ratbag
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈræt.bæɡ/
- Offensive
- 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
69
9.9
A mildly rude word for an annoying or playful person
57
9.9
A rude or selfish person, used as an offensive insult
35
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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7.5
A cruel person who treats others badly
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9.9
A person who behaves in an annoying, rude, or foolish way
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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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8.9
A very bad person who treats other people cruelly
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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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9.9
A rude word for a person who is annoying or disliked
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9.9
A person who is annoying or causes trouble
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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
An insulting word for a person people think is dishonest or harmful
1
9.9
A person who does not do their share and causes problems
1
9.9
Usually said about a woman who is often rude and complains a lot
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9.5
A person who often annoys or causes trouble
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 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 annoying person or thing that keeps coming back
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.