tokoloshe
- noun
- Offensive
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tokoloshe (insulto)
- No one wanted to work with the office tokoloshe because he always stirred up trouble.
Examples
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She acted like a real tokoloshe during the meeting, interrupting and mocking others.
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After spreading rumors in the group, he was quickly labeled a tokoloshe by his classmates.
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Don't be such a tokoloshe at the party.
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Why does he always act like a tokoloshe?
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After spreading rumors in the group, he was quickly labeled a tokoloshe by his classmates.
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No one wanted to work with the office tokoloshe because he always stirred up trouble.
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She acted like a real tokoloshe during the meeting, interrupting and mocking others.
Synonyms
69
4.1
A person who causes problems for other people on purpose
14
8.8
A person who on purpose causes trouble or makes others do wrong
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6.8
A person who starts trouble or urges others to act
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6.3
A person who repeatedly bothers, threatens, or scares others
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6.5
A person who interrupts people by making noise or causing trouble
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6.0
A person who causes small trouble by playing tricks or starting gossip
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7.5
A person who starts trouble on purpose to make others react
A person who causes problems by starting arguments or fights
A person who on purpose makes others start trouble or fight
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
Behaving in a noisy, cheeky way that ignores rules
A person who acts violently or causes trouble in public
Antonyms
How Troublesome
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tokoloshe is also used to speak about a person who causes trouble, because people compare a nasty person's actions to the mischief of that 'spirit' from South African tales. So calling someone a Tokoloshe means you are saying they behave like a troublemaker.