n
Alternative spelling of addlepatedness [The quality of being addlepated.]
n
The quality of being addlepated.
adj
(UK dialectal, of people) Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.
adj
Rude and insolent; bolshie.
adj
(nautical, slang, obsolete) Experiencing a loss of courage and self-control.
adj
(colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.
n
Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
adj
Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
adj
(UK, slang, dated) hearty; in good spirits
adj
Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
adj
Alternative spelling of bolshie [(UK) Difficult or rebellious.]
adj
(US, colloquial, dated) Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
adj
(informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.
adv
(UK dialectal) Hastily; violently; fiercely; with fury.
n
(uncountable, informal) Brattish behaviour.
adj
Characteristic of a brat; childishly rude and annoying.
v
(intransitive) To turn a brass color.
n
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
n
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
adj
(obsolete) Of a rude or churlish disposition, like a carter.
n
An unhappy married life marked by arguments and disagreements.
adj
(archaic) Rough; boorish; surly.
adj
(archaic) rude; churlish; violent
adj
(figuratively) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
adj
Characteristic of a clodhopper
adv
(slang, vulgar) In a craptastic manner; very poorly.
adj
Pertaining to a cur or mongrel.
v
(slang) To behave in a reckless or dangerous manner.
n
(uncountable) The condition of being dodgy
adj
Very difficult and unpleasant.
v
(transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.
adv
While edging; with short, timid steps.
adj
(Caribbean, Jamaica) arrogantly rude; feisty
adv
(obsolete) In a fickle manner.
adj
Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
adj
(archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
n
(uncountable, colloquial) Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
adv
(rare) With the use of fudges; inaccurately or misleadingly.
adj
Like a fussbudget; tending to fuss or complain about trivial matters.
adj
Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
adj
Synonym of giddy: joyfully elated.
adv
In a roving, idle manner.
adj
(obsolete) Moving easily; nimble; voluble.
n
(Scotland) Stinginess, miserliness.
adv
In a groping manner; blindly.
n
(obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
adj
(figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
n
(archaic) A savage or terrible person.
adj
(slang) Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.
adj
Hasty, impulsive, or reckless; capricious.
adj
(US, dialectal, obsolete) hiding; skulking; cowardly
adj
susceptible to nagging
n
One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak.
adj
(archaic) Synonym of nithing (“cowardly, dastardly; notoriously evil or wicked; infamous”)
n
(UK dialectal, obsolete) Rowdy or unrestrained behaviour; antics.
adj
(humorous, Southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
adj
(UK, slang, archaic) In difficult circumstances; in trouble.
adj
Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless
adj
(obsolete) Wild or riotous.
n
(figuratively) One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.
n
(nonstandard) A rambunctious activity.
adj
Rare spelling of rambunctious. [(chiefly US, informal) Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.]
adj
Alternative spelling of rumbustious [(chiefly Britain, informal) Boisterous and unruly.]
n
(Scotland) Riotous or disorderly behaviour.
n
boisterous, coarse, loose woman
adj
(England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
adj
Disorderly and boisterous.
adj
Alternative spelling of rorty [(Britain, informal) Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.]
n
(archaic) A reckless person.
adj
(dated, UK, dialect or US, colloquial) roily; turbulent
adj
Having the characteristics of a riot.
adj
Obsolete form of roynish. [(obsolete) Mangy; scabby.]
n
Noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior.
adj
Given to boisterous play; inclined to romp.
adj
Tending to romp; playfully adventurous.
adj
(Britain, informal) Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.
n
Alternative spelling of rough-and-tumble [Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight.]
n
Alternative spelling of roughhouse [rowdy behaviour]
n
Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight.
n
Alternative spelling of roughhouse [rowdy behaviour]
n
A fluid used to roughen the surface of certain playing cards so that they clump together, used as a preparatory stage for certain card tricks.
n
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
adj
(obsolete) uproarious; riotous
n
Archaic spelling of rowdy. [A boisterous person; a brawler.]
n
A boisterous person; a brawler.
adj
(obsolete) Mangy; scabby.
n
Obsolete form of roistering. [Noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior.]
adj
Obsolete form of roisterous. [Loud and disorderly; carousing]
adj
(informal, rare) Characteristically resembling or making a ruckus; loud; boisterous
n
The state or condition of a ruffian.
adj
Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian.
v
(archaic, intransitive) To act like a ruffian.
adj
Like or having the qualities of a ruffian.
adj
Alternative form of rumbustious [(chiefly Britain, informal) Boisterous and unruly.]
adj
Alternative spelling of rambunctious [(chiefly US, informal) Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.]
adv
In the manner of a sack.
n
(informal) An unhappy or disappointed person.
adj
(dialectal) awkward; rough; untidy
adj
(informal) (Of a sports match) characterised by awkward or clumsy play.
adj
Like Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly.
n
(obsolete) One who scruples; a scrupler.
adj
(simile, colloquial) Not at all sharp-witted; very stupid.
adj
(informal) Inclined to shrug; uncaring or apathetic.
adj
Difficult to manage; tricky.
adj
(dated, of fabric) Thin and flimsy.
adj
slick; sly; untrustworthy
adj
Involving or characteristic of sneakers.
adj
Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
adj
(social planning) Of or relating to a class of wicked problems that are particularly intractable because of limited time, lack of central authority, irrational discounting of the future, and the fact that those seeking to solve the problem are also causing it.
v
(Southern US, Midlands) To act in a balky and uncooperative manner.
adj
(UK, dialect) fretful; peevish; cross
adj
(colloquial) fussy, petty
adv
(obsolete) boisterously, uproariously
n
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
adj
(UK, North Country, dialect, archaic) fretful; uneasy
n
(idiomatic, chiefly US) Synonym of school of hard knocks
adv
(obsolete, UK, Cockney) very
n
(derogatory, slang) someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy
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