Shakespearean insults Column B
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Having a bunch on the back; crooked. "Bunch-backed toad." --Shak.
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bunched-backed
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a. Stupid. [Obs.] --Shak.
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clay-brained
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Inhuman; cruel. --Shak.
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dog-hearted
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having an empty heart
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empty-hearted
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a look thought capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on the person at whom it is directed.
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evil-eyed
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which hurts the eyes
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eye-offending
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An insult meaning gross and lubberly
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fat-kidneyed
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Dull; stupid.
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heavy-headed
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furiously enraged; intensely angry
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horn-mad
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badly brought up; lacking good manners
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ill-breeding
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made up of wicked elements
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ill-composed
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ill-bred, badly brought up,lacking good manners
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ill-nurtured
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dull-witted, obtuse, dense
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iron-witted
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a. Having but little sense or shrewdness.
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lean-witted
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cowardly; timid; easily frightened, weak
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lily-livered
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definition not found
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mad-bread
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Having a mind of a jester; foolish. --Shak.
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motley-minded
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Dull-spirited. --Shak.
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muddy-mettled
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Having the eyes filled with tears
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onion-eyed
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Dispirited; cowardly; craven.
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pale-hearted
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Faced with paper. Having a face as white as paper.
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paper-faced
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Discolored from having been pinched, as the skin.
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pinch-spotted
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having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt, having a lean and bony physique
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raw-boned
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Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
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rug-headed
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A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps "fattened in the rump, pampered"(to treat with extreme or excessive care and attention)
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rump-fed
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Having shaggy(hairy) ears.
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shag-eared
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Having a throat which produces a shrill note. [R.] --Shak.
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shrill-gorged
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having a bad-tempered or unpleasant expression
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sour-faced
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Ill-balanced; ill-founded.
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weak-hinged
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easily frightened, cowardly
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white-livered
