ass
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4.3
- noun
- /æs/
- Offensive
- Despite his intelligence, he sometimes comes off as an ass due to his arrogance.
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Examples
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Man is but an ass if he goes about to expound this dream.
Academic text (1998) -
The teacher called him an ass after he kept disrupting the class with silly jokes.
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What a horse's ass I turned out to be.
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Robert was sure they were laughing inside, waiting for him to make an ass of himself.
Academic text (2008) -
Now you've made an ass of me in front of a billion people.
Fiction book (1992) -
If aristocrats are asses, and have in fact always been asses, whence do they derive their authority?
Academic text (1991) -
He acted like a complete ass during the meeting, making foolish comments that embarrassed everyone.
Synonyms
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9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
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9.9
A rude or foolish person who annoys other people
2
9.9
A silly person who annoys others and causes trouble
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9.9
A person who thinks they are much more important than they are
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9.9
A person who acts badly and cannot be trusted
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9.9
A person who is very foolish and annoys others
1
9.9
An insulting word for a person who behaves very badly or foolishly
A person who acts like a fool and annoys others
A rude person who treats others badly or unfairly
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
134
9.9
To keep asking someone to do something all the time in an annoying, pushy way
- Offensive
124
9.2
A person or thing that is very annoying and difficult to deal with
- Offensive
119
9.3
To help someone out of a dangerous or embarrassing situation at the last moment
- Offensive
78
9.9
To tell someone rudely that you do not care about their opinion or order
- Offensive
15
9.9
A very rude way to tell someone you strongly refuse their idea or order
- Offensive
2
9.9
To attack or punish someone suddenly and violently, often for something they did
- Offensive
2
9.9
To do very well and act confidently, often in a forceful way
- Offensive
1
9.9
To do something that makes both people look foolish
- Offensive
1
9.8
To take steps to protect yourself from blame, often by keeping records or blaming others
- Offensive
1
9.9
To behave rudely and foolishly in a way that annoys or embarrasses people
- Offensive
1
9.9
A rude way to say someone is very bad at simple tasks and easily confused
- Offensive
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8.5
To act in a way that makes you look foolish in front of others
Not able to do simple tasks, often confused and disorganized
- Offensive
Make up ideas quickly without preparing or checking facts
- Offensive
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
- Offensive
To have sudden, very bad diarrhea after eating bad food or when feeling very nervous
- Offensive
A strong phrase people say when they are very surprised or do not believe something
- Offensive
An informal rude phrase said to show surprise or not believe something
Compounds
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7.4
A large wild animal like a donkey that lives on dry plains in Asia and northeast Africa
- South African
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7.2
A wild donkey from dry northeastern Africa that is the ancestor of the domestic donkey
- Formal
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9.9
A situation when a person cannot choose between two equally good options and does nothing
- Offensive
A way of living with very little money, using cheap choices to get by
- Offensive
A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time
- Offensive
An insulting word for a person who complains a lot and acts like a child
How Stupid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ass as an insult comes from the animal ass, a donkey people long thought of as stubborn or silly, so calling someone an ass says they behaved like a foolish donkey.