Shakespearean Insults
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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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churlish
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rude, blunt, ungracious; violent, rough, harsh; stiff, hard, unyielding; stingy
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distempered
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insane, deranged, lunatic; disordered, disturbed, diseased
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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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haughty
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high-minded, aspiring, lofty
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hideous
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terrifying, frightful, horrifying
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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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lewd
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ignorant, foolish, ill-mannered; wicked, vile, evil
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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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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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rank
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foul-smelling, stinking; bloated, swollen, puffed-up
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reeky
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foul-smelling, smoky
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roynish
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vulgar, scurvy, coarse
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saucy
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insolent, impudent, presumptuous, defiant
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sottish
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stupid, foolish, ludicrous
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unmuzzled
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to free from restraint, as speech or expression
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vacant
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lacking, devoid, deficient
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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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wenching
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someone who hangs around with women
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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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bunch-backed
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hunch-backed
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clay-brained
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mud-brained
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dog-hearted
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cruel, callous, malevolent
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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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heavy-headed
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dull; stupid
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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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ill-composed
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made up of wicked elements
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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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lean-witted
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having but little sense or shrewdness
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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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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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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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paper-faced
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having a face as white as paper
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pinch-spotted
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discoloured with pinch-marks
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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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rug-headed
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shaggy-headed, shock-headed
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rump-fed
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well-fed, pampered; overfed
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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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sour-faced
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having a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression
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weak-hinged
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ill-balanced; ill-founded.
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white-livered
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lily-livered, cowardly, feeble-spirited
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canker-blossom
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grub that destroys the blossom [of love]
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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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catpurse
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someone who steels and picks money from people on the street
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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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gull-catcher
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fool-trapper, trickster
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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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jack-a-nape
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upstart, buffoon, monkey
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malkin
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wench, drab, slut
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malignancy
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evil influence, inauspicious character
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malt-worm
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a drunkard
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manikin
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little man, puppet
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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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nut-hook
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constable, beadle, officer
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pantaloon
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constable, beadle, officer
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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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remnant
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a small leftover portion after the main part no longer exists
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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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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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snipe
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dupe, gull, fool
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waterfly
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a source of petty annoyance; an insignificant but troublesome person or tiling.
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whipster
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wretch, degenerate, good-for-nothing
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younker
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greenhorn, juvenile, prodigal child
