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louse [n. lous; v. lous, louz]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad person
Synonyms: cad, cootie, knave, rat, scoundrel
Main Entry: cad
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sly, dastardly person
Synonyms: boor, bounder, clown, creep, cur, dog*, heel, louse, lout, rake, rascal, rat, rotter, rounder, scoundrel, stinker, worm
Antonyms: gentleman, helper
Main Entry: insect
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bug
Synonyms: ant, aphid, arachnid, arthropod, bedbug, bee, beetle, bumblebee, butterfly, cockroach, cootie, daddy longlegs, dragonfly, flea, fly, fruit fly, gnat, grasshopper, hornet, ladybug, louse, mite, mite, mosquito, moth, pest, praying mantis, spider, termite, tick, vermin, yellowjacket
Example Sentences
  • Lindholm finds a louse or an egg, the child is sent home until the lice are dead and eggs are removed.
  • The life cycle of the head louse has three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.
  • For example, two species of rotifer that live around different parts of the water louse have different jaw shapes and body.
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Main Entry: miscreant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is very bad, immoral
Synonyms: black sheep, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink, heel, hoodlum, jailbird, loafer, louse, lowlife, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer
Antonyms: goody-goody
Main Entry: nuisance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: annoyance; annoying person
Synonyms: besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, botherment, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pester, pesterer, pill, plague, poor excuse, problem, terror, trouble, vexation
Antonyms: delight, happiness, pleasantry, pleasure
Main Entry: screw up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make a mess of
Synonyms: blow, bobble, bollix, botch, bungle, confuse, flub, foul up, goof up, goof, louse, make hash of, mess, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, queer, snafu, spoil
Antonyms: succeed
Main Entry: sneak
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is very dishonest
Synonyms: cheater, con artist, coward, cur, dastard, heel, informer, louse, rascal, reptile, scoundrel, skunk, slink, snake in grass, snake*, toad, weasel, wretch
Main Entry: caitiff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coward
Synonyms: dastard, louse, rat, scoundrel
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