buggernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʌɡ.ər/us/ˈbʌɡ.ɚ/UK offensive a silly or annoying person:
Well you shouldn't have drunk so much, should you, you daft bugger!
The stupid bugger's given me the wrong ticket!
UK informal used to or about someone that you feel sympathy for:
The poor bugger has nowhere else to sleep.
US informal a person or animal, especially a young one that you like very much:
He's a cute little bugger, isn't he?
UK offensive something that is very difficult or annoying:
This tin is a bugger to open.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- dummy
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- need your head examined idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
People in general
Arriving, entering and invading
Animal young
Difficult things and people
Idiom(s)
bugger all
buggerexclamation
uk/ˈbʌɡ.ər/us/ˈbʌɡ.ɚ/UK offensiveused to express anger:
Oh bugger, it's raining!
bugger it!
used to express great anger:
Bugger it! I'm going to miss my train.
bugger me!
used to express great surprise:
Bugger me! Did you see the speed that motorbike was going?
buggerverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbʌɡ.ər/us/ˈbʌɡ.ɚ/bugger verb [ T ] (DAMAGE)
UK offensive to break or spoil something:
You've just buggered your chances of promotion!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- knock sth out
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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bugger verb [ T ] (HAVE SEX)
UK offensive or specialized law to have sex by putting the penis in another person's anus
buggery
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbʌɡ.ər.i/us/ˈbʌɡ.ɚ.i/UK offensive or specialized
anal sex
Idiom(s)
I'm buggered if...
Phrasal verb(s)
bugger about
bugger sb about
bugger off
bugger sth up