kickable
8.1
So annoying that people want to hit it
- adjective
- /ˈkɪkəbl/
- Offensive
:
merece una patada (informal, ofensivo)
- His behavior during the meeting was kickable, leaving everyone frustrated and wanting to confront him.
Examples
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The team's performance was so poor that the coach described several players as kickable after the match.
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Loathsome, inexplicable creatures Good-for-nothing, kickable creatures
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After his insulting comments, she felt he was truly kickable and couldn't hold back her anger.
Synonyms
1
8.2
A person or face that makes others want to hit them
expresses strong anger or contempt figuratively rather than literal violence
9.9
Very annoying in a way that makes you want to hit someone
expresses anger or contempt but with milder intensity than this phrase
Antonyms
How Despicable
hateful
116
3.6
116
3.6
kickable
- Offensive
contemptible
15
7.4
- Offensive
15
7.4
offensive
261
4.0
- Offensive
261
4.0
annoying
392
1.0
392
1.0
Surface Forms
kickable positive
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the figurative use of kickable is to think of kick plus -able as 'worthy of a kick'. This makes the word easy to use when you want to say someone or something makes you very angry or shows strong contempt.