A vile, sorry, or despicable person; one of opprobrious or reprehensible character; a mean or contemptible creature. Also without article.
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释义 | society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person (29) wretchOE A vile, sorry, or despicable person; one of opprobrious or reprehensible character; a mean or contemptible creature. Also without article. filthOE figurative. Moral corruption, depravity, or impurity; sinfulness; obscene, offensive, or disgusting behaviour. birdc1300 A wretch; a fiend. Chiefly in terms of disparagement, as in bird of hell, devil's bird, etc. Obsolete. villain1303 Originally, a low-born base-minded rustic; a man of ignoble ideas or instincts; in later use, an… Used as a term of opprobrious address. caitiffc1330 Expressing contempt, and often involving strong moral disapprobation: A base, mean, despicable ‘wretch’, a villain. In early use often not separable… crachouna1400 A word of uncertain origin, frequent in Cursor Mundi, the later texts of which render it caitiff or wretch. crathona1400 A term of depreciation: (apparently) Craven, caitiff. custronc1400 An assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion. Also in extended use, as a term of abuse: a man of low birth or status; a knave, a… sloven?a1475 A person of vulgar or disreputable character or manners; a lout; a ruffian; a rogue. Obsolete. smaik?1507 A low, mean, or contemptible fellow; a rascal, rogue. rook?a1513 In extended use. A derogatory term for: a disreputable, greedy, garrulous, or slovenly person. Obsolete. scavenger1563 figurative in various uses: One who collects filth; one who does ‘dirty work’; a dishonourable person. Also, in favourable sense, one who labours… scald1575 A scurvy fellow. peasant1581 As a term of abuse: a person of low social status; an ignorant, stupid, unsophisticated, or (formerly esp.) unprincipled person; a boor, a lout… scaba1592 slang. A term of abuse or depreciation applied to persons. A mean, low, ‘scurvy’ fellow; a rascal, scoundrel. †occasionally applied to a woman. bezonian1592 (a) A raw recruit. (b) As a term of contempt: needy beggar, base fellow, knave, rascal. slave1592 In less serious use: Rascal; fellow. Obsolete. patchcock1596 Perhaps: a waif or ragamuffin. muckworm1649 derogatory. A person who is despicable, esp. one who is intellectually or morally deficient; a lowly person. Now rare. blackguard1732 Chiefly as blackguard. A person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain. Now… ramscallion1734 A worthless, dirty, or disreputable person; a vagrant. Cf. rapscallion, n. nasty1825 Frequently in plural. A nasty person or character; esp. a villain. cad1838 colloquial. A fellow of low vulgar manners and behaviour. (An offensive and insulting appellation.) boundera1889 A person of objectionable manners or anti-social behaviour; a cad. Also in milder use as a term of playful abuse. (Occasionally applied to a woman.)… three-letter man1929 (a) U.S. a person awarded a mark of distinction (cf. letter, n.1 3a) in three different sports; (b) colloquial an obnoxious person. Subcategories:— female (4) |
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