lepernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈlep.ər/us/ˈlep.ɚ/a person who is strongly disliked and avoided by other people because of something bad that he or she has done:
She claimed that the rumours had made her a social leper.
old-fashioned offensive a person who has leprosy
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- twat
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
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