varmint

Examples

• All

• You no good varmint!

  Off Beat (1986)

• Come back here, you little varmint.

  The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)

• Come on, dance, you varmint.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Hey, get over here, you varmints!

  One, Two, Many (2008)

• Let it go, you stinking varmint!

  Oliver Twist (2005)

• Where's the strong box, you varmint?

  GoodFellas (1990)

• You mean this no-good varmint... is hiding out in Echo Mine right now?

  Home on the Range (2004)

• Well, you may lock me up in a hole, you varmints, but you can't sit on me.

  The Black Swan (1942)

• Run, you varmints, run.

  Unconquered (1947)

• That little varmint keeps stealing my snacks when I'm not looking.

Synonyms

T

thorn

vsvarmint

• Informal

43 7.2

A person or thing that often causes trouble

is restricted to insulting people, not to objects or abstract annoyances

P

pest

vsvarmint

• Offensive

27 2.1

A person who keeps bothering others

is a general informal name for an irritating or troublesome person

V

vermin

vsvarmint

• Offensive

24 7.2

A person who is cruel and strongly disliked

is milder and more informal, meaning irritating but less hateful

P

prat

vsvarmint

• Offensive

4 9.9

A person who behaves in a silly or annoying way

is about general irritation or nastiness rather than implying foolishness

B

blighter

vsvarmint

• Offensive

2 9.5

A person who often annoys or causes trouble

is less focused on ongoing annoyance and can mean one-time trouble

T

that bugger

vsvarmint

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is annoying or causes trouble

is more general informal insult that describes annoyance without that rude phrasing

P

pesterer

vsvarmint

6.1

A person who annoys others by asking too many questions or interrupting them

is a general insulting noun for an irritating person rather than action

Surface Forms

Etymology