Shakespeare's Insults

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  1. ruttish
    feeling great sexual desire
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  2. hugger-mugger
    a state of confusion
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  3. hugger
    a person who hugs
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  4. ratsbane
    a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  5. popinjay
    a vain and talkative person
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  6. ill-breeding
    impoliteness resulting from ignorance
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  7. mugger
    a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  8. john
    a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
    Thou art wither'd like an old apple-john

    Thou dankish clay-brained mumble-news!
  9. pottle
    a pot that holds 2 quarts
    Thou gorbellied pottle-deep popinjay!
  10. moldy
    covered with or smelling of a type of fungus
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  11. cocker
    a small breed with wavy silky hair
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  12. clack
    a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  13. mumble
    talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
    Thou art wither'd like an old apple-john

    Thou dankish clay-brained mumble-news!
  14. bladder
    a distensible membranous sac
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  15. coxcomb
    the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
    Thou spleeny unwash'd coxcomb!
  16. rascally
    playful in an appealingly bold way
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  17. tardy
    after the expected or usual time
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  18. cheating
    a deception for profit to yourself
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  19. flap
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    Thou caluminous common-kissing flap-dragon!
  20. crook
    a long staff with one end being hook shaped
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  21. dragon
    a mythological creature with a reptile body and wings
    Thou caluminous common-kissing flap-dragon!
  22. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  23. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  24. cheat
    defeat through trickery or deceit
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  25. thou
    the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  26. fowl
    a domesticated bird
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  27. minded
    mentally oriented toward something specified
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  28. rogue
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  29. bat
    a club used for hitting a ball in various games
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  30. kissing
    affectionate play
    Thou caluminous common-kissing flap-dragon!
  31. breeding
    the activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  32. clay
    water-soaked soil; soft, wet earth
    Thou art wither'd like an old apple-john

    Thou dankish clay-brained mumble-news!
  33. breed
    cause to procreate (animals)
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  34. pat
    hit lightly
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  35. boil
    change from a liquid to vapor
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  36. linen
    a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  37. dish
    a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  38. brain
    the organ that is the center of the nervous system
    Thou art wither'd like an old apple-john

    Thou dankish clay-brained mumble-news!
  39. mate
    a person's partner in marriage
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  40. lack
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
    Thou poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate

    Thou moldy rogue

    Thou reeky motley-minded popinjay

    Thou impertinent crook-pated hugger-mugger!
  41. rank
    relative status
    Thou rank boil-brained bladder

    Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane

    Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!
  42. ill
    affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
    Thou ruttish ill-breeding clack-dish!
  43. common
    having no special distinction or quality
    Thou caluminous common-kissing flap-dragon!
Created on Mon Dec 12 08:35:10 EST 2011

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