A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Blusterer Roget’s Thesaurus §887
N. blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer, brawler, fanfaron, braggart, bully, terrorist, rough, bulldozer, hoodlum, hooligan*, larrikin, roarer*, mohock, mohawk, drawcansir, swashbuckler, captain bobadil, sir lucius o'trigger, thraso, pistol, parolles, bombastes furioso, hector, chrononhotonthologos, jingo, desperado, dare-devil, fire eater, fury, &c. (violent person) 173, rowdy, slang-whanger*, tough, puppy, prig, sir oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack- in-office, saucebox, malapert, jackanapes, minx, bantam-cock, 1, social affections
Evil doer Roget’s Thesaurus §913
N. evil doer, evil worker, # wrongdoer, mischief-maker, marplot, oppressor, tyrant, destroyer, vandal, iconoclast|, firebrand, incendiary, fire bug, pyromaniac, anarchist, communist|, terrorist, savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian, caitiff, desperado, apache, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly*, pug-ugly*, red skin, tough, mohawk, mo-hock, mo-hawk, bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin, dangerous classes, ugly customer, thief, cockatrice, scorpion, hornet, snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass, serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda|, canker-worm, wire-worm, locust, colorado beetle, alacran, alligator, caymon, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus, torpedo, bane, cutthroat, cannibal, anthropophagus|, anthropophagist|, bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture, gyrfalcon|, gerfalcon|, wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman, blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound, catamount, cougar, jaguar, puma, hag, hellhag, beldam, jezebel, monster, fiend, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, frankenstein's monster, harpy, siren, furies, eumenides, hun, attila, scourge of the human race
Phr. faenum habet in cornu, 3, special sympathetic affections
Bad Man Roget’s Thesaurus §949
N. bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity, evildoer, sinner, the wicked, bad example, villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash, caitiff|, wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin, tiger|, monster, devil, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, nana sahib, hellhound, hellcat, rakehell, bad woman, jade, jezebel, scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag, rou, rake, sadist, skeesicks*, skeezix*, limb, one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee, vaurien, mauvais sujet, loose fish, sad dog, rounder*, lost sheep, black sheep, castaway, recreant, defaulter, prodigal, rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother, ruffian, bully, meanie, jonathan wild, hangman, incendiary, arsonist, fire bug, thief, murderer, terrorist, culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp, disorderly person, misdemeanant, outlaw, scofflaw, vandal, felon, convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man, multiple offender, blackguard, polisson, loafer, sneak, rapscallion, rascallion, cullion, mean wretch, varlet, kern, ame-de- boue, drole, cur, dog, hound|, whelp|, mongrel|, lown|, loon, runnion, outcast, vagabond, rogue, ronian, scum of the earth, riffraff, arcades ambo
Int. sirrah, phr, acherontis pabulum, gibier de potence
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