, an affliction ...Sc.
UNTOWARDLY - adverbs
• AWKLY † perversely, untowardly ...c1440
UNTRAINED - adjectives
• CALFISH raw, untrained, inexperienced ...1765
• HAGGARD † wild, untamed, unreclaimed, untrained ...1580
• JACK-LEG ineffectual, incompetent; amateur, untrained; said of someone without skill or training ...1850 US sl.
• JACK-LEGGED inept, untrained, unprofessional, dishonest ...1839 Amer. sl.
• JAKELEG untrained, unprofessional, dishonest ...M19 US sl.
• SHIRTTAIL of a worker: inexperienced, inept, untrained ...1968 Amer. dial.
UNTRAINED - nouns, person
• SHIRTTAIL FELLOW a very inexperienced, inept, or untrained person ...1966 Amer. dial.
UNTRAVELLED - adjectives
• UNAIRED † untravelled ...a1616
UNTRIED - adjectives
• UNVONDED † untried ...a1225
UNTRIMMED - adjectives
• UNCRUBEET uncurbed, unrestrained; uncropped, untrimmed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTRUE - adjectives
• FALSESOME † deceitful, untrue ...1533 obs. exc. Sc. rare
• LEASE † untrue, false, lying ...a900
UNTRUE - nouns
• BOLLY WASH nonsense; something said that is silly or untrue ...11967 Amer. dial.
• FALSEDICT † an untrue deliverance or utterance ...1579
• WHURLIEGIRKIE an untrue or fanciful tale ...1887 Sc.
UNTRUE - verbs
• FALSE † to falsify; to make untrue; to introduce falsehood into; to corrupt ...c1380
• SCONCE to tell tales that are untrue or exaggerated to obtain one's ends ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNTRUE - interjections/phrases
• ALL MY EYE AND BETTY MARTIN untrue (often preceded by 'That's) ...B1785
• ALL ON TOP! that's untrue ...1984 UK criminals' sl.
UNTRUSTING - nouns, person
• QUEER GILL an untrusting, suspicious person ...19C sl.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - adjectives
• BACKANAHAN untrustworthy, underhanded ...1996 Belize
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BRICKLE changeable, uncertain; fickle, not trustworthy ...1872 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• COPPER-HEARTED untrustworthy, likely to inform ...Amer.
• DIDDLIN trifling; seemingly active, yet accomplishing little; untrustworthy ...1888 Sc.
• FAST untrustworthy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FLY-BY-NIGHT unreliable or untrustworthy, esp. in finance ...colloq.
• GAFTY sly, tricky, cunning, not to be trusted; mischievous, vicious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLIBBERY † shifty, untrustworthy ...1602
• INFIDOUS †* faithless, unfaithful; not to be trusted ...1656
• JACKIE TRENT corrupt, untrustworthy ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'bent'
• LAKES two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney' (Lakes of Killarney)
• LAKES OF KILLARNEY two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney'
• LOOSE IN THE HEFT dissolute, dishonest, untrustworthy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• LURKY seedy, untrustworthy, weird ...1970s US college sl.
• NO-ACCOUNT worthless; useless; good-for-nothing; insignificant; undependable, untrustworthy, criminal ...1845 Amer. dial.
• RAMBLING talkative, untrustworthy ...1895 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMELIN' talkative, untrustworthy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAT unpleasant, untrustworthy, generally despicable ...1910s sl., orig. US
• SHIFTY undependable, untrustworthy, dishonest, evasive ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SKETCHY untrustworthy, suspicious ...1990s US campus sl.
• SLIDDERY † sly, deceitful, shifty, evasive; not trustworthy ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SNITCH-ASS untrustworthy, tale-telling ...1980s US Black sl.
• TRUE AS BARBER'S NEWS untrustworthy ...B1900
• TWO-FACED AS A METHODIST AX, AS two-faced, deceitful, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UNCANNY † unreliable, not to be trusted ...1639
• WAFF unscrupulous, untrustworthy ...1825 Sc.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - nouns, person
• AUNTIE'S RUIN a disreputable, untrustworthy, seedy man ...1900s sl.
• BACK-AND-BELLY a hypocrite; an untrustworthy person ...1950s W. Indies
• BAD LOT an unpleasant, untrustworthy person ...M19 sl.
• BLADDERSCAT a deceiving person; one you cannot trust ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• EDGER one who is not straightforward; a deceiver; someone you can't trust ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLY-BY-NIGHTER an untrustworthy person, esp. one who departs secretly or by night to avoid paying debts
• KIKE (derogatory) a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics ...1904 Amer. dial.
• NO-ACCOUNT a deceiving person, or one that you can't trust ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUIRK an untrustworthy person ...20C Irish sl.
• SCALY-BACK a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SCALY-BACKED REPTILE a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SCHLENTERER a devious, untrustworthy person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SHNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a contemptible person; an informer ...1950 UK sl.
• SKANKER an untrustworthy, dissolute person ...1970s W. Indies sl.
• SKINNER a deceitful or untrustworthy person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a wretched man; a hateful fellow; a two-faced, underhand person; someone who isn't what he seems; a phony; a mean, dishonest person ...E20 sl.
• WRONG GEE a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG GUY a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG INJUN an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG NUMBER a dishonest, untrustworthy person ...1920s US sl.
• WRONG 'UN a criminal; a thoroughly bad person; an untrustworthy, incompetent person, animal, action, circumstance, or event ...L19 sl.
• YAFFNER an untrustworthy person; a telltale ...L19 US Black sl.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - verbs
• JACKET to be labelled untrustworthy or given any form of bad reputation by fellow prisoners ...1970s US prison sl.
• MARK SOMEONE'S CARD to categorize, usually either as a good or trustworthy person, or a bad an untrustworthy person; to put someone in a specific position ...1960s sl.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - phrases
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM ANY FURTHER THAN THE END OF MY NOSE not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM AROUND A BROOMSTRAW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM AT THE END OF MY NOSE not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A BROOMSTRAW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A CORKSCREW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DIME EDGEWAYS not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DIME not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DIME TURNED EDGEWISE not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DUST OF FLOUR not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A KNIFE, AND IT TURNED SIDEWAYS not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A NEEDLE not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A PIN not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A STRAW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A THIN DIME not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM FROM HERE TO THE END OF MY NOSE not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM IN A SHITHOUSE WITH A MUZZLE ON not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM THE OTHER SIDE OF A DIME not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM THE OTHER SIDE OF A NICKEL not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM TO THE END OF ONE'S ELBOW not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I COULD FLING A BULL BY THE TAIL implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...M19 sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I COULD THROW AN ANVIL IN A SWAMP implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...20C sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I COULD THROW THEM implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...L19 sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM WITH A KID'S MONEY-BOX implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...20C sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM WITH OUR CAT implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...20C sl.
UNTRUTH - see LIE
UNTRUTH, UNTRUTHFULNESS - nouns
• FALSESHIP † untruthfulness; dishonesty, deceit ...c1230
• INVERACITY untruthfulness; an untruth; a false statement ...M19
UNTRUTHFUL - adjectives
• CADDLING gossiping, untruthful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• INVERACIOUS untruthful, untrue ...L19
UNTRUTHFUL - nouns, person
• WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNTRUTHFUL - verbs
• RAVEL to wander in speech; to speak incoherently or untruthfully ...1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNUSED - adjectives
• MOTHBALL inactive, unused; stored away
UNUSED - verbs
• LIE-BY to lie idle; to lie unused ...B1900 Sc.
UNUSUAL - adjectives
• BEATEMEST most remarkable or unusual ...1831 Amer. dial.
• BEATENEST most remarkable or unusual ...1860 Amer. dial.
• BEATERMOST † most remarkable or unusual ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BEATINGEST most remarkable or unusual ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BEATOMEST most remarkable or unusual ...1845 Amer. dial.
• CHUMPY behaving in an unusual or strange manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• DIGGING † remarkable, unusual ...1820 Amer. dial.
• EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy ...1990s sl.
• HEADINGEST most unusual or striking ...1952 Amer. dial.
• INSOLITE †* unusual, unaccustomed, strange ...1490
• KINKY very odd or unusual; arousing suspicion ...1948 Amer. sl.
• OFFBEAT unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary ...1925 US sl., orig. jazz
• OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange ...1960 Amer. sl.
• OFF-THE-WALL bizarre, unusual ...1937 sl.
• QUEER AS A CLOCKWORK ORANGE unusual or suspicious ...1980 UK sl.
• QUEER AS A FOUR-SPEED WALKING STICK unusual; ostentatiously homosexual ...1984 UK sl.
• QUEER AS A LEFT-HANDED CORKSCREW unusual; ostentatiously homosexual ...1970s UK sl.
• QUEER AS A NINE-BOB NOTE unusual, particularly suspicious ...1960s sl.
• QUEER AS A TWO-QUID NOTE unusual, particularly suspicious ...1960s sl.
• RARACHOSE †* rare, unusual ...1676
• SPLIT-ASS unusual ...1910s Aust.
• STRAVAGANT † extraordinary, unusual, special ...1613
• UNACCOUNTABLE remarkable, unusual; excessive ...1884 Eng. dial.
• UNACCUSTOMABLE † unusual ...1584
• UNACQUAINTED † unknown, unfamiliar, strange, unusual ...1551
• UNCO unknown, strange; unusual; foreign ...c1410 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UNKED unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• WACKY unusual, out of the way, little known ...c1942 journalists' sl.
• WRIGGLY out of the ordinary; suspiciously different ...1995 UK sl.
UNUSUAL - adverbs
• RARELY in an unusual degree; exceptionally ...1606
UNUSUAL - nouns
• AUNTER a strange or unusual deed; anything unusual or out of the ordinary ...1697 Eng. dial.
• CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence ...1835 Amer. dial.
• DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH an unusual event ...1953 US sl.
• FLAMER a conspicuous, ostentatious person who 'burns brightly'; someone or something very unusual or vigorous ...c1805
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOLOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• MASER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MAZER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MEEJICK anything strange or unusual ...1880 Eng. dial.
• NEWANCE a new thing; a novelty; anything unusual ...1875 Sc.
• SECTION 37 in logging: something queer or unusual ...1958 Amer. dial.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNUSUAL - nouns, person
• CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence ...1835 Amer. dial.
• FLAMER a conspicuous, ostentatious person who 'burns brightly'; someone or something very unusual or vigorous ...c1805
• FLY BULL an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY COP an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY DICK an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY MUG an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOLOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• ODDBALL a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless ...1940 Amer. colloq.
• QUARE FELLA an eccentric; an unusual person ...M19 Irish sl.
UNUSUAL - verbs
• RATTLE ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE CAKE to be so unusual as to be unbelievable; to be extremely audacious; to have unusual behaviour or characteristics ...c1890 US colloq.
UNUSUAL - interjections
• SHU-FLY! a mild expression of surprise or recognition of something remarkable or unusual ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
UNUSUALLY - adverbs
• UNACCUSTOMABLY † unusually ...1651
• UNACCUSTOMARILY † unusually, abnormally ...1634
• UNKIN very, unusually ...1892 Sc.
• WHIZZING extremely; unusually ...1909 Amer. dial.
UNVARIED - adjectives
• EVEN-FLAVOURED uniform, unvaried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SAMELY similar, without variety, unvaried, monotonous ...1799
UNWANTED - nouns
• RED-HEADED STEPCHILD something that is unwanted or badly treated ...1941 Amer. dial.
UNWANTED - nouns, person
• GOOSEBERRY an unwanted third person; the third person who makes a 'crowd' ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RED-HEADED STEPCHILD someone or something that is unwanted or badly treated ...1941 Amer. dial.
UNWANTED - phrases
• NO IRISH NEED APPLY you're not wanted; Git! ...Bk1896 Amer.
UNWARLIKE - adjectives
• IMBELLIC † unwarlike ...a1620
• IMBELLIOUS † unwarlike, cowardly ...1602
• IMMARTIAL †* not martial; unwarlike ...c1611
UNWARY - adjectives
• ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH off one's guard; unaware or unwary; derelict in one's duty ...1914 Amer. sl., orig. railroad usage
• INCAUTELOUS † heedless, unwary, incautious ...1610
• UNCAUTELOUS † incautious, unwary ...1628
• UNCIRCUMSPECT of persons: not cautious, imprudent, unwary ...1502
• WARELESS † unwary, incautious, imprudent ...1562
UNWASHED - adjectives
• ILLOTE unwashed ...1845
• REECHY smoky, begrimed with smoke; also, dirty, unwashed ...1854 Eng. dial.
UNWATCHFUL - adjectives
• UNWAKER † unwatchful ...a1225
UNWAVERINGLY - adverbs
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175
UNWELCOME - adjectives
• ILLCOME * unfortunately come or arrived; not welcome ...1579
UNWELCOME - nouns
• JACK DRUM'S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest ...L16 sl.
• JOHN DRUM'S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest ...L16 sl.
• READ 'EM AND WEEP some unwelcome or distressing news or information, the truth ...20C US sl.
• TOM DRUM'S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest ...L16 sl.
UNWELCOME - nouns, person
• BAD NEWS an unwelcome guest; something undesirable ...sl.
• BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
• COME-AROUND a person who is tolerated but not welcome ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• GOOZER one who attempts to join a group in which they are not numbered and/or welcome ...1990s UK juvenile usage
• INCHER a person who joins himself on to you and your group without being asked, and won't leave; someone who is uninvited or unwelcome ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNWELCOME - verbs
• RATTLE ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCREWZE to encroach, to intrude; to sponge; to come as an uninvited, unwelcome guest ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNWELL - adjectives
• ADDLE ailing, unwell ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AILY slightly ill, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERISH not exactly ill, but by no means well ...a1894 Amer. dial.
• AT HALF-MAST poorly, unwell ...1968 Amer. dial.
• AWFISH slightly unwell, out of sorts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH slightly unwell, out of sorts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAD unwell, sick, ill in body ...1879 Sc.
• BADLY unwell, indisposed, sick, in ill health ...1783 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BRIEF poorly, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DOWN IN THE DIKE unwell, ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEELING A BIT OFF unwell, off-colour ...Aust. sl.
• GRANKY sickly and complaining; slightly unwell; cranky ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ILLISH * somewhat ill or unwell; indisposed ...1637
• JAGGEDY looking unwell ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LOUSY unwell, tired, depressed ...1933 Amer. dial.
• MEAN unwell, in low spirits ...M19 US sl.
• MEAN ALL OVER unwell, poorly, under the weather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MICKEY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MICKY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• NOT KICKING VERY HIGH not feeling so good, unwell ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic ...1890s colloq.
• OFF AT HOOKS out of temper; unwell ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFISH unwell, out of health, somewhat ill, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FEED not feeling or looking well; indisposed ...1862 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S OATS feeling unwell, esp. if this diminishes one's appetite ...L19 sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS somewhat ill; indisposed; unwell, ailing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE BUM unwell ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY tired or vaguely unwell ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUCHY unwell, feeling discomfort ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF KELTER out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell ...1643
• OUT OF KILTER out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell ...1643
• PALTRY unwell, feeble, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEAKED in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1864 Amer. dial.
• PEAKEDY peaked; in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEAKING sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PEAKISH sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill...1821
• PEEKY sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND out of sorts, dispirited, 'under the weather' ...L18 sl.
• QUEERISH not well in health, rather uncomfortable ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUISBY queer, out of sorts, unwell ...1854 sl.
• QUISBY SNITCH of people: unwell; out of sorts ...M19 sl.
• RAGGED nervy, out of sorts, under the weather, unwell, tired ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• RAUNCHY ill, unwell ...1970s US campus sl.
• SADLY-BADLY very ill or unwell; very much indisposed ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SHABBY having a general feeling of unwellness, tired, 'under the weather' ...1926 Amer. dial.
• TENDERLY poorly, unwell ...1787 Sc.
• TEULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEWLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TIZZY feeling unwell ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TOOLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TRIFLING of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one's health: poor ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UNEVEN out of sorts, slightly unwell ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1844 Amer. dial.
• WEEWAW of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather ...1941 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW-Y of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather ...1932 Amer. dial.
• WOBBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1941 Amer. dial.
• WOOZY dizzy, faint, unwell ...1897
• WUMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1972 Amer. dial.
UNWELL - adverbs
• QUEERWAYS in not quite a normal state, slightly unwell ...1827 Sc.
UNWELL - nouns
• BOTS a vague feeling of unwellness; the blues ...1898 Amer. dial.
• GOOHOOPERS a condition of despondency or ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOFITS an unwell feeling, esp. in the head, or moody depression ...1918 sl.
UNWELL - nouns, person
• LAIMETER one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMESTER one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMETER one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMITOR one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
UNWHOLESOME - adjectives
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HEALTHLESS * not conducive to health; unwholesome, insalubrious ...1650
• MALIFEROUS bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious ...1727
UNWHOLESOMENESS - nouns
• HEALTHLESSNESS * unhealthiness, unwholesomeness ...1655
UNWIELDINESS - nouns
• UNGAINNESS clumsiness, unwieldiness ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNWIELDY - adjectives
• BAULTERING † moving unwieldily, floundering ...a1704
• BAUSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BAWSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BELKING unwieldy, large ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BUMBLE-BATH clumsy, unwieldy ...19C sl.
• BUNDLESOME bulky, unwieldy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BUNGERSOME awkward, clumsy, bungling, unwieldy ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BURLIBOND † clumsy, unwieldy ...17C
• EARDLY unusually large; unwieldy ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ELEPHANTINE resembling an elephant in action or manner; clumsy, unwieldy ...1845
• FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCKING unwieldy, fat ...L18 now Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN unwieldy, difficult to handle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERICAL † heavy or unwieldy as a rhinoceros ...1623
• ROID † large, unwieldy ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNEATHILY hard to move, corpulent, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• UNFEARY unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFIERDY adj. overgrown, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFREELIE heavy, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHANTY † overlarge, unwieldy ...1719 Sc.
• UNIWELDE † unwieldy ...c1205
• UNLIFTY awkward, clumsy, unwieldy ...1746 Eng. dial.
• UNLUSTY unwieldy, very fat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNWIELDY - nouns
• BRAWCHTON anything weighty or unwieldy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MAGIRKIE an odd, unwieldy object ...1879 Sc.
• MAJIRK an odd, unwieldy object ...1879 Sc.
UNWIELDY - nouns, person
• BRALLION an unwieldy person or animal ...19C Sc.
• FUSSOCK a coarse, fat, unwieldy, idle woman; a term of contempt ...a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANFER an unwieldy, uncouth person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HAGGIS a term of contempt applied to a lumpish, unwieldy person; a soft, 'pudding-headed' person; an indolent, do-nothing fellow ...1822
• LOB a clumsy fellow; an unwieldy, lumpish oaf ...E16
UNWILLING - adjectives
• ARFISH unwilling, reluctant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGH hesitating, reluctant, unwilling, disinclined ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARD perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARDS perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• BACKWARD unwilling, reluctant; shy, bashful, diffident; slow ...1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD-SWEER lazy, indolent, unwilling; undecided ...1721 Sc.
• ILL-WILLING † unwilling ...c1520
• KEEADISH sluggish; unwilling, disinclined ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant ...1714 Sc.
• LOFT unwilling ...1899 Amer. dial.
• REESTED stiff, tired, unwilling to do anything ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant ...1796 Sc.
• THREFT reluctant, unwilling; perverse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc.
• UNBAIN † not ready or willing; disobedient ...a1300
• UNLISTING disinclined, spiritless, unwilling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNWILLE † unwilling ...a1225
UNWILLING - verbs
• NOT GIVE THE SWEAT OFF OF ONE'S BALLS to be unwilling to give anything ...1949 US sl.
• TAR THE FINGERS TO DO A THING to meet with difficulty in accomplishing it; to be unwilling to do it ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THINK BAD to be unwilling ..1896 Ireland
• THINK ILL to be unwilling ...1853 Eng. dial.
UNWILLINGLY - adverbs
• ANKERLY unwillingly ...B1900 Sc.
• BACKWARDLY reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly ...1580
• HANGEDLY reluctantly, unwillingly; despondently, as though being led to the gallows ...1807 Eng. dial.
• OILINS BOILINS whether you like it or no, willing or unwilling, nolens volens ...1855 Eng. dial.
• THARFLY reluctantly, unwillingly, deliberately, slowly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITH AN ILL WILL † unwillingly ...1601
• WITH BAD GRACE unwillingly ...1832
UNWILLINGNESS - nouns
• ARGHNESS reluctance, unwillingness ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-BUTTINGS invalid excuses; hesitation combined with unwillingness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOLITION † unwillingness, absence of willing ...1653
• TARDITUDE * slowness to act; tardiness, sluggishness; unwillingness ...1794
• UNIWILL † unwillingness ...c1175
UNWIND - verbs
• EGLOMERATE † to unwind, to unwind itself ...1656
• REEVE to unwind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• UNFANKLE † to disentangle, to unwind ...1824 Sc.
• UNREAVE of a rope, yarn, etc.: to unravel, to unwind ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNWIPED - adjectives
• UNDIGHTED unwiped ...1884 Sc.
UNWISE - adjectives
• AERWITTE † witless, unwise ...1205
• INSIPIENT * void of wisdom, understanding, or intellect; unwise, foolish, stupid ...1528
UNWISE - nouns, person
• CHUMP an injudicious person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. college sl.
• INSIPIENT † an unwise, foolish or silly person ...1494
UNWISE - verbs
• YADDLE to speak quickly and unwisely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNWORKABLE - adjectives
• CRACK-POT of ideas, schemes: crazy, unworkable, fantastic ...20C colloq.
UNWORKABLE - verbs
• GUM UP THE WORKS to make unworkable
UNWORKMANLIKE - adjectives
• BUNGERLY † unworkmanlike, bungling, clumsy, awkward, slovenly ...1580
UNWORLDLY - adjectives
• MUTTONBIRDY old-fashioned, unworldly ...20C Aust. sl.
UNWORLDLY - nouns, person
• RANKY DANK an unsophisticated, unworldly person ...1960s US Black sl.
UNWORTHY - adjectives
• ILLAUDABLE unworthy of praise or commendation ...1589
• INDING † unworthy, shameful ...1790 Sc.
• NOT WORTH A WHOOP not worth the trouble of summoning ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REJECTANEOUS † unworthy of acceptance; deserving rejection; not chosen or received, rejected ...1657
UNWORTHY - verbs
• DISWORTH †* to deprive of worth; to render worthless or unworthy; to degrade, to disparage ...1627
UNWOUNDED - adjectives
• UNCLOWRED † unbeaten, unwounded ...1721 Sc.
UNWRAP - verbs
• UNGEAR to undress, to unwrap; to strip off the clothes; to make naked ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNLAP to unfold, to unwrap ...1895 Eng. dial.
UNYIELDING - adjectives
• CAST-IRON hard, insensible to fatigue; rigid, stern, unbending; inflexible, unyielding, wanting in pliancy or adaptiveness ...1830
• HARD AS NAILS stern and unyielding; harsh; pitiless ...1862
• HARD-SHELL conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HARD-SHELLED conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1858 Amer. dial.
• HASK rough to the touch; stiff, unyielding; brittle and difficult to work ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASKY harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding ...1848 Eng. dial.
• IMMORIGEROUS † unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude ...1623
• IRONBARK strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• IRONCLAD strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1586
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1624
• ROCKY of the heart or disposition: hard, unfeeling, unyielding ...L16
• TIGHT of a person: tough and unyielding ...1928 US sl.
• UNBOWING unyielding, unbending ...a1300
• UNBOWSOME unbending, unyielding, stiff, rigid ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNYIELDING - nouns, person
• BITTER-ENDER one who fights or holds out to the bitter end; one who refuses to yield or compromise ...1850 colloq.
• HARDSHELL a conservative or straitlaced person; one who is unyielding or hard-hearted ...1902 Amer. dial.
UNYIELDING - verbs
• NAIL ONE'S COLOURS TO THE MAST to adopt an unyielding attitude ...1848
UNYOKE - verbs
• ABJUGATE † to unyoke, to uncouple ...1731
UP AND DOWN - nouns
• FRIGABOB anything dancing up and down, jerking from side to side, or moving about rapidly ...19C Eng. dial.
UP AND DOWN - verbs
• FRIGABOB to dance or jerk up and down, to move about rapidly ...19C Eng. dial.
• HAYTY to move up and down; to flicker about ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
UP AND DOWN - phrases
• WITH AN UP AND A DERRY-DOWN up and down ...1864 Eng. dial.
UPBRAID - verbs
• BEGREDE † to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse ...c1200
• BETWIT to upbraid, to taunt ...1678 Eng. dial.
• CAST ONE IN THE TEETH † to reproach or upbraid one ...1526
• DING UP to reproach, to upbraid, to reflect upon ...1854 Eng. dial.
• EMBRAID † to upbraid, to taunt, to mock; also, to reproach one with ...1481
• FIE-FIE to make a fuss; to upbraid ...L19 sl.
• GANSEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort ...1818 Sc.
• GANSHEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort ...1818 Sc.
• GO CROOK AT to rebuke or upbraid ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• HAZE to confound, to frighten, to scare; to scold, to upbraid; also, to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly ...1678 Eng. dial.
• IMPROPERATE †* to reproach; to upbraid one with a fault ...1623
• ONBRAID † to upbraid ...1530
• OUTBRAID † to upbraid; to reproach ...1509
• PUT ON THE FIE-FIE to make a fuss; to upbraid ...L19 sl.
• RAN-DAN to upbraid severely ...1777 Eng. dial.
• READ THE DOG-LAW to scold, to read the riot act, to reprimand, to upbraid, to chastise ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TASH † to slander; to cast a stain on a person; to upbraid, to taunt ...1827 Sc.
• TIT † to twit, to upbraid; to scoff or jeer at ...1622
• TIT ONE IN THE TEETH † to cast in one's teeth, to upbraid one with ...1622
• UMBRAID † to upbraid, to reproach ...c1330
UPBRAIDING - nouns
• BETWITTING upbraiding, reproach ...1869 Eng. dial.
• UMBRAID † upbraiding, reproach ...c1330
UPBRINGING - nouns
• FETCHING-UP upbringing, rearing, esp. 'proper' upbringing ...1854 Amer. dial.
• FETCH-UP upbringing, rearing, esp. 'proper' upbringing ...1975 Amer. dial.
UPHEAVAL - adjectives
• CATACLYSMAL causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1857
• CATACLYSMATIC causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1883
• CATACLYSMIC causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1851
• CATACLYSTIC * causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1864
UPHEAVAL - nouns
• CATACLYSM a political or social upheaval which sweeps away the old order of things ...1633
• MERRY HELL great trouble, upheaval, or disturbance ...a1911 sl.
• WALTER † an upset, upheaval, overthrow ...1563
UPHEAVAL - verbs
• RAISE MERRY HELL to cause trouble, upheaval, or a disturbance ...a1911 sl.
UPHOLDING - nouns
• BEARING † upholding, supporting; maintenance ...1548
• MANUTENENCY † the act of holding in the hand or upholding; support, maintenance ...1633
• MANUTENTION † the act of upholding or maintaining; maintenance ...1603
UPKEEP - verbs
• EARN ONE'S SCONE to pay for one's keep ...1954 Sc.
UPLIFTING - adjectives
• UP stimulating, uplifting ...1970s sl.
UPON - prepositions
• PA † upon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOPPER upon; on ...1888 Amer. dial.
UPPER - adjectives
• BEENMOST uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOONER upper ...Bk1911 Sc.
UPPER CLASS - adjectives
• RAH-RAH upper-class, esp. British ...1910s sl.
• SILK-STOCKING wealthy, upper-class ...L18 colloq.
• TOFFY of the upper classes ...sl.
• TOP-OF-THE-POT high-class, excellent ...1824 Amer. dial.
UPPER CLASS - nouns
• BETTER SORT the upper classes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• QUALITY, THE the upper classes; society ...18C
• QUALITY TOSS the attributes and style of the upper classes ...1910s Irish sl.
• SILK-STOCKING AVENUE an exclusive or upper-class area ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING DISTRICT an exclusive or upper-class area ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING HILL an exclusive or upper-class area ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING QUARTER an exclusive or upper-class area ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING ROW an exclusive or upper-class area ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING WARD an exclusive or upper-class area ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TIPPYBOBS a term of utmost contempt for the upper or wealthy classes ...B1900 Amer.
• UPPER CRUST, THE the upper classes ...1843 sl.
UPPER CLASS - nouns, person
• ALGERNON a young male aristocrat or upper-class male ...L19 sl.
• ALGY a young male aristocrat or upper-class male ...L19 Brit, sl.
• BAGEL a spoiled, wealthy, upper-class (Jewish) young man ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
• BIT OF POSH an upper-class or socially superior young woman regarded as a sexual object ...1977 UK sl.
• CHINLESS WONDER an ineffectual (young) upper-class man ...1962 Brit. sl.
• HOBNOBS members of the upper classes ...1990s Irish sl.
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• ICKY a member of the upper classes ...1930s US Black sl.
• LADY-BAIRN a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady ...1863 Sc.
• LADY SNOW a respected upper-class White woman ...1950s US Black sl.
• LEDDY-LASS a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady ...1879 Sc.
• QUALITY the gentry; the upper classes; a person of quality ...1848 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SILVER PHEASANT a beautiful upper-class or society woman ...1920s sl.
• SILVERTAIL (derogatory) a wealthy or upper-class person; somebody affluent and socially prominent; a member of the privileged class ...1890 sl., orig. Aust. bushmen's usage
• TOFF a person of the upper classes, esp. wealthy and smartly dressed; a distinguished person ...1851 Brit. sl.
• TOP OF THE POT the highest position, esp. in social or economic standing, a person of the highest social class; the most excellent one ...1824 Amer. dial.
UPPERMOST - adjectives
• BOONERMOST uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOONMOST uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EEMOST highest, uppermost ...1773 Sc.
• UMEST * of things of places: lying uppermost or highest ...c1425 Sc.
• YIMOST uppermost ...1809 Sc.
UPPITY - adjectives
• ASSY uppity, overbearing, brash ...E20 US
• BRICKETY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1868 Amer. dial.
• BRIGATY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BRIGETTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGOTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1898 Amer. dial.
• DICTY stylish, high-class; snobbish, haughty, conceited, uppity ...1923 Amer. dial.
• IMPITY impudent, uppity ...1967 Amer. dial.
• UPPITISH uppity ...1968 Amer. dial.
UPPITY - nouns, person
• DICTY a stuck-up, snobbish person; one who is conceited or uppity ...1928 Amer. dial.
UPRIGHT - adjectives
• ARRECT † set upright, pricked up, as the ears of a beast; having the faculties directed towards ...1646
• EVEN upright, straightforward ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
UPRIGHT (integrity) - adjectives
• BANG-UP honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
• INTEGRITIVE †* marked by integrity; upright, sincere ...1784
• LEAL † loyal, faithful, honest, true, upright, sincere ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UPRIGHT - adverbs
• AREAR reared up, upright ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
UPRIGHT - verbs
• ADDRESS to straighten up, to erect; to raise, to set up; to raise oneself, to stand erect; to assume an upright position ...c1375 obs.
• ARRECT † to set upright ...1530
UPRIGHTNESS - nouns
• AEFALDNESS uprightness; sincerity ...1911 Sc.
UPRISING - nouns
• RABBLING mobbing, expulsion by violence; an uprising ...1700 Sc.
UPROAR - adjectives
• ON ONE'S EAR indignant, angry; in a huff; broadly, in an uproar ...1871 Amer. sl.
UPROAR - nouns
• BALDARE †* din, uproarious noise ...1583
• BALOO an uproar, disturbance ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BEALING a noise, an uproar ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BLUE-DAY a day of uproar or disturbance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• CAMSTAIRY an uproar ...1934 Sc.
• CAMSTEERIE an uproar ...1934 Sc.
• CARRY-ON a fuss; an uproar; an outbreak of excited behaviour ...1890 UK sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIBBER-DABBER an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DINDOM a great noise or uproar ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DISBUST an uproar, a broil ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DURDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARE † display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss ...a1300
• FILLALOO a din, an uproar ...1923 sl.
• FILLYLOO an uproar ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GALRAVITCH noise, riot, uproar; a drinking bout ...1785 Sc.
• GANDIEGOW an uproar, a noisy quarrel; a nonsensical prank; blustering talk; loud complaint ...1907 Sc.
• GARBEL † a brawl, an uproar, din, noise ...1936 Sc.
• GARBOIL † confusion, disturbance, disorder, tumult, uproar; a brawl, hubbub, commotion ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABBER-GALYO an uproar, confusion, turmoil ...1929 Sc.
• HABBLE confusion, tumult, uproar, disturbance, hubbub ...1795 Sc.
• HABBLE-GABBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1956 Sc.
• HABBLE-HOBBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1900 Sc.
• HACK AND SWEEP a tumult, an uproar; a fight; a commotion ...1902 Sc.
• HARMONY uproar, noise, disturbance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAY-BAY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HEY-BEY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HILDIE-GILDIE an uproar ...B1900 Sc.
• HUBBLE-SHUBBLE †* commotion, uproar, tumult, disturbance, confusion ...c1550
• HULLABALOO a loud noise; uproar; confusion ...1762 UK sl.
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
• LARUM a tumultuous noise; a hubbub, an uproar ...a1533
• LOO a hullabaloo; a clamorous noise or disturbance; an uproar ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MAKE-ADO † an uproar, disturbance; a fuss, a bother ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MAYLOCK a prank, frolic, a lark; a trick, a practical joke; a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MIDGETTY-POR an uproar, great confusion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGGAL-CON-PORE an uproar; confusion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGGLE-CUM-PORE an uproar; confusion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MORLOCK a prank, frolic, a lark; a trick, a practical joke; a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• NARRATION an uproar, fuss, clamour, noisy altercation, disturbance ...1871 Sc.
• PANDEMONIUM a place or gathering of wild lawless violence, confusion, and uproar ...1779
• RAMBLE a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar ...1705 Sc.
• RANDIVOO a noise; an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDIVOOSE a noise; an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDY-ROUT an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANGEVOUGE a noise; an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTACKET a noise, an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANT-A-COME-SCOUR an uproar ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RANTICUMSCOUR an uproar ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ROOKUS a disturbance, uproar ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• RUX a disturbance or uproar ...1918 naval sl.
• SCARE an uproar, a disturbance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHILLOCH an uproar, an outcry, a riot ...1845 Sc.
• SHITSTORM a very great controversy, uproar, or fuss ...sl.
• SPLATTERDASH an uproar ...L19 sl.
• TANG-RANG a noise; an uproar, esp. used of the noise formerly made when bees were swarming ...1840 Eng. dial.
• TANTARAN noise, uproar ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
• UPSTIR † a disturbance, commotion, uproar, confusion ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOBBINS an uproar, a row ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UPROAR - verbs
• GALRAVIDGE to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc.
• GALRAVITCH to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAFFICK to give way to a frenzy of enthusiasm; to celebrate a victory with a delirious uproar ...1900
• RAISE CAIN to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...1849
• RAISE THE DEVIL to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...1841
• RAISE THE MISCHIEF to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...c1865
• RAISE THE ROOF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise ...M19 sl.
• SET THE HEATHER ON FIRE to create uproar and excitement; to make a disturbance; to excite a tumult ...1843
• TAKE ON to rage, to rave; to be greatly agitated; to make a great fuss, outcry, or uproar; to distress oneself greatly ...c1430 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE ROOF OFF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise ...M19 sl.
• TEAR THE ROOF OFF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise ...M19 sl.
UPROARIOUS - adjectives
• RIPTORIOUS uproarious, refractory ...1866 Eng. dial.
• ROISTERING boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• ROISTEROUS boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• RORITORIOUS noisy, boisterous, uproarious ...1821
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• TORY-RORY † boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild ...1678
• YAMP noisy, uproarious, talkative ...1889 Sc.
UPROARIOUS - nouns
• BIG OLD TIME an uproarious time; a spree ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH OLD TIME, A a very enjoyable time; an uproarious time; a spree ...1858 sl.
• HIGH TIME an uproarious time; a spree ...M19 US sl.
UPROARIOUS - nouns, person
• BLEEZE-WIG a jocular term for an uproarious old man ...19C Eng. dial.
UPROARIOUS - verbs
• RAISE THE PLACE to make an uproar or disturbance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROIST † to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel ...M16
• TORY-RORY † to behave uproariously ...1685
• FERINE of the nature of a wild animal, wild, untamed ...1677
• HAGGAR wild, untamed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGARD † wild, untamed, unreclaimed, untrained ...1580
• RAMAGE of animals: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...c1290
• RAMAGEOUS † of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...1398
• RAMAGIOUS † wild, untamed ...1398
• RAMMISH † wild, violent, untamed, rash; strong ...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SEVERE wild, untamed, fierce, vicious, savage ...1829 Amer. dial.
UNTARNISHED - adjectives
• UNBLENCHED unstained, untarnished ...1813
• UNBRAIDED † untarnished, undamaged ...1611
UNTAUGHT - adjectives
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• LEWD † unlearned, unlettered, untaught, ignorant ...a1225
UNTENDED - adjectives
• CARELESS † uncared for, untended ...1590
• TENTLESS uncared for, untended ...1835 Sc.
• UNCARED untended; uncared for ...Bk1905 Ireland
UNTHAWED - adjectives
• UNGEEN unrelented; unthawed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTHINKABLE - adjectives
• INCOGITABLE that cannot be thought of; unthinkable, inconceivable ...1522
• SICK AND WRONG absolutely impossible, unthinkable, totally disgusting; also used ironically ...1980s US campus sl.
UNTHINKING - adjectives
• ACEREBRAL brainless; unintelligent; unthinking ...M20
• INCOGITANT thoughtless, not thinking; inconsiderate; characterized by want of thought ...1628
UNTHINKING - nouns, person
• DUMBBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...1918 US colloq.
• DUMBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...E20 US colloq.
UNTHINKINGLY - adverbs
• UNCANNILY unthinkingly, thoughtlessly ...1825 Eng. dial.
UNTHRIFTY - adjectives
• MALEGERENT †* ill-behaving, unthrifty, improvident ...1727
• UNHAGLY unthrifty, untidy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WANTHRIFTY unthrifty ...a1585 Sc.
UNTHRIVING - adjectives
• UNKINDLY unnatural; unthriving; undesirable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTIDILY - adverbs
• A-MULLOCK untidily; in a confused heap ...1890 Eng. dial.
UNTIDINESS - nouns
• JAKES a state of dirty mess or untidiness; a mess, confusion ...1867 Eng. dial.
UNTIDY - adjectives
• ALL-A-MUGGLE disorderly, untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL IN A MUGGLE disorderly, untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL TO A MUGGLE disorderly, untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATTLED UP untidy, in a mess or litter ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CADDLING untidy, disorderly, slipshod ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASS-CASS untidy, disreputable, inferior, low-class ...20C W. Indies
• DAGGLE-TAILED † having the skirts splashed by being trailed over wet ground; untidy, slatternly ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAUBY sticky, clammy, dirty, untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DAWDRY slovenly, untidy ...1835 Sc.
• FALLOPY untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FALLY-LIKE untidy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEEST untidy, unkempt; filthy ...1901 Amer. dial.
• GOING TO RIDE OUT of a room or piece of furniture: untidy, very cluttered or disordered ...1855 Amer. dial.
• HACKLE UP of things: torn, damaged, untidy ...20C W. Indies sl.
• HAGEGY untidy, slovenly; loose ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HAGGAGING untidy, slovenly; loose ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HAIRY unkempt, untidy, rough, slovenly ...1956 Sc.
• HARUM untidy, slovenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWTHERY untidy, tossed ...Bk1902 N. Ireland
• HOGRY-MOGRY disorderly, in a confused state; untidy, slovenly ...1869 Sc.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY in a confused state, disorderly, untidy, slovenly ...B1900 Sc.
• MENSELESS without regard for decency or propriety; indecent; untidy, disorderly ...1811 Eng. dial.
• MESSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISPUT untidy, messy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUSSED UP untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OFFAL inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OFFALD inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OFFALLY inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1857 Eng. dial.
• OFFALY inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• PAIXY untidy; dirty ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH beggarly, untidy ..,1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGETY ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGILY beggarly, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons: unkempt, untidy, rough ...1882 Sc.
• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US sl.
• READY TO RIDE OUT of a room or piece of furniture: untidy, very cluttered or disordered ...1855 Amer. dial.
• REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused ...1842
• SAMMY untidy in dress; slovenly in gait ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUCY dirty, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABELY scraggy, untidy, naked-looking ...1921 Sc.
• SCAMBLING hasty, careless; makeshift; untidy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCAMMISH rough, awkward, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAUER untidy ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOSLICH hasty, clumsy, sloppy, untidy ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSELY sloppy, untidy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• SCLAFFIE untidy ...c1850 Sc.
• SCOUR untidy ...1917 Amer. dial.
• SCRAGGLING wild, untidy, disorderly, generally applied to vegetation ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROOBLY messy, mussy, untidy ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMPLED untidy, dirty ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLACKER THAN DISHWATER untidy, dirty, slovenly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLAMMERKIN untidy, slovenly ...1794 chiefly Eng. dial.
• SLIPPETTY-SLOPPETTY untidy, slovenly, slatternly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLOBBY untidy ...1961 sl.
• SLUMMOCKY slovenly, untidy ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SLUTTISH dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...LME
• TACKEY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1890 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry ...1862 Amer. sl.
• TADDY untidy; tossed about ...Bk1905 Ireland
• TALLOCKING idle, good-for-nothing; slovenly, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• THICK-THUMBED sluttish, untidy; clumsy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKY untidy, rough, shabby, unpolished, messy ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TUZZY-MUZZY dishevelled, ragged, untidy; fuzzy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• UDDER-MUCKING untidy, slovenly, dirty, muddling ...1896 Eng. dial.
• UNHAGLY unthrifty, untidy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHEPPEN slatternly, untidy; unbecoming ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNKAIMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKAMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc.
• UNKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKEMBED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNKEMMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt ...1801 Eng. dial.
• UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNMANNERLY untidy ...1854 Eng. dial.
• UNMEANSOME ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNMENSEFUL unbecoming, ill-dressed, shabby, untidy ...Bk1905 N. Eng. dial.
• UNPURPOSE awkward; inexact; untidy; useless ...1865 Sc.
• UNPURPOSE-LIKE awkward, unfit, untidy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNREADY untidy ...1885 Eng. dial.
• UNRID disorderly, untidy; filthy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRIDDY untidy; slow in motion or speech ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTIDY - adverbs
• HAGGERTY-TAG in an untidy, ragged manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY untidily ...1598
UNTIDY - nouns
• AUCTION a dirty or untidy place or room; a disorderly crowd ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BOAR'S NEST an untidy or messy room or house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOAR'S ROOM an untidy or messy room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BRECHAM an untidy piece of dress ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAB anything slovenly or untidy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FIBBER MCGEE'S CLOSET an untidy or overstuffed closet, cubbyhole, or room that serves as a catchall ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FUSSOCK an untidy mass or bundle ...M19 Sc.
• GLORY HOLE a room, cupboard, or other storage space that contains an untidy and miscellaneous collection of objects ...colloq.
• LAST YEAR'S BIRD'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S CROW'S NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST YEAR'S WASP NEST something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MAMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MARE'S NEST an untidy jumble; a mess; a tangle of debris in a stream ...1948 Amer. dial.
• MOMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY'S BREAKFAST an untidy piece of work ...20C nautical sl.
• MUMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle ...1875 Eng. dial.
• PIGSTY a dirty or untidy place ...1820 sl.
• RAGABRAG a beggarly, untidy state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGABRASH a beggarly, untidy state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a very dirty, filthy, untidy room ...c1880 colloq.
• SKLATCHIN a clot or mass of something messy or untidy ...1866 Sc.
• TIP an untidy place, esp. a room ...1983 colloq.
• WRECK OF THE HESPERUS an untidy, dishevelled person or place ...E20 Brit. sl.
UNTIDY- nouns, person
• ABLACH a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person ...1788 Sc.
• BLUTTER a dirty, clumsy, untidy, or slovenly person ...1776 Sc.
• BOCH an untidy or disagreeable woman ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAB an untidy, thriftless woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAG an untidy, slovenly person ...20C Aust. sl.
• DAGGLE-TAIL † a person, esp. a woman, whose garments are bemired by being trailed over wet ground; an untidy woman, a slut, a slattern ...1577-87 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DAW an untidy woman or housewife, a slut, a slattern ...1500-20 Sc.
• DAWPS a slattern; a dirty, untidy woman ...BK1900 Eng. dial.
• DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE † a slovenly, untidy woman; a slut, a drab ...1588 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DROOPY-DRAWERS an untidy, sloppy, or depressing person ...1910s sl.
• GRUB an untidy person; a slovenly person, esp. a child ...a1845 Amer. sl.
• HAGGAGE a term of reproach for a woman; an untidy, slatternly, or slovenly woman ...1746 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person; a rough field-labourer ...1824 Sc.
• MAD MOLL O' THE WOODS an untidy woman or girl ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAILIN an untidy, slovenly girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MALKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MALLY-WALLOPS a tall, untidy woman ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN † an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman ...1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MOPSY † a slatternly, untidy woman; a sloven; a dowdy or homely woman ...a1700 ? obs.
• MOTHER BUNCH a fat or untidy old woman ...1847 sl.
• MOXIE an untidy thus unattractive young woman ...20C W. Indies
• MUCK-SUCKLE a filthy, dirty, slatternly, or very untidy woman ...c1860 Brit. colloq.
• MUCKY PUP a dirty or untidy child; a term of disapproval ...1984 Brit. sl.
• RAG BAG a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern; an untidy or shabbily dressed person ...1888 UK sl.
• RAGGEDY ANN an untidy, unkempt woman ...1980s US Black sl.
• SCALLOP an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALLOPS an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SCASH † an untidy or slovenly piece of dress; an untidy person, a sloven ...1895 Sc.
• SCLAFF an untidy, slatternly person ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLEURACH a person untidy in dress and gait; a sloven, a slattern ...c1850 Sc.
• SCLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLUTE a lout, an awkward, clumsy fellow; a person of untidy habits, esp. a woman ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCLYTE a clumsy, untidy fellow ...1804 Sc.
• SCOW-BANK an untidy, idle, lounging person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF an untidy person ...1950s sl.
• SCRUFFO an untidy person ...1959 sl.
• SKLIFF an untidy, slatternly person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLUTE a lout, an awkward, clumsy fellow; a person of untidy habits, esp. a woman ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLYTE a clumsy, untidy fellow ...1804 Sc.
• SLOB a dirty, slovenly, or untidy person; also implies fatness - a fat person ...1861 sl.
• SLUMMOCK a dirty, untidy, or slovenly person ...M19 chiefly Eng. dial. & colloq.
• TACK a person who is unfashionable or untidy ...1893 Amer. dial.
• WRECK OF THE HESPERUS an untidy, dishevelled person or place ...E20 Brit. sl.
UNTIDY - verbs
• BEDABBLE to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty ...1590
• LOOK LIKE A CHAP'S PLAYHOUSE to be untidy ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOOK LIKE A DEAD DUCK IN A THUNDERSTORM to be unattractive, untidy, etc. ...20C Aust. sl.
• MESS OVER to meddle with, to make a mess of, to make untidy or disorderly, to cause pain or trouble for ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MUSS to make untidy; to rumple ...19C US & Can. colloq.
• SCAMBLE to trample upon; to litter about, to make untidy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SLUT to make dirty and untidy in dress and habits ...E17
• TAZZLE to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TAZZLE UP to muddle, to mess up, to confuse; to make untidy or disorderly ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TEAR UP to mess up, to make untidy or disorderly, to muddle up, to disarrange ...1939 Amer. dial.
UNTIDY - phrases
• DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN'T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT UP WITH A PITCHFORK, THE said of an untidy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
UNTIE - verbs
• CHAW BEEF to use one's teeth to untie knots in (wet) clothing ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHAW RAW BEEF to use one's teeth to untie knots in (wet) clothing ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHAW ROAST BEEF to use one's teeth to untie knots in (wet) clothing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• UNBRACE to undo, to loosen or untie ...c1475
UNTIL - prepositions
• AWHILST until ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
UNTIMELINESS - nouns
• IMMATURITY † prematureness; untimeliness ...c1540
UNTIMELY - adjectives
• IMMATURE † occurring before its time; untimely, premature ...1548 obs. or arch.
• IMPORTUNATE † inopportune, unseasonable, untimely ...1529
• IMPORTUNE † inopportune, untimely; unseasonable, unfit ...c1425
UNTIMELY - adverbs
• IMPORTUNATELY † inopportunely, untimely, unseasonably ...1529
UNTIRINGLY - adverbs
• LIKE UGLY ON A BABOON tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
LIKE UGLY ON AN APE tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LIKE UGLY ON A TOAD tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2005 Amer. dial.
• • LIKE UGLY ON WARTHOG tenaciously; incessantly, untiringly ...2006 Amer. dial.
UNTOUCHED - adjectives
• UNATTAINED † untouched, unaffected ...1613
UNTOWARD - adjectives
• AWK of persons or things: awkward, untoward ...1580 Eng. dial.
• AWKLY † untoward, perverse ...1556
• PROTERVOUS † forward, wayward, untoward, stubborn, impudent, peevish, petulant ...1547
UNTOWARD - nouns
• CROOK IN ONE'S LOT something untoward or distressing; a trial, an affliction ...Sc.
UNTOWARDLY - adverbs
• AWKLY † perversely, untowardly ...c1440
UNTRAINED - adjectives
• CALFISH raw, untrained, inexperienced ...1765
• HAGGARD † wild, untamed, unreclaimed, untrained ...1580
• JACK-LEG ineffectual, incompetent; amateur, untrained; said of someone without skill or training ...1850 US sl.
• JACK-LEGGED inept, untrained, unprofessional, dishonest ...1839 Amer. sl.
• JAKELEG untrained, unprofessional, dishonest ...M19 US sl.
• SHIRTTAIL of a worker: inexperienced, inept, untrained ...1968 Amer. dial.
UNTRAINED - nouns, person
• SHIRTTAIL FELLOW a very inexperienced, inept, or untrained person ...1966 Amer. dial.
UNTRAVELLED - adjectives
• UNAIRED † untravelled ...a1616
UNTRIED - adjectives
• UNVONDED † untried ...a1225
UNTRIMMED - adjectives
• UNCRUBEET uncurbed, unrestrained; uncropped, untrimmed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNTRUE - adjectives
• FALSESOME † deceitful, untrue ...1533 obs. exc. Sc. rare
• LEASE † untrue, false, lying ...a900
UNTRUE - nouns
• BOLLY WASH nonsense; something said that is silly or untrue ...11967 Amer. dial.
• FALSEDICT † an untrue deliverance or utterance ...1579
• WHURLIEGIRKIE an untrue or fanciful tale ...1887 Sc.
UNTRUE - verbs
• FALSE † to falsify; to make untrue; to introduce falsehood into; to corrupt ...c1380
• SCONCE to tell tales that are untrue or exaggerated to obtain one's ends ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNTRUE - interjections/phrases
• ALL MY EYE AND BETTY MARTIN untrue (often preceded by 'That's) ...B1785
• ALL ON TOP! that's untrue ...1984 UK criminals' sl.
UNTRUSTING - nouns, person
• QUEER GILL an untrusting, suspicious person ...19C sl.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - adjectives
• BACKANAHAN untrustworthy, underhanded ...1996 Belize
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• BRICKLE changeable, uncertain; fickle, not trustworthy ...1872 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• COPPER-HEARTED untrustworthy, likely to inform ...Amer.
• DIDDLIN trifling; seemingly active, yet accomplishing little; untrustworthy ...1888 Sc.
• FAST untrustworthy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FLY-BY-NIGHT unreliable or untrustworthy, esp. in finance ...colloq.
• GAFTY sly, tricky, cunning, not to be trusted; mischievous, vicious ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GLIBBERY † shifty, untrustworthy ...1602
• INFIDOUS †* faithless, unfaithful; not to be trusted ...1656
• JACKIE TRENT corrupt, untrustworthy ...1990s rhyming sl. for 'bent'
• LAKES two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney' (Lakes of Killarney)
• LAKES OF KILLARNEY two-faced, untrustworthy ...1910s rhyming sl. for 'carney'
• LOOSE IN THE HEFT dissolute, dishonest, untrustworthy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• LURKY seedy, untrustworthy, weird ...1970s US college sl.
• NO-ACCOUNT worthless; useless; good-for-nothing; insignificant; undependable, untrustworthy, criminal ...1845 Amer. dial.
• RAMBLING talkative, untrustworthy ...1895 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMELIN' talkative, untrustworthy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAT unpleasant, untrustworthy, generally despicable ...1910s sl., orig. US
• SHIFTY undependable, untrustworthy, dishonest, evasive ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SKETCHY untrustworthy, suspicious ...1990s US campus sl.
• SLIDDERY † sly, deceitful, shifty, evasive; not trustworthy ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SNITCH-ASS untrustworthy, tale-telling ...1980s US Black sl.
• TRUE AS BARBER'S NEWS untrustworthy ...B1900
• TWO-FACED AS A METHODIST AX, AS two-faced, deceitful, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UNCANNY † unreliable, not to be trusted ...1639
• WAFF unscrupulous, untrustworthy ...1825 Sc.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - nouns, person
• AUNTIE'S RUIN a disreputable, untrustworthy, seedy man ...1900s sl.
• BACK-AND-BELLY a hypocrite; an untrustworthy person ...1950s W. Indies
• BAD LOT an unpleasant, untrustworthy person ...M19 sl.
• BLADDERSCAT a deceiving person; one you cannot trust ...1969 Amer. dial.
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• EDGER one who is not straightforward; a deceiver; someone you can't trust ...1969 Amer. dial.
• FLY-BY-NIGHTER an untrustworthy person, esp. one who departs secretly or by night to avoid paying debts
• KIKE (derogatory) a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics ...1904 Amer. dial.
• NO-ACCOUNT a deceiving person, or one that you can't trust ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUIRK an untrustworthy person ...20C Irish sl.
• SCALY-BACK a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SCALY-BACKED REPTILE a treacherous, untrustworthy person ...Brit. sl.
• SCHLENTERER a devious, untrustworthy person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SHNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a contemptible person; an informer ...1950 UK sl.
• SKANKER an untrustworthy, dissolute person ...1970s W. Indies sl.
• SKINNER a deceitful or untrustworthy person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SNIDE a cunning person; an untrustworthy person; a wretched man; a hateful fellow; a two-faced, underhand person; someone who isn't what he seems; a phony; a mean, dishonest person ...E20 sl.
• WRONG GEE a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG GUY a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG INJUN an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG NUMBER a dishonest, untrustworthy person ...1920s US sl.
• WRONG 'UN a criminal; a thoroughly bad person; an untrustworthy, incompetent person, animal, action, circumstance, or event ...L19 sl.
• YAFFNER an untrustworthy person; a telltale ...L19 US Black sl.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - verbs
• JACKET to be labelled untrustworthy or given any form of bad reputation by fellow prisoners ...1970s US prison sl.
• MARK SOMEONE'S CARD to categorize, usually either as a good or trustworthy person, or a bad an untrustworthy person; to put someone in a specific position ...1960s sl.
UNTRUSTWORTHY - phrases
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM ANY FURTHER THAN THE END OF MY NOSE not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM AROUND A BROOMSTRAW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM AT THE END OF MY NOSE not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A BROOMSTRAW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A CORKSCREW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DIME EDGEWAYS not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DIME not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DIME TURNED EDGEWISE not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A DUST OF FLOUR not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A KNIFE, AND IT TURNED SIDEWAYS not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A NEEDLE not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A PIN not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A STRAW not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM BEHIND A THIN DIME not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM FROM HERE TO THE END OF MY NOSE not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM IN A SHITHOUSE WITH A MUZZLE ON not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM THE OTHER SIDE OF A DIME not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM THE OTHER SIDE OF A NICKEL not trust at all, in the least ...1965 Amer. dial. chiefly Black usage
• I WOULDN'T TRUST HIM TO THE END OF ONE'S ELBOW not trust at all, untrustworthy ...1966 Amer. dial.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I COULD FLING A BULL BY THE TAIL implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...M19 sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I COULD THROW AN ANVIL IN A SWAMP implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...20C sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I COULD THROW THEM implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...L19 sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM WITH A KID'S MONEY-BOX implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...20C sl.
• I WOULDN'T TRUST THEM WITH OUR CAT implies one's absolute lack of faith in the person who is its object ...20C sl.
UNTRUTH - see LIE
UNTRUTH, UNTRUTHFULNESS - nouns
• FALSESHIP † untruthfulness; dishonesty, deceit ...c1230
• INVERACITY untruthfulness; an untruth; a false statement ...M19
UNTRUTHFUL - adjectives
• CADDLING gossiping, untruthful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• INVERACIOUS untruthful, untrue ...L19
UNTRUTHFUL - nouns, person
• WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNTRUTHFUL - verbs
• RAVEL to wander in speech; to speak incoherently or untruthfully ...1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNUSED - adjectives
• MOTHBALL inactive, unused; stored away
UNUSED - verbs
• LIE-BY to lie idle; to lie unused ...B1900 Sc.
UNUSUAL - adjectives
• BEATEMEST most remarkable or unusual ...1831 Amer. dial.
• BEATENEST most remarkable or unusual ...1860 Amer. dial.
• BEATERMOST † most remarkable or unusual ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BEATINGEST most remarkable or unusual ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BEATOMEST most remarkable or unusual ...1845 Amer. dial.
• CHUMPY behaving in an unusual or strange manner ...1960s US Black sl.
• DIGGING † remarkable, unusual ...1820 Amer. dial.
• EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy ...1990s sl.
• HEADINGEST most unusual or striking ...1952 Amer. dial.
• INSOLITE †* unusual, unaccustomed, strange ...1490
• KINKY very odd or unusual; arousing suspicion ...1948 Amer. sl.
• OFFBEAT unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary ...1925 US sl., orig. jazz
• OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange ...1960 Amer. sl.
• OFF-THE-WALL bizarre, unusual ...1937 sl.
• QUEER AS A CLOCKWORK ORANGE unusual or suspicious ...1980 UK sl.
• QUEER AS A FOUR-SPEED WALKING STICK unusual; ostentatiously homosexual ...1984 UK sl.
• QUEER AS A LEFT-HANDED CORKSCREW unusual; ostentatiously homosexual ...1970s UK sl.
• QUEER AS A NINE-BOB NOTE unusual, particularly suspicious ...1960s sl.
• QUEER AS A TWO-QUID NOTE unusual, particularly suspicious ...1960s sl.
• RARACHOSE †* rare, unusual ...1676
• SPLIT-ASS unusual ...1910s Aust.
• STRAVAGANT † extraordinary, unusual, special ...1613
• UNACCOUNTABLE remarkable, unusual; excessive ...1884 Eng. dial.
• UNACCUSTOMABLE † unusual ...1584
• UNACQUAINTED † unknown, unfamiliar, strange, unusual ...1551
• UNCO unknown, strange; unusual; foreign ...c1410 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UNKED unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNKID unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar ...1783 Eng. dial.
• UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• WACKY unusual, out of the way, little known ...c1942 journalists' sl.
• WRIGGLY out of the ordinary; suspiciously different ...1995 UK sl.
UNUSUAL - adverbs
• RARELY in an unusual degree; exceptionally ...1606
UNUSUAL - nouns
• AUNTER a strange or unusual deed; anything unusual or out of the ordinary ...1697 Eng. dial.
• CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence ...1835 Amer. dial.
• DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH an unusual event ...1953 US sl.
• FLAMER a conspicuous, ostentatious person who 'burns brightly'; someone or something very unusual or vigorous ...c1805
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOLOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• MASER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MAZER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person ...1890 Eng. dial.
• MEEJICK anything strange or unusual ...1880 Eng. dial.
• NEWANCE a new thing; a novelty; anything unusual ...1875 Sc.
• SECTION 37 in logging: something queer or unusual ...1958 Amer. dial.
• UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNUSUAL - nouns, person
• CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence ...1835 Amer. dial.
• FLAMER a conspicuous, ostentatious person who 'burns brightly'; someone or something very unusual or vigorous ...c1805
• FLY BULL an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY COP an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY DICK an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY MUG an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LALAPALOOZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOLOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing ...1896 Amer. dial.
• ODDBALL a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless ...1940 Amer. colloq.
• QUARE FELLA an eccentric; an unusual person ...M19 Irish sl.
UNUSUAL - verbs
• RATTLE ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE CAKE to be so unusual as to be unbelievable; to be extremely audacious; to have unusual behaviour or characteristics ...c1890 US colloq.
UNUSUAL - interjections
• SHU-FLY! a mild expression of surprise or recognition of something remarkable or unusual ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
UNUSUALLY - adverbs
• UNACCUSTOMABLY † unusually ...1651
• UNACCUSTOMARILY † unusually, abnormally ...1634
• UNKIN very, unusually ...1892 Sc.
• WHIZZING extremely; unusually ...1909 Amer. dial.
UNVARIED - adjectives
• EVEN-FLAVOURED uniform, unvaried ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SAMELY similar, without variety, unvaried, monotonous ...1799
UNWANTED - nouns
• RED-HEADED STEPCHILD something that is unwanted or badly treated ...1941 Amer. dial.
UNWANTED - nouns, person
• GOOSEBERRY an unwanted third person; the third person who makes a 'crowd' ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RED-HEADED STEPCHILD someone or something that is unwanted or badly treated ...1941 Amer. dial.
UNWANTED - phrases
• NO IRISH NEED APPLY you're not wanted; Git! ...Bk1896 Amer.
UNWARLIKE - adjectives
• IMBELLIC † unwarlike ...a1620
• IMBELLIOUS † unwarlike, cowardly ...1602
• IMMARTIAL †* not martial; unwarlike ...c1611
UNWARY - adjectives
• ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH off one's guard; unaware or unwary; derelict in one's duty ...1914 Amer. sl., orig. railroad usage
• INCAUTELOUS † heedless, unwary, incautious ...1610
• UNCAUTELOUS † incautious, unwary ...1628
• UNCIRCUMSPECT of persons: not cautious, imprudent, unwary ...1502
• WARELESS † unwary, incautious, imprudent ...1562
UNWASHED - adjectives
• ILLOTE unwashed ...1845
• REECHY smoky, begrimed with smoke; also, dirty, unwashed ...1854 Eng. dial.
UNWATCHFUL - adjectives
• UNWAKER † unwatchful ...a1225
UNWAVERINGLY - adverbs
• FASTLY † firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence ...c1175
UNWELCOME - adjectives
• ILLCOME * unfortunately come or arrived; not welcome ...1579
UNWELCOME - nouns
• JACK DRUM'S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest ...L16 sl.
• JOHN DRUM'S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest ...L16 sl.
• READ 'EM AND WEEP some unwelcome or distressing news or information, the truth ...20C US sl.
• TOM DRUM'S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest ...L16 sl.
UNWELCOME - nouns, person
• BAD NEWS an unwelcome guest; something undesirable ...sl.
• BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
• COME-AROUND a person who is tolerated but not welcome ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• GOOZER one who attempts to join a group in which they are not numbered and/or welcome ...1990s UK juvenile usage
• INCHER a person who joins himself on to you and your group without being asked, and won't leave; someone who is uninvited or unwelcome ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNWELCOME - verbs
• RATTLE ONE'S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCREWZE to encroach, to intrude; to sponge; to come as an uninvited, unwelcome guest ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNWELL - adjectives
• ADDLE ailing, unwell ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AILY slightly ill, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• ALL-OVERISH not exactly ill, but by no means well ...a1894 Amer. dial.
• AT HALF-MAST poorly, unwell ...1968 Amer. dial.
• AWFISH slightly unwell, out of sorts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AWVISH slightly unwell, out of sorts ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BAD unwell, sick, ill in body ...1879 Sc.
• BADLY unwell, indisposed, sick, in ill health ...1783 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BRIEF poorly, not well ...1952 Amer. dial.
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DOWN IN THE DIKE unwell, ill ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEELING A BIT OFF unwell, off-colour ...Aust. sl.
• GRANKY sickly and complaining; slightly unwell; cranky ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ILLISH * somewhat ill or unwell; indisposed ...1637
• JAGGEDY looking unwell ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LOUSY unwell, tired, depressed ...1933 Amer. dial.
• MEAN unwell, in low spirits ...M19 US sl.
• MEAN ALL OVER unwell, poorly, under the weather ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MICKEY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MICKY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• NOT KICKING VERY HIGH not feeling so good, unwell ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic ...1890s colloq.
• OFF AT HOOKS out of temper; unwell ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFISH unwell, out of health, somewhat ill, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S FEED not feeling or looking well; indisposed ...1862 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S OATS feeling unwell, esp. if this diminishes one's appetite ...L19 sl.
• OFF THE HOOKS somewhat ill; indisposed; unwell, ailing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE BUM unwell ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY tired or vaguely unwell ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUCHY unwell, feeling discomfort ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF KELTER out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell ...1643
• OUT OF KILTER out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell ...1643
• PALTRY unwell, feeble, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PEAKED in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1864 Amer. dial.
• PEAKEDY peaked; in poor health, sickly, unwell ...1956 Amer. dial.
• PEAKING sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1902 Amer. dial.
• PEAKISH sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill...1821
• PEEKY sickly, unwell, in poor health ...1877 Amer. dial.
• PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND out of sorts, dispirited, 'under the weather' ...L18 sl.
• QUEERISH not well in health, rather uncomfortable ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• QUISBY queer, out of sorts, unwell ...1854 sl.
• QUISBY SNITCH of people: unwell; out of sorts ...M19 sl.
• RAGGED nervy, out of sorts, under the weather, unwell, tired ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• RAUNCHY ill, unwell ...1970s US campus sl.
• SADLY-BADLY very ill or unwell; very much indisposed ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SHABBY having a general feeling of unwellness, tired, 'under the weather' ...1926 Amer. dial.
• TENDERLY poorly, unwell ...1787 Sc.
• TEULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TEWLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TIZZY feeling unwell ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TOOLY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TRIFLING of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one's health: poor ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell ...1691 Eng. dial.
• UNEVEN out of sorts, slightly unwell ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1844 Amer. dial.
• WEEWAW of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather ...1941 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW-Y of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather ...1932 Amer. dial.
• WOBBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1941 Amer. dial.
• WOOZY dizzy, faint, unwell ...1897
• WUMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather ...1972 Amer. dial.
UNWELL - adverbs
• QUEERWAYS in not quite a normal state, slightly unwell ...1827 Sc.
UNWELL - nouns
• BOTS a vague feeling of unwellness; the blues ...1898 Amer. dial.
• GOOHOOPERS a condition of despondency or ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WOOFITS an unwell feeling, esp. in the head, or moody depression ...1918 sl.
UNWELL - nouns, person
• LAIMETER one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMESTER one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMETER one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
• LAMITOR one who is feeling unwell ...20C Ireland
UNWHOLESOME - adjectives
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HEALTHLESS * not conducive to health; unwholesome, insalubrious ...1650
• MALIFEROUS bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious ...1727
UNWHOLESOMENESS - nouns
• HEALTHLESSNESS * unhealthiness, unwholesomeness ...1655
UNWIELDINESS - nouns
• UNGAINNESS clumsiness, unwieldiness ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNWIELDY - adjectives
• BAULTERING † moving unwieldily, floundering ...a1704
• BAUSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BAWSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BELKING unwieldy, large ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BUMBLE-BATH clumsy, unwieldy ...19C sl.
• BUNDLESOME bulky, unwieldy ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BUNGERSOME awkward, clumsy, bungling, unwieldy ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BURLIBOND † clumsy, unwieldy ...17C
• EARDLY unusually large; unwieldy ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ELEPHANTINE resembling an elephant in action or manner; clumsy, unwieldy ...1845
• FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCKING unwieldy, fat ...L18 now Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN unwieldy, difficult to handle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERICAL † heavy or unwieldy as a rhinoceros ...1623
• ROID † large, unwieldy ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNEATHILY hard to move, corpulent, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• UNFEARY unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFIERDY adj. overgrown, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFREELIE heavy, unwieldy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHANTY † overlarge, unwieldy ...1719 Sc.
• UNIWELDE † unwieldy ...c1205
• UNLIFTY awkward, clumsy, unwieldy ...1746 Eng. dial.
• UNLUSTY unwieldy, very fat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNWIELDY - nouns
• BRAWCHTON anything weighty or unwieldy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MAGIRKIE an odd, unwieldy object ...1879 Sc.
• MAJIRK an odd, unwieldy object ...1879 Sc.
UNWIELDY - nouns, person
• BRALLION an unwieldy person or animal ...19C Sc.
• FUSSOCK a coarse, fat, unwieldy, idle woman; a term of contempt ...a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
• FUSTILUGS † a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour, forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GANFER an unwieldy, uncouth person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HAGGIS a term of contempt applied to a lumpish, unwieldy person; a soft, 'pudding-headed' person; an indolent, do-nothing fellow ...1822
• LOB a clumsy fellow; an unwieldy, lumpish oaf ...E16
UNWILLING - adjectives
• ARFISH unwilling, reluctant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGH hesitating, reluctant, unwilling, disinclined ...1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARD perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• ARSEWARDS perverse, obstinate; unwilling ...1686 Eng. dial.
• BACKWARD unwilling, reluctant; shy, bashful, diffident; slow ...1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• DEAD-SWEER lazy, indolent, unwilling; undecided ...1721 Sc.
• ILL-WILLING † unwilling ...c1520
• KEEADISH sluggish; unwilling, disinclined ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant ...1714 Sc.
• LOFT unwilling ...1899 Amer. dial.
• REESTED stiff, tired, unwilling to do anything ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant ...1796 Sc.
• THREFT reluctant, unwilling; perverse ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything ...1768 Sc.
• UNBAIN † not ready or willing; disobedient ...a1300
• UNLISTING disinclined, spiritless, unwilling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNWILLE † unwilling ...a1225
UNWILLING - verbs
• NOT GIVE THE SWEAT OFF OF ONE'S BALLS to be unwilling to give anything ...1949 US sl.
• TAR THE FINGERS TO DO A THING to meet with difficulty in accomplishing it; to be unwilling to do it ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THINK BAD to be unwilling ..1896 Ireland
• THINK ILL to be unwilling ...1853 Eng. dial.
UNWILLINGLY - adverbs
• ANKERLY unwillingly ...B1900 Sc.
• BACKWARDLY reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly ...1580
• HANGEDLY reluctantly, unwillingly; despondently, as though being led to the gallows ...1807 Eng. dial.
• OILINS BOILINS whether you like it or no, willing or unwilling, nolens volens ...1855 Eng. dial.
• THARFLY reluctantly, unwillingly, deliberately, slowly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITH AN ILL WILL † unwillingly ...1601
• WITH BAD GRACE unwillingly ...1832
UNWILLINGNESS - nouns
• ARGHNESS reluctance, unwillingness ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IFING-AND-BUTTINGS invalid excuses; hesitation combined with unwillingness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NOLITION † unwillingness, absence of willing ...1653
• TARDITUDE * slowness to act; tardiness, sluggishness; unwillingness ...1794
• UNIWILL † unwillingness ...c1175
UNWIND - verbs
• EGLOMERATE † to unwind, to unwind itself ...1656
• REEVE to unwind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• UNFANKLE † to disentangle, to unwind ...1824 Sc.
• UNREAVE of a rope, yarn, etc.: to unravel, to unwind ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNWIPED - adjectives
• UNDIGHTED unwiped ...1884 Sc.
UNWISE - adjectives
• AERWITTE † witless, unwise ...1205
• INSIPIENT * void of wisdom, understanding, or intellect; unwise, foolish, stupid ...1528
UNWISE - nouns, person
• CHUMP an injudicious person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. college sl.
• INSIPIENT † an unwise, foolish or silly person ...1494
UNWISE - verbs
• YADDLE to speak quickly and unwisely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNWORKABLE - adjectives
• CRACK-POT of ideas, schemes: crazy, unworkable, fantastic ...20C colloq.
UNWORKABLE - verbs
• GUM UP THE WORKS to make unworkable
UNWORKMANLIKE - adjectives
• BUNGERLY † unworkmanlike, bungling, clumsy, awkward, slovenly ...1580
UNWORLDLY - adjectives
• MUTTONBIRDY old-fashioned, unworldly ...20C Aust. sl.
UNWORLDLY - nouns, person
• RANKY DANK an unsophisticated, unworldly person ...1960s US Black sl.
UNWORTHY - adjectives
• ILLAUDABLE unworthy of praise or commendation ...1589
• INDING † unworthy, shameful ...1790 Sc.
• NOT WORTH A WHOOP not worth the trouble of summoning ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REJECTANEOUS † unworthy of acceptance; deserving rejection; not chosen or received, rejected ...1657
UNWORTHY - verbs
• DISWORTH †* to deprive of worth; to render worthless or unworthy; to degrade, to disparage ...1627
UNWOUNDED - adjectives
• UNCLOWRED † unbeaten, unwounded ...1721 Sc.
UNWRAP - verbs
• UNGEAR to undress, to unwrap; to strip off the clothes; to make naked ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNLAP to unfold, to unwrap ...1895 Eng. dial.
UNYIELDING - adjectives
• CAST-IRON hard, insensible to fatigue; rigid, stern, unbending; inflexible, unyielding, wanting in pliancy or adaptiveness ...1830
• HARD AS NAILS stern and unyielding; harsh; pitiless ...1862
• HARD-SHELL conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HARD-SHELLED conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1858 Amer. dial.
• HASK rough to the touch; stiff, unyielding; brittle and difficult to work ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASKY harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding ...1848 Eng. dial.
• IMMORIGEROUS † unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude ...1623
• IRONBARK strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• IRONCLAD strong; hard; unyielding ...1888 sl.
• OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1586
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1624
• ROCKY of the heart or disposition: hard, unfeeling, unyielding ...L16
• TIGHT of a person: tough and unyielding ...1928 US sl.
• UNBOWING unyielding, unbending ...a1300
• UNBOWSOME unbending, unyielding, stiff, rigid ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNYIELDING - nouns, person
• BITTER-ENDER one who fights or holds out to the bitter end; one who refuses to yield or compromise ...1850 colloq.
• HARDSHELL a conservative or straitlaced person; one who is unyielding or hard-hearted ...1902 Amer. dial.
UNYIELDING - verbs
• NAIL ONE'S COLOURS TO THE MAST to adopt an unyielding attitude ...1848
UNYOKE - verbs
• ABJUGATE † to unyoke, to uncouple ...1731
UP AND DOWN - nouns
• FRIGABOB anything dancing up and down, jerking from side to side, or moving about rapidly ...19C Eng. dial.
UP AND DOWN - verbs
• FRIGABOB to dance or jerk up and down, to move about rapidly ...19C Eng. dial.
• HAYTY to move up and down; to flicker about ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
UP AND DOWN - phrases
• WITH AN UP AND A DERRY-DOWN up and down ...1864 Eng. dial.
UPBRAID - verbs
• BEGREDE † to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse ...c1200
• BETWIT to upbraid, to taunt ...1678 Eng. dial.
• CAST ONE IN THE TEETH † to reproach or upbraid one ...1526
• DING UP to reproach, to upbraid, to reflect upon ...1854 Eng. dial.
• EMBRAID † to upbraid, to taunt, to mock; also, to reproach one with ...1481
• FIE-FIE to make a fuss; to upbraid ...L19 sl.
• GANSEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort ...1818 Sc.
• GANSHEL to scold, to upbraid, to storm at someone; to make an impudent retort ...1818 Sc.
• GO CROOK AT to rebuke or upbraid ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• HAZE to confound, to frighten, to scare; to scold, to upbraid; also, to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly ...1678 Eng. dial.
• IMPROPERATE †* to reproach; to upbraid one with a fault ...1623
• ONBRAID † to upbraid ...1530
• OUTBRAID † to upbraid; to reproach ...1509
• PUT ON THE FIE-FIE to make a fuss; to upbraid ...L19 sl.
• RAN-DAN to upbraid severely ...1777 Eng. dial.
• READ THE DOG-LAW to scold, to read the riot act, to reprimand, to upbraid, to chastise ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TASH † to slander; to cast a stain on a person; to upbraid, to taunt ...1827 Sc.
• TIT † to twit, to upbraid; to scoff or jeer at ...1622
• TIT ONE IN THE TEETH † to cast in one's teeth, to upbraid one with ...1622
• UMBRAID † to upbraid, to reproach ...c1330
UPBRAIDING - nouns
• BETWITTING upbraiding, reproach ...1869 Eng. dial.
• UMBRAID † upbraiding, reproach ...c1330
UPBRINGING - nouns
• FETCHING-UP upbringing, rearing, esp. 'proper' upbringing ...1854 Amer. dial.
• FETCH-UP upbringing, rearing, esp. 'proper' upbringing ...1975 Amer. dial.
UPHEAVAL - adjectives
• CATACLYSMAL causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1857
• CATACLYSMATIC causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1883
• CATACLYSMIC causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1851
• CATACLYSTIC * causing sudden and violent upheaval ...1864
UPHEAVAL - nouns
• CATACLYSM a political or social upheaval which sweeps away the old order of things ...1633
• MERRY HELL great trouble, upheaval, or disturbance ...a1911 sl.
• WALTER † an upset, upheaval, overthrow ...1563
UPHEAVAL - verbs
• RAISE MERRY HELL to cause trouble, upheaval, or a disturbance ...a1911 sl.
UPHOLDING - nouns
• BEARING † upholding, supporting; maintenance ...1548
• MANUTENENCY † the act of holding in the hand or upholding; support, maintenance ...1633
• MANUTENTION † the act of upholding or maintaining; maintenance ...1603
UPKEEP - verbs
• EARN ONE'S SCONE to pay for one's keep ...1954 Sc.
UPLIFTING - adjectives
• UP stimulating, uplifting ...1970s sl.
UPON - prepositions
• PA † upon ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOPPER upon; on ...1888 Amer. dial.
UPPER - adjectives
• BEENMOST uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOONER upper ...Bk1911 Sc.
UPPER CLASS - adjectives
• RAH-RAH upper-class, esp. British ...1910s sl.
• SILK-STOCKING wealthy, upper-class ...L18 colloq.
• TOFFY of the upper classes ...sl.
• TOP-OF-THE-POT high-class, excellent ...1824 Amer. dial.
UPPER CLASS - nouns
• BETTER SORT the upper classes ...Bk1911 Sc.
• QUALITY, THE the upper classes; society ...18C
• QUALITY TOSS the attributes and style of the upper classes ...1910s Irish sl.
• SILK-STOCKING AVENUE an exclusive or upper-class area ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING DISTRICT an exclusive or upper-class area ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING HILL an exclusive or upper-class area ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING QUARTER an exclusive or upper-class area ...1903 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING ROW an exclusive or upper-class area ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SILK-STOCKING WARD an exclusive or upper-class area ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TIPPYBOBS a term of utmost contempt for the upper or wealthy classes ...B1900 Amer.
• UPPER CRUST, THE the upper classes ...1843 sl.
UPPER CLASS - nouns, person
• ALGERNON a young male aristocrat or upper-class male ...L19 sl.
• ALGY a young male aristocrat or upper-class male ...L19 Brit, sl.
• BAGEL a spoiled, wealthy, upper-class (Jewish) young man ...1980s S. Afr. sl.
• BIT OF POSH an upper-class or socially superior young woman regarded as a sexual object ...1977 UK sl.
• CHINLESS WONDER an ineffectual (young) upper-class man ...1962 Brit. sl.
• HOBNOBS members of the upper classes ...1990s Irish sl.
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• ICKY a member of the upper classes ...1930s US Black sl.
• LADY-BAIRN a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady ...1863 Sc.
• LADY SNOW a respected upper-class White woman ...1950s US Black sl.
• LEDDY-LASS a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady ...1879 Sc.
• QUALITY the gentry; the upper classes; a person of quality ...1848 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SILVER PHEASANT a beautiful upper-class or society woman ...1920s sl.
• SILVERTAIL (derogatory) a wealthy or upper-class person; somebody affluent and socially prominent; a member of the privileged class ...1890 sl., orig. Aust. bushmen's usage
• TOFF a person of the upper classes, esp. wealthy and smartly dressed; a distinguished person ...1851 Brit. sl.
• TOP OF THE POT the highest position, esp. in social or economic standing, a person of the highest social class; the most excellent one ...1824 Amer. dial.
UPPERMOST - adjectives
• BOONERMOST uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOONMOST uppermost ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EEMOST highest, uppermost ...1773 Sc.
• UMEST * of things of places: lying uppermost or highest ...c1425 Sc.
• YIMOST uppermost ...1809 Sc.
UPPITY - adjectives
• ASSY uppity, overbearing, brash ...E20 US
• BRICKETY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1868 Amer. dial.
• BRIGATY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1880 Amer. dial.
• BRIGETTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BRIGGOTY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1952 Amer. dial.
• BRIGITY arrogant, insolent, uppity; restless, aggressive; headstrong, stubborn, forward, restless; overbearing ...1898 Amer. dial.
• DICTY stylish, high-class; snobbish, haughty, conceited, uppity ...1923 Amer. dial.
• IMPITY impudent, uppity ...1967 Amer. dial.
• UPPITISH uppity ...1968 Amer. dial.
UPPITY - nouns, person
• DICTY a stuck-up, snobbish person; one who is conceited or uppity ...1928 Amer. dial.
UPRIGHT - adjectives
• ARRECT † set upright, pricked up, as the ears of a beast; having the faculties directed towards ...1646
• EVEN upright, straightforward ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
UPRIGHT (integrity) - adjectives
• BANG-UP honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual ...1865 Eng. dial.
• INTEGRITIVE †* marked by integrity; upright, sincere ...1784
• LEAL † loyal, faithful, honest, true, upright, sincere ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UPRIGHT - adverbs
• AREAR reared up, upright ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
UPRIGHT - verbs
• ADDRESS to straighten up, to erect; to raise, to set up; to raise oneself, to stand erect; to assume an upright position ...c1375 obs.
• ARRECT † to set upright ...1530
UPRIGHTNESS - nouns
• AEFALDNESS uprightness; sincerity ...1911 Sc.
UPRISING - nouns
• RABBLING mobbing, expulsion by violence; an uprising ...1700 Sc.
UPROAR - adjectives
• ON ONE'S EAR indignant, angry; in a huff; broadly, in an uproar ...1871 Amer. sl.
UPROAR - nouns
• BALDARE †* din, uproarious noise ...1583
• BALOO an uproar, disturbance ...1847 Eng. dial.
• BEALING a noise, an uproar ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BLUE-DAY a day of uproar or disturbance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• CAMSTAIRY an uproar ...1934 Sc.
• CAMSTEERIE an uproar ...1934 Sc.
• CARRY-ON a fuss; an uproar; an outbreak of excited behaviour ...1890 UK sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIBBER-DABBER an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE an uproar, accompanied with violence; a wrangle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DINDOM a great noise or uproar ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DISBUST an uproar, a broil ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DURDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FARE † display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss ...a1300
• FILLALOO a din, an uproar ...1923 sl.
• FILLYLOO an uproar ...1892 Eng. dial.
• GALRAVITCH noise, riot, uproar; a drinking bout ...1785 Sc.
• GANDIEGOW an uproar, a noisy quarrel; a nonsensical prank; blustering talk; loud complaint ...1907 Sc.
• GARBEL † a brawl, an uproar, din, noise ...1936 Sc.
• GARBOIL † confusion, disturbance, disorder, tumult, uproar; a brawl, hubbub, commotion ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABBER-GALYO an uproar, confusion, turmoil ...1929 Sc.
• HABBLE confusion, tumult, uproar, disturbance, hubbub ...1795 Sc.
• HABBLE-GABBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1956 Sc.
• HABBLE-HOBBLE a tumult, an uproar ...1900 Sc.
• HACK AND SWEEP a tumult, an uproar; a fight; a commotion ...1902 Sc.
• HARMONY uproar, noise, disturbance ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAY-BAY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HEY-BEY a hubbub, an uproar; a commotion, a disturbance ...1805 Eng. dial.
• HILDIE-GILDIE an uproar ...B1900 Sc.
• HUBBLE-SHUBBLE †* commotion, uproar, tumult, disturbance, confusion ...c1550
• HULLABALOO a loud noise; uproar; confusion ...1762 UK sl.
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
• LARUM a tumultuous noise; a hubbub, an uproar ...a1533
• LOO a hullabaloo; a clamorous noise or disturbance; an uproar ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MAKE-ADO † an uproar, disturbance; a fuss, a bother ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MARLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MAYLOCK a prank, frolic, a lark; a trick, a practical joke; a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MIDGETTY-POR an uproar, great confusion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGGAL-CON-PORE an uproar; confusion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGGLE-CUM-PORE an uproar; confusion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MORLOCK a prank, frolic, a lark; a trick, a practical joke; a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• NARRATION an uproar, fuss, clamour, noisy altercation, disturbance ...1871 Sc.
• PANDEMONIUM a place or gathering of wild lawless violence, confusion, and uproar ...1779
• RAMBLE a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar ...1705 Sc.
• RANDIVOO a noise; an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDIVOOSE a noise; an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDY-ROUT an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANGEVOUGE a noise; an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTACKET a noise, an uproar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANT-A-COME-SCOUR an uproar ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RANTICUMSCOUR an uproar ...1892 Eng. dial.
• ROOKUS a disturbance, uproar ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROWDY-DOW a disturbance; an uproar, a hubbub; a boisterous noise; a bitter quarrel ...1872
• RUX a disturbance or uproar ...1918 naval sl.
• SCARE an uproar, a disturbance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHILLOCH an uproar, an outcry, a riot ...1845 Sc.
• SHITSTORM a very great controversy, uproar, or fuss ...sl.
• SPLATTERDASH an uproar ...L19 sl.
• TANG-RANG a noise; an uproar, esp. used of the noise formerly made when bees were swarming ...1840 Eng. dial.
• TANTARAN noise, uproar ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
• UPSTIR † a disturbance, commotion, uproar, confusion ...1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YOBBINS an uproar, a row ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UPROAR - verbs
• GALRAVIDGE to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc.
• GALRAVITCH to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAFFICK to give way to a frenzy of enthusiasm; to celebrate a victory with a delirious uproar ...1900
• RAISE CAIN to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...1849
• RAISE THE DEVIL to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...1841
• RAISE THE MISCHIEF to make a disagreeable disturbance; to create trouble, uproar, or confusion ...c1865
• RAISE THE ROOF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise ...M19 sl.
• SET THE HEATHER ON FIRE to create uproar and excitement; to make a disturbance; to excite a tumult ...1843
• TAKE ON to rage, to rave; to be greatly agitated; to make a great fuss, outcry, or uproar; to distress oneself greatly ...c1430 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE ROOF OFF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise ...M19 sl.
• TEAR THE ROOF OFF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise ...M19 sl.
UPROARIOUS - adjectives
• RIPTORIOUS uproarious, refractory ...1866 Eng. dial.
• ROISTERING boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• ROISTEROUS boisterous, uproarious ...L16
• RORITORIOUS noisy, boisterous, uproarious ...1821
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• TORY-RORY † boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild ...1678
• YAMP noisy, uproarious, talkative ...1889 Sc.
UPROARIOUS - nouns
• BIG OLD TIME an uproarious time; a spree ...M19 US sl.
• HIGH OLD TIME, A a very enjoyable time; an uproarious time; a spree ...1858 sl.
• HIGH TIME an uproarious time; a spree ...M19 US sl.
UPROARIOUS - nouns, person
• BLEEZE-WIG a jocular term for an uproarious old man ...19C Eng. dial.
UPROARIOUS - verbs
• RAISE THE PLACE to make an uproar or disturbance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROIST † to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel ...M16
• TORY-RORY † to behave uproariously ...1685