heel
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8.4
- noun
- /hiːl/
- Offensive
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- Get out of here, you lousy, double-crossing heel.
And I feel like an A heel for not noticing it.
- And I feel like an A heel for not noticing it.
- You know, if you think of professional wrestling, you know, the heel and the babyface.
- And he's been just the the biggest heel upon heels.
- You know, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, like they all became the heel at some point.
- Mark Twain said that forgiveness is the fragrance that the Violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Examples
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Just suppose he didn't turn out to be a heel last night.
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I felt like a real heel standing down there--
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Don't you feel like a heel, flying first class with the kids in coach?
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You don't want her to get mixed up with a heel like me.
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I'm such a heel.
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He realized he was a real heel when he thought about how he treated his friends.
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Don't be such a heel by ignoring people's feelings and acting selfish.
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After what he did, everyone in the group called him a heel for his rude behavior.
Synonyms
102
8.5
A person who uses others to get money or power
40
8.2
An unpleasant person who lies or treats others badly
14
7.9
A man who treats women badly and shows no respect
11
7.5
A cruel person who treats others badly
4
9.9
A person who lies, cheats, or treats others badly
3
9.9
A person who seems untrustworthy and suspicious
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9.9
A man who behaves in a rude or dishonest way
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5.6
A person who other people do not respect because they behave badly
A person who betrays others and cannot be trusted
Antonyms
Idioms
3
7.4
To leave quickly by suddenly walking away because you are angry or shocked
Compounds
- Informal
11
6.3
A small but serious weakness in someone or something that can cause failure
- Specialized
The small part at the back bottom of a shoe that touches the ground and can be replaced
The thin raised back of a woman's shoe is narrow at base, wider in middle, narrow at top
How Bad
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the slang heel (a bad or untrustworthy person) is to think of someone 'low' or beneath others, like the heel at the bottom, which is why heel came to mean a mean or dishonourable person.