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fleabag

fleabag

5 7.5
A dirty, untidy person or animal often used as a mild insult
  • noun
  • /ˈfliˌbæɡ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : desarrapado
  • The kids affectionately called their scruffy pet a fleabag due to his messy fur.

Every incompetent, morally bankrupt bottom feeder fleabag that he can find races to work for him.

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Examples

Synonyms

scraggle
vsfleabag
  • Offensive
9.9

A thin, ragged person or animal that looks weak

means someone dirty and shabby rather than mainly thin

Antonyms

144 1.0

Clean and tidy with things in order

9 3.5

Neat and tidy in appearance with clean clothes and neat hair

How Unkempt

fleabag
  • Offensive
5 7.5
untidiness
1 2.5

Surface Forms

fleabag singular
fleabags plural

Morphology

fleabag = flea + bag (semi-transparent) = flea + bag

The compound evokes dirtiness or worthlessness from 'flea' + 'bag', but its application to a person or animal is a derogatory metaphor rather than a literal descriptor.

Etymology

The word fleabag originally pictured a thing 'full of fleas', so calling a person or animal a fleabag paints them as shabby or dirty. That's why it is often used as a mild joke or insult about someone who looks unkempt.