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Shakespearean Insults Flashcards

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bawdy

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filthy, obscene, abominable

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brazen

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everlasting, imperishable, impenetrable; made of brass, very strong, powerful

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bunch-backed

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hunch-backed

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canker-blossom

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grub that destroys the blossom [of love]

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catpurse

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someone who steels and picks money from people on the street

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churlish

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rude, blunt, ungracious; violent, rough, harsh; stiff, hard, unyielding; stingy

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clay-brained

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mud-brained

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clodpole

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blockhead, thickhead, dolt

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crutch

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something that is necessary but impedes one from doing better

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distempered

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insane, deranged, lunatic; disordered, disturbed, diseased

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dog-hearted

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cruel, callous, malevolent

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dogfish

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baboon

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egg-shell

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something worthless

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empty-headed

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unburdened, idle, unoccupied brain; not very intelligent

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evil-eyed

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affliction, misfortune, hardship

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eye-offending

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which hurts the eyes

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fat-kidneyed

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an insult meaning gross and lubberly

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fitful

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full of fits, marked by paroxysms (a sudden outburst of emotion or action)

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gnarling

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snarling, growling

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greasy

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vulgar

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grizzled

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grey, sprinkled with grey hairs

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gull-catcher

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fool-trapper, trickster

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haughty

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high-minded, aspiring, lofty

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heavy-headed

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dull; stupid

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hedge-pig

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hedgehog

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hempseed

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malapropism for ‘homicide’

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hideous

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terrifying, frightful, horrifying

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horn-mad

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furious, enraged, raving mad

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ill-breading

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mischief-making, discontented

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30
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ill-composed

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made up of wicked elements

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31
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ill-nurtured

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ill-bred, badly brought up

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iron-witted

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dull-witted, obtuse, dense

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33
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jack-a-nape

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upstart, buffoon, monkey

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jaded

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low-bred, ignoble, contemptible

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knavish

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rascally, mischievous, roguish

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lean-witted

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having but little sense or shrewdness

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lewd

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ignorant, foolish, ill-mannered; wicked, vile, evil

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lily-livered

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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mad-bred

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produced by madness

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malignancy

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evil influence, inauspicious character

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malkin

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malt-worm

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a drunkard

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manikin

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little man, puppet

44
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minimus

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tiniest of creatures, insignificant being

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miscreant

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villain, wretch, rascal

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moldwarp

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mole [animal]

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motley-minded

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muddle-headed, foolish-minded

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muddy-mettled

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sluggish, dull-spirited

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nut-hook

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constable, beadle, officer

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onion-eyed

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having the eyes filled with tears

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pale-hearted

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dispirited; cowardly; craven

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pantaloon

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constable, beadle, officer

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paper-faced

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having a face as white as paper

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peevish

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silly, foolish; or: headstrong, impulsive

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pernicious

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destructive, dangerous, ruinous

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pinch-spotted

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discoloured with pinch-marks

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prating

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prattling, chattering, blathering

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purpled

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reddened with blood, bloodstained

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queasy

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easily upset, delicate, fastidious

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rabbit-sucker

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sucking rabbit, baby rabbit

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rampallion

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ruffian, villain, scoundrel

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rank

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foul-smelling, stinking; bloated, swollen, puffed-up

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raw-boned

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having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt, having a lean and bony physique

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reeky

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foul-smelling, smoky

65
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remnant

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a small leftover portion after the main part no longer exists

66
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roynish

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vulgar, scurvy, coarse

67
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rudesby

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ruffian, piece of insolence, unmannerly fellow

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ruffian

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violent, brutal, villainous

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rug-headed

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shaggy-headed, shock-headed

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rump-fed

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well-fed, pampered; overfed

71
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saucy

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insolent, impudent, presumptuous, defiant

72
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scantling

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guideline, index, standard of measurement

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scullion

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menial, lackey, domestic servant

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shag-eared

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shaggy hair hanging over the ears

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shrill-gorged

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shrill-sounding, with high-pitched voice

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snipe

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dupe, gull, fool

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sottish

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stupid, foolish, ludicrous

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sour-faced

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having a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression

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unmuzzled

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to free from restraint, as speech or expression

80
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vacant

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lacking, devoid, deficient

81
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waggish

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playful, mischievous, impish

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wanton

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naughty, wicked, mischievous; cruelly irresponsible, badly behaved

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waterfly

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a source of petty annoyance; an insignificant but troublesome person or tiling.

84
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weak-hinged

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ill-balanced; ill-founded.

85
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wenching

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someone who hangs around with women

86
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whipster

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wretch, degenerate, good-for-nothing

87
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white-livered

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lily-livered, cowardly, feeble-spirited

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whoreson

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wretched, vile

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yeasty

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frothy, superficial, trivial

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younker

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greenhorn, juvenile, prodigal child

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