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insolent
[INN-suh-lent] Disrespectful, rude, impertinent.
Featured on April 23, 2024
dolosity
[doh-LAHS-uh-tee] D
eceitfulness, hidden malice.
Featured on April 22, 2024
mordant
[MORE-dunt]
Caustic, biting, sarcastic.
Featured on April 18, 2024
bovine
[boh
-vahyn]
having qualities (such as placidity or dullness) characteristic of cattle or cows.
Featured on April 17, 2024
sop
[sop] a weak-willed or spineless person.
Featured on April 16, 2024
drivel
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driv
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hildish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.
Featured on April 15, 2024
jobbernowl
[
job·ber·nowl
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A stupid person; a blockhead.
Featured on April 4, 2024
patter
[
pat·ter
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a quick succession of light rapid sounds.
Featured on April 3, 2024
flummery
[
fluh
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mr
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ee
]
informal
meaningless flattery; nonsense.
Featured on April 2, 2024
agog
[a·gog
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n a state of eager desire; excitedly.
Featured on April 1, 2024
popinjay
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paa
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puhn
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jay
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a conceited, foppish, or excessively talkative person
. an archaic word for parrot.
Featured on March 27, 2024
troglodyte
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gluh
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dite
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a bad-mannered person with ignorant or outdated ideas.
Featured on March 26, 2024
insolent
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in
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luhnt
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extremely rude and showing a lack of respect.
Featured on March 25, 2024
bilious
[
bil·ious
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Spiteful;
bad-tempered.
Featured on March 21, 2024
niding
[ni
·ding
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A derogatory term, a vile wretch.
Featured on March 20, 2024
bovine
[
bow
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vine
] D
ull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox.
Featured on March 19, 2024
pollrumptious
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pohl-RUMP-shus
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Unruly, restless, foolishly confident.
Featured on March 18, 2024
mordant
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mor
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sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker
; biting.
Featured on March 14, 2024
visigoth
[v
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a member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France.
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vituperative
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criticizing in a cruel and angry way.
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rapacious
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excessively greedy and grasping.
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disdainfully or skeptically humorous;
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mocking
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Featured on March 6, 2024
obtuse
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slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
Featured on March 5, 2024
balderdash
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senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Featured on March 4, 2024
vexation
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the act of causing annoyance, irritation, or distress.
Featured on February 29, 2024
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