ratbag
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈræt.bæɡ/
- Offensive
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- That ratbag always finds a way to annoy everyone around him.
Examples
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Pitch, you shadow-sneaking ratbag, come here!
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They will be campaigning for family values, baseball, mom, and apple pie—and the loudest voices against them will be ratbag atheists yelling, "Show us your tits."
Blog text (2) -
OK, Ratbag, what are you here for?
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And the ratbag, poor woman?
Fiction book (1993) -
You still feel good, Ratbag?
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Sounds like a prize ratbag.
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Homeopathy reviews deviate from this because 'homeopathy' is not a single treatment, but a ratbag of many different kinds.
Blog text (15) -
Geez, spending eternity worshipping a ratbag deity in some sort of disembodied state in the ether is about as attractive as eating and drinking bits of the baby Jesus on Sunday mornings.
Blog text (18) -
A lot of those ratbag 'surprise' methods are just horrible, mind-destroying Lovecraftian monsters, but I had a kind of road to Damascus moment over Yorkshire several years ago when Niall had taken me to a tower I hadn't rung at before, and they rang Yorkshire.
Blog text (21) -
My little brother can be such a ratbag when he refuses to share his toys.
Synonyms
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9.9
A rude or selfish person, used as an offensive insult
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9.9
A mildly rude word for an annoying or playful person
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8.2
An unpleasant person who lies or treats others badly
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9.9
A rude word for a person who is cruel or dishonest
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9.9
A person who behaves in an annoying, rude, or foolish way
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7.5
A cruel person who treats others badly
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8.2
A person who is dishonest and treats others badly
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9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
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9.9
A rude word for a person who is annoying or disliked
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9.5
A person who often annoys or causes trouble
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8.9
A very bad person who treats other people cruelly
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9.9
A person who is very unpleasant and treats others badly
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9.0
A teasing name for a person who is annoying or unpleasant
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9.9
A person who is annoying or causes trouble
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9.0
An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
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9.8
An annoying person or thing that keeps coming back
A person who annoys others by asking too many questions or interrupting them
A person who is annoying, rude, and not liked by others
An offensive slang word for a rude person who treats others badly
A person who does not do their share and causes problems
A rude word for a person who treats others badly
A very rude word for someone who is cruel and unpleasant
A person who is very rude and treats others badly
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A person who is rude and annoying
An insulting word for a person people think is dishonest or harmful
Usually said about a woman who is often rude and complains a lot
Antonyms
How Troublesome
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ratbag probably comes from joining rat and bag, which gives a cheeky picture of a small, unpleasant animal in a bag. A helpful way to remember it is that calling someone a ratbag means they are 'annoying' or 'mischievous', so the picture fits the modern meaning.