Reverse Dictionary: DESO – DESS

DESOLATE – adjectives
– ARCTIC of a person, place, or thing: icy, remote, desolate …1593 
– BARE † laid waste, desolate …c1305
– GAUNT of inanimate things: grim or desolate of aspect …1840
– UNKED, UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
– UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
– WESTY † desolate, waste …c950
desolate – nouns 
– VASTITY † the fact of being desolate, waste, void, or empty …1545
desolate – verbs 
– UNRONE † to make desolate …a1300
 
DESOLATION – nouns
– VASTNESS †* desolation, waste …1605
 
DESPAIR – nouns
– BLUE FUNK depression or despair; a mental state characterized by this …1854 sl.
– BUMMAGE despair …Bk2006 US sl.
– WANHOPE † despair, hopelessness …1297 obs. exc. arch.
– WANHOPING † loss of hope, hopelessness, despair …a1300
– WANTROKING † despair; false or mistaken expectation …c1315
despair – verbs 
– TAKE THE COW to lose heart …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WANHOPE † to despair …a1300 obs. exc. arch.
– WANTROKIE † to despair …c1315
despair – interjections 
– RATS! an exclamation of annoyance, despair, disgust, or disapproval …1886 orig. US
 
DESPAIRING – adjectives
– WANHOPE † that has no hope, despairing …1549 obs. exc. arch.
 
DESPAIRINGLY – adverbs
– WANHOPEFULLY † despairingly …c1425
 
DESPERADO – person
– BAD MAN a desperado …1888 US
 
DESPERATE – adjectives
– AERWENE †* hopeless, desperate …1205
– DEAD FOR desperate for, in great need of …1876 Amer. sl.
– FANGING FOR desperate for …1910s Aust. sl.
– GAGGING FOR desperate for …1970s sl.
– HAIL MARY desperate, last-ditch …1990s US sl.
– MELTED OUT without money, and hence, desperate …1930s African-American sl.
– UP THE SPOUT in a desperate situation; beyond help; in trouble …1829 sl.
desperate – nouns 
– GROUNDHOG CASE a desperate or inescapable situation; an unavoidable situation …1885 Amer. West usage
– HAIL MARY a last-minute, desperate low-probability manoeuvre …1994 US sl.
desperate – person 
– BANDITTO a ruffian, a desperate fellow …Bk1795
– HANG-IN-CHAINS a villain; a vile, desperate looking person …Bk1796 sl.
– HELLION a desperate, audacious person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PERDIDO †* a desperado, a desperate man, a ruined man …a1734
– SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow …1538
desperate – verbs 
– SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL to use one’s last and worst resources; to be forced to desperate measures …1942 Amer. sl.
desperate – phrases 
– NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW one may have to do illegal things when one is desperate …a1555
 
DESPERATELY – adverbs
– DESPERATE desperately, extremely, very much …1636
– LIKE HELL with extreme vigour; desperately …L18 colloq.
– NECK OR NOTHING at every risk; desperately …1708-10 colloq.
– TARNATION damnably, desperately, execrably …1790
 
DESPERATION – nouns
– DES desperation …1990s W. Indies sl.
desperation – verbs
– GRASP AT STRAWS to resort in desperation to any utterly inadequate expedient, like a person drowning 
 
DESPICABLE – adjectives
– ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE morally reprehensible, despicable …1932 Aust. sl.
– ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE’S BELLY WITH A TOP HAT ON morally reprehensible, despicable …1959 Aust. sl.
– ARSEHOLE irritating, contemptible, despicable …1956
– ASSHOLE stupid, irritating, contemptible, despicable …1888 US sl.
– ASS-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned …1939 Amer. sl.
– BABY-RAPING of a person: despicable, disgusting …1950s US sl.
– BAGGAGE † trashy, worthless, beggarly, despicable …1553
– BAIST † low, despicable …1780 Sc.
– BLITHERING despicable, contemptible …1889
– BOSS poor, despicable, worthless …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUTTOCK-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned …1921 Amer. sl.
– CAITIFF vile, wicked, mean, base; despicable; cowardly …a1300
– COCKSUCKING despicable; contemptible …Bk2006 US sl.
– COOTIE-HEARTED contemptible, despicable …1920s US sl.
– CRUDDY of a person: objectionable, contemptible, despicable, unpleasant …1877
– DESPIZABLE despicable …1975 Amer. dial.
– DUNGHILL * indicative of a lack of refinement and nobility; ignoble, base, despicable; unsophisticated …1576
– DUNGHILLY * of the lowest social status or rank; common, vulgar; also, ignoble, base, despicable, dishonourable …1616 arch.
– DUNGISH base, worthless; contemptible, despicable, vile …1550
– DUNGY * despicable, contemptible, foul; base, worthless; vile, degrading …c1494
– FOOTY insignificant, worthless, despicable, futile …18C sl.
– LOW AS SHARK SHIT despicable …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– LOWER THAN A SNAKE’S BELLY morally reprehensible, despicable …1932 Aust. sl.
– LOWER THAN A SNAKE’S HIPS morally reprehensible, despicable …1932 Aust. sl.
– LOWER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– LOW-LIFED lacking in self-respect; despicable …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT SHIT AND A DAMN SIGHT NASTIER very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN COW SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN HEN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN HOG SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN OWL’S SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN SKUNK SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN SNAKE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN WHALE SHIT very mean, contemptible, despicable …1965 Amer. dial.
– MOFO contemptible or despicable …1989 Amer. sl.
– MOLLYFOGGING contemptible, despicable …1978 Amer. sl.
– MUFF-DIVING despicable, contemptible …1930s sl.
– NAFF in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable; despicable, contemptible …1965 Brit. sl.
– NAFFEEN vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely …1992 Brit. sl.
– NAFFETTE vulgar, bad, despicable, unlovely …1992 Brit. sl.
– PALTERING † trifling, worthless, despicable, paltry …1553
– PICKSNIFF paltry, despicable …B1900 Eng. dial.
– PIGFUCKING despicable, contemptible …1968 US sl.
– RAT unpleasant, untrustworthy, generally despicable …1910s sl., orig. US
– SCALY despicable …L18 sl.
– SCRAWLING mean, despicable, paltry; worthless, miserably small …1876 Eng. dial.
– SCRIMMIGAN despicable …Bl1904 Eng. dial.
– SHIT-EATING despicable; smug; self-satisfied …sl.
– UNDALA mean, despicable …Bk1905 Sc.
despicable – nouns
– DUNGHILLRY † base or despicable condition or behaviour …1581
– FARTHOLE a despicable person or thing …1972 US sl.
– OWL’S DUNG n. the most worthless or despicable thing …1967 Amer. dial.
– OWL SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing …1967 Amer. dial.
– OWL’S SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing …1967 Amer. dial.
– SHIT an offensive or despicable person, usually a man; a person whose behaviour is regarded as obnoxious …1508 sl.
– SKAG a despicable thing …1960s Amer. sl.
– SOUR OWL MANURE the most worthless or despicable thing …1967 Amer. dial.
– SOUR OWL SHIT the most worthless or despicable thing …1967 Amer. dial.
despicable – person
– ABJECT one cast off; castaway; an outcast; a base, contemptible, despicable, or degraded person; a person of the lowest social condition; a social pariah, a humble servant; a servile person; one who, whatever his rank, is morally vile to an extent which might have been expected to exist only in miserable outcasts …1534
– ADAM HENRY an A.H.; asshole; a worthless and annoying person; a despicable person …Bk1997 Amer. sl.
– ARSE, ASS a fool; a person regarded as disagreeable, despicable, or contemptible…1944 Aust. sl.
– ARSEHOLE, ASSHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an unpleasant person, usually male …c1784
– B an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male (Bugger or Bastard) …1851 euphemism
– BAA-LAMB a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable person; a despicable person …1910s euphemism
– BABY RAPER (derogatory) a term of abuse; a despicable man …1961 US sl., esp. prison usage
– BAD APPLE a troublesome or despicable person …1962
– BAD NEWS an unpleasant or despicable person; esp. applied to someone best avoided …1946 sl.
– BAG a low and despicable person …20C US sl.
– BAG OF SHIT a despicable person …1970 Aust. sl.
– BARF an ugly young woman; a repulsive or despicable person …1964 US college sl.
– BAS a bastard; a despicable or contemptible person …1920s sl.
– BASKET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1936 sl., euphemism of ‘bastard’
– BASTARD a contemptible, objectionable, or offensive person; an unpleasant or despicable person …1675
– BAT a disagreeable, despicable, or foolish woman or girl; a quarrelsome, unpleasant or cranky woman; a gossipy or mean old woman; a shrew or termagant …1886
– BEAST a human being under the sway of animal propensities; a contemptible, despicable, or base person …c1400
– BERK a despicable person; a stupid or offensive person; a disliked person; a fool …1929 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’ (Berkeley Hunt)
– BIRK (derogatory) a despicable person …Bk2000 Aust. sl., orig. Brit.
– BITCH a term of abuse for a woman; strictly, a lewd or sensual woman; later, a malicious, treacherous, unpleasant, or otherwise despicable woman …a1400
– BITER an unpleasant, contemptible, or despicable person …1709 sl.
– BLACKGUARD a person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain; a rough;  an open scoundrel; a term of the utmost opprobrium …1732
– BLEEDER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1887 sl.
– BLIGHTER a contemptible person; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; also, a fellow …1896 Brit. sl.
– BLISTER an unpleasant or despicable person …1806 Brit. sl.
– BOOGER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1770 US sl.
– BOSS a despicable, worthless person …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUGGER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1719 sl.
– BUMMER a worthless, lazy, or despicable person …1857
– BUTTHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an obnoxious person …1962 Amer. sl.
– BUZZARD a foolish or despicable person; a contemptible old man …1641
– CAITIFF a base, mean, despicable person; a villain …1250 arch.
– CHEAPSKATE an unpleasant or despicable person; a low or contemptible person, usually male …1896 US sl.
– CHICKENSHIT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1940s sl., orig. US
– COCKSUCKER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1918 sl.
– COW an unpleasant or despicable female …1696
– COWSHIT a despicable or contemptible person; an unpopular person …1962 US West. sl.
– CREEP an unpleasant or despicable person, a jerk, usually male …1926 sl., orig. US
– CRUD an unpleasant or despicable person; an objectionable or contemptible person; a general term of abuse …1932
– CRUDBALL an unpleasant or despicable person …1968 US sl.
– CRUDHEAD a despicable or contemptible person …1984 US sl.
– CRUMB a dirty, slovenly, repulsive person; an unpleasant or despicable person …1918 sl., orig. US
– CRUT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1925 US sl.
– CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal …1575
– CUNT a disliked person; an objectionable fellow; an unpleasant or despicable person …1860 sl.
– DASTARD one who meanly or basely shrinks from danger; a mean, base, or despicable coward; one who does malicious acts in a cowardly, skulking way, so as not to expose himself to risk …1526
– DEADSHIT a despicable person …1961 Aust. sl.
– DICKRASH an annoying or despicable person; a jerk …1996 Aust. sl.
– DICK-SUCKER (derogatory) a low and despicable male …Bk2006 US sl.
– DILDO a despicable, offensive, or dim-witted person …1960 US sl.
– DINGLEBERRY a despicable person …1924 US sl.
– DINGO a cowardly, treacherous, or despicable person …1869 Aust. sl.
– DIRTRIE a collective term expressive of contempt, denoting despicable, good-for-nothing persons …Bk1900 Sc.
– DROPKICK a despicable or disliked person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– DUCK PLUCKER a contemptible or despicable person; a ‘motherfucker’ …1976 US euphemism
– DUH an offensive, despicable person; a clumsy person; a socially awkward person …1976 S. African sl.
– DUMBFUCK a despicable, stupid person …1950 US sl.
– DUST-WORM a ‘worm of the dust’, a mean, despicable, or grovelling person; a term of reproach …1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ERK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1959 Brit. sl.
– FACE-ACHE an unpleasant, undesirable, or despicable person …1937 Brit. sl.
– FAG a despicable, unlikeable person …1982 US sl.
– FART a stupid, despicable, and annoying person …Bk2006 US sl.
– FART-BLOSSOM a worthless or despicable person; a person inclined to stupid behaviour …1938 Amer. sl.
– FARTBREATH a despicable person …1974 US sl.
– FART-FACE a despicable person …1938 US sl.
– FARTHEAD a stupid or despicable person …1962 Amer. sl.
– FARTHOLE a despicable person or thing …1972 US sl.
– FART-KNOCKER a despicable person …1952 US sl.
– FART-SUCKER a despicable person …1891 UK sl.
– FLAMING ASSHOLE a truly despicable person …1968 US sl.
– FOUR-LETTER MAN an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1923 Brit. euphemism
– FRIGGER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, etc. …1953 US sl.
– FUCKASS a despicable or contemptible fellow …c1960 sl.
– FUCKBAG a stupid, contemptible, or despicable person …1972 US sl.
– FUCKBRAIN a stupid, contemptible or despicable person …1970 US sl.
– FUCKER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, or contemptible …a1890 sl.
– FUCKHEAD a stupid, despicable, or contemptible person …1962 US sl.
– FUCKHOLE a despicable person …a1981 US sl.
– FUTHERMUCKER a ‘motherfucker’; an unpleasant or despicable person …1965 US sl.
– GARETH HUNT an unpleasant or despicable person …2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’
– GERM an insignificant, despicable, or contemptible person …1942 US sl.
– GET an idiot; a fool; an unpleasant or despicable person; a term of abuse …1931 UK sl.
– GIT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1946 Brit. sl.
– GOBSHITE a stupid, incompetent, or contemptible person, esp. an ignorant loudmouth; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male…M20 sl., chiefly Irish
– GOORI, GOORIE, GOORY an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1959 NZ sl.
– GROT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1970 sl.
– HANG-DOG a despicable or degraded fellow fit only to hang a dog, or to be hanged like a dog; a pitiful rascal …1693
– HANGING-DOG † a hang-dog, a despicable or degraded fellow fit only to hang a dog, or to be hanged like a dog …1667
– HARAMZADEH a term of abuse or contempt; a despicable person; a scoundrel ..1864 Anglo-Indian
– HARAMZEDA a term of abuse or contempt; a despicable person; a scoundrel ..1864 Anglo-Indian
– HARD-ON a stupid, despicable, or contemptible person; a difficult, tough, or aggressive person; a stubborn, belligerent person; a despicable man; orig. and frequently used as a term of abuse …1958
– HEEL a dishonourable, dishonest, untrustworthy, contemptible, or otherwise despicable person; a double-crosser; one who treats women badly …1914 US, orig. criminals’ sl.
– HUMP – an offensive or despicable person …1963 US sl.
– IRK – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1959 Brit. sl.
– JELLY BEAN – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1919 sl., orig. US
– JERK – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1935 sl., orig. US 
– JERK-OFF – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1968 sl.
– KAKA HOLE – a despicable person …2001 Trinidad and Tobago
– LIZARD – a despicable person …1927 Amer. sl.
– LOUSE – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; one who is thoroughly disliked …1633 sl.
– LUG – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1931 sl., chiefly Amer.
– MAGGOT – a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife …1680 sl.
– MAMA-HUNCHER – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1962 Amer. sl.
– MAMA-JAMMER – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1950s euphemism
– MAMMA-JAMMA – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1992 Amer. sl.
– MAMMY-DODGER – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1920s Amer. sl.
– MAMMY-DUGGER – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1948 Amer. sl.
– MAMMY-HUGGER – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1970 Amer. sl.
– MAMMY-JABBER – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1950s euphemism
– MAMMY-JAMMER – a supreme insult; a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1948 Amer. euphemism
– MAMMY-JAMMY – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1989 Amer. sl.
– MAMMY-SUCKER – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1970 Amer. sl.
– MAMMY-TAPPER – a supreme insult; a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable or contemptible person …1967 Amer. euphemism
– MAMZER – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a rascal …1955 US sl.
– MAMZERIM – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1955 US sl.
– MARE – an unpleasant,  despicable, bad-tempered female …1303
– MOA-FUGG – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person …1962 US sl.
– MO DICKER – a ‘motherfucker; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person; a lazy, irresponsible person …1968-70 Amer. sl.
– MOFO – a despicable or contemptible person …1965 Amer. sl.
– MOFUCK – a despicable or contemptible person …1962 Amer. sl.
– MO-FUCKER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person …1987 Amer. sl.
– MOLLY-DODGER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, contemptible, despicable, or unpleasant person …1964 African-American sl.
– MOLLYWOPPER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, contemptible, despicable, or unpleasant person …1973 US sl.
– MOMMA – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person …1975 US sl.
– MOMMA-HOPPER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1975 US euphemism
– MOMSER – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1955 US sl.
– MOMZA – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1955 US sl.
– MOMZER – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1955 US sl.
– MONG – a despicable person …1926 Aust. sl.
– MONGREL – a despicable, deplorable person …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– MOO – an unpleasant or despicable female …1967 sl.
– MOTHA – a ‘motherfucker’; a despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person …1955 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– MOTHAFUCKA – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1918 sl., orig. African-American
– MOTHER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person …1955 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– MOTHER-BUGGER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1970 US euphemism
– MOTHER CRUSHER a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1959 US euphemism
– MOTHEREE – * a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person …1938 US sl.
– MOTHEREFF – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1961 US euphemism
– MOTHEREN – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1948 US euphemism
– MOTHERFATHER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1992 US sl.
– MOTHERFERYER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person …1946 US euphemism
– MOTHER-FLICKER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1998 US euphemism
– MOTHER-FLUNKER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …2002 US euphemism
– MOTHER-FOR-YOU – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1918 sl., orig. African-American
– MOTHER-FOULER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1949 US euphemism
– MOTHER-FRIGGER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1939 US euphemism
– MOTHERFUCK – an obnoxious, despicable, or contemptible person; a very unpleasant person; often a term of abuse …1964 US sl.
– MOTHERFUCKA, MOTHERFUCKER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1918 sl., orig. African-American
– MOTHERFUG – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1918 sl., orig. African-American
– MOTHERFUGGER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1918 sl., orig. African-American
– MOTHER-FUYER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1935 US euphemism
– MOTHER-GRABBER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1963 US euphemism
– MOTHERHEAD – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1970 US euphemism
– MOTHER-HOPPER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1975 US euphemism
– MOTHER-HUBBA, MOTHER-HUBBER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1959 US euphemism
– MOTHER HUBBARD – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1994 US euphemism
– MOTHER-HUGGER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1956 US euphemism
– MOTHER-HUMP – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1976 US euphemism
– MOTHER-HUMPER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1963 US euphemism
– MOTHER-HUNCHER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1962 euphemism
– MOTHER-JIVER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1959 US euphemism
– MOTHER-JUMP – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1975 US euphemism
– MOTHER-JUMPER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1949 US euphemism
– MOTHER-LOVER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1951 US euphemism
– MOTHEROO – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1999 euphemism
– MOTHER-PLUGGER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1929 US euphemism
– MOTHER-RAPER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1959 US euphemism
– MOTHER-RUBBER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1973 US euphemism
– MOTHERSCRATCHER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible or very unpleasant person …2001 US sl.
– MOTHERSELLER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible or very unpleasant person …1953 US sl.
– MOTHER-SUCKER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1952 US euphemism
– MOTORCYCLE – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1938 US sl.
– MOTOR SCOOTER – a ‘motherfucker’; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person …1960 US euphemism
– MUDDLEFUG – (derogatory) a supreme insult; a contemptible or despicable person …1960s African-American sl.
– MUTHAFUCKA – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– NARK – an annoying, unpleasant or despicable person; an oaf, a jerk …1846 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
– NOAH’S-ARK – an unpleasant or despicable person …1898 rhyming sl. for ‘nark’, orig. Aust.
– NO-GOODNIK – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1936 US sl.
– OICK – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1925 Brit. sl.
– OIK – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1925 Brit. sl.
– OLD BAT – a disagreeable, middle-aged or elderly woman; an unpleasant or despicable female; an unattractive or foolish old woman …1886 UK sl.
– OLD COW – a despicable old woman …1864 Aust. sl.
– PALLAWA – a term of contempt for a dastardly fellow, a worthless, dishonourable or despicable man …1825  Sc.
– PECKERHEAD – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1955 US sl.
– PIECE OF CANCER a despicable person …1980s US sl.
– PIG an unpleasant or despicable person …1546 sl.
– PIGFUCKER a despicable or contemptible person …1939 US sl.
– PILL an unpleasant or despicable person; an obnoxious person; an annoying or boring person …1871 sl.
– PISS-ARTIST an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1975 Brit. sl.
– POLECAT a despicable, contemptible or deceitful person; a disreputable person; a sneaky person …1896 Amer. dial.
– PONCE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1953 sl.
– POPPA-LOPPA a despicable or contemptible person; ‘a motherfucker’ …1930s African-American sl.
– POPPA-STOPPA a despicable or contemptible person; a ‘motherfucker’ …1930s African-American sl.
– PUKEPOT a despicable person …1973 US sl.
– RAG a despicable person …1997 US sl.
– RAT an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1594
– RATBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1890 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
– RAT FINK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1964 sl., chiefly US
– RAT FUCK a contemptible or despicable person …1922 US sl.
– RAT-FUCKER a contemptible or despicable person …1967 sl.
– ROACH an unpleasant or despicable person …1930 US sl.
– ROCK-SPIDER any despicable, contemptible person …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– ROTTEN APPLE a troublesome or despicable person …1887 
– ROTTER an unpleasant or despicable person …1894 Brit. sl.
– SALAUD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1962 sl.
– SCAB 1. an unpleasant or despicable man …1590
2. an unpleasant or despicable female; a female rogue …a1700
– SCHICER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1846 sl.
– SCHWEINEHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1941 sl.
– SCHWEINHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1941 sl.
– SCHWINEHUND an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1941 sl.
– SCRAWL a mean or despicable person; a person of low rank …1879 Eng. dial.
– SCROTE an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1977 Brit. sl.
– SCROUCHER, SCROUSHER, SCROWCHER an unpleasant or despicable person …1901 Aust. sl.
– SCUMBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1971 sl., chiefly US 
– SCUNGE an unpleasant or despicable person …1912 sl., orig. Sc.
– SCUZ, SCUZZ an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1968 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– SCUZZBAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– SCUZZBALL an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– SCUZZBUCKET an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1983 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– SEWER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1945 Brit. sl.
– SHAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1971 sl.
– SHICER, SHISER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1846 sl.
– SHIT an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person …1508
– SHIT-BAG an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …a1935 sl.
– SHIT CUNT a despicable person …1979 UK sl.
– SHITE an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person …1508
– SHITE-HAWK an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1958 sl.
– SHIT-FACE an unpleasant or despicable person, an obnoxious person, usually male; a term of abusive address …1937 sl.
– SHITHEAD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a term of abuse for an obnoxious person …1961 sl.
– SHITHOUSE a despicable person …1958 UK sl.
– SHIT-POT a despicable person …1849 sl.
– SHIT STAIN a despicable person …1983 sl. orig. US
– SILLY MOO an unpleasant or despicable female …1967 sl.
– SKAG a despicable person or thing …1960s Amer. sl.
– SKANK a despicable person …1980s US sl.
– SKATE – an unpleasant or despicable person; a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person, usually male …1896 sl., chiefly US 
– SKUNK – an unpleasant or despicable person; a vile or good-for-nothing fellow …1841 sl.
– SLAG – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1943 sl.
– SNOT – a term of contempt for a person; an obnoxious or despicable person, esp. a self-important nonentity …E17 sl.
– SO-AND-SO – a euphemism for any derogatory name, esp. ‘son of a bitch’; a despicable or unpleasant person …1897 euphemism
– S.O.B. – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male (Son Of a Bitch) …1918 sl., chiefly US 
– SOD – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1818 sl.
– SON OF A BITCH – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1707 sl.
– SONUVABITCH – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1707 sl.
– STIFF – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1882 sl., orig. US
– STINKER – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1898 sl.
– STINK-POT – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1854 sl.
– STOOGE – any despised underling or subordinate …1910s sl., orig. US
– SUCK – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1974 Can. sl.
– SUCK-HOLE – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1966 Can. & Aust. sl.
– SUMBITCH – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1975 US sl.
– SWINE – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1842 sl.
– SWIPE – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1929 sl.
– SWISS BANKER – a despicable person; an all-purpose form of abuse …2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘wanker’
– TAG-RAG – * a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person; a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond …1609
– TARGLE, TARGILL – a despicable person; usually applied to a dirty, slovenly woman …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– TOE-RAG – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1912 Brit. sl.
– TOOL – a despicable person …sl.
– TOSSER – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1977 sl.
– TRIPLE-CLUTCHER a mother-fucker; a contemptible or despicable person …Bk1975 Amer. euphemism 
– TURD – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1936 sl.
– TWAT, TWOT – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1929 sl.
– WANK – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1970 Brit. sl.
– WANKER – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1971 Brit. sl.
– WHORE – an unpleasant or despicable person …1906 sl.
– WORM – a despicable person …c800
– WOWSER – an unpleasant or despicable person …1899 Aust. & NZ sl.
– YUCK, YUK – a boor; anyone disliked or despised; a disagreeable or despicable person; anyone seen as disgusting or repulsive; a contemptible person …1943 sl., orig. US
– ZOB – an unlikable, despicable person …1911 US sl.
despicable – verbs
– STINK TO HIGH HEAVEN to be despicable or completely incompetent; to be highly ethically dubious …1973 colloq.
 
DESPICABLY – adverbs
– CAITIFLY † vilely, basely, despicably, badly …c1425
 
DESPISE – verbs
– ASPERNATE † to despise, spurn, abhor …1656
– CONSPUTE †* to spit upon (in contempt); to despise …1526
– WALLIPEND to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse …1847 Sc.
 
DESPISED – adjectives
– DESPECTUOUS †* to be despised, contemptible …1541
despised – person 
– A.H. a despised person; an asshole …Amer. sl.
– ASS BITE a worthless, despised individual …1973 Amer. sl.
– AUNT HAGGIE’S CHILDREN any stupid, lazy, despised people …1985 Bermuda sl.
– BACKRA NIGGER a light-skinned person and, as such, one who is despised …1996 W. Indies sl.
– BAG a despised person; an outsider; one who ‘brings their lunch in a bag’ …1944 US college sl.
– BAGS a despised person …1939 Irish sl.
– BASTRICH a curse and a nickname for a despised person …20C US sl.
– BATHTUB SCUM an unpleasant person; a totally despised person …1989 US college sl.
– BOLL WEEVIL a worthless or contemptible person; a mean, despised person …1941 Amer. dial.
– BOTTOM FEEDER a despised person of low-status, who grasps any opportunity or means of survival …1980 US sl.
– BUTT-MUNCH a despised male …Bk2006 US sl.
– CADET a despised person …1980s students’ sl.
– CHOAD, CHODE a person who is easily despised …1998 US sl.
– DICK-HEAD a jerk or an oaf; a despised man …M20 US sl.
– DUCK-PLUCKER a rude nickname for a despised person …1976 US euphemism
– FUCK-SHIT – a term of contempt for a despised person …20C US
– GACK – a despised person …1997 US sl.
– GOON – an ugly or despised man; a hooligan …E20 US sl.
– HAEMORRHOID – a despised person …1969 US sl.
– HAIRPIN – a despised person …1954 Aust. sl.
– HAM SHANKER – an unpleasant, stupid, despised person …2003 rhyming sl. for ‘wanker’
– HEYNE – † a term of reproach; a mean wretch; a despised, worthless person; a miser, a niggard …c1386
– JACK-OFF – a general insult; a despised person; literally, a masturbator …1938 US sl.
– LAME STAIN – a completely inept, despised person …1997 US sl.
– MUDDAFUKKA – a ‘motherfucker’; a person; a despised person; a difficult thing or situation …1995 US sl.
– PECKER-HEAD – a jerk or an oaf; a despised man …M20 US sl.
– PUKE – a disgusting or revolting person; a despised person …M19 colloq.
– RAT – a disliked or despised person …20C Amer. sl.
– SARDINE – a despised person …1989 NZ sl.
– SNAKE IN THE GRASS – a term of contempt; a sneaky, despised, underhanded person; a lurking danger …17C colloq.
– UDDER a despised, disrespected or foolish woman …2001 UK sl.
– WARLING † one who is despised or disliked …1546
– YUCK, YUK a boor; anyone disliked or despised; a disagreeable or despicable person; anyone seen as disgusting or repulsive; a contemptible person …1943 sl., orig. US
– Z an outcast; a despised person …1963 US sl. 
 
DESPITE – prepositions
– ASPITE despite, in spite of …1943 Amer. dial.
– AT-OWER in spite of …Bk1898 Sc.
– BESPITE * despite …1842
 
DESPONDENCY – nouns
– BLUES, THE depression of spirits, despondency …1741 colloq.
– GOOHOOPERS a condition of despondency or ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood …1968 Amer. dial.
– MOLLYGRUBS, MULLIGRUBS a condition of despondency or ill temper; sulkiness, sullenness, the blues; a vague or imaginary illness…1806 Amer. dial.
 
DESPONDENT – adjectives
– GRANKY despondent …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HEAD-HUNG † hanging the head, despondent …1631
– HEART-SICK depressed and despondent, esp. through ‘hope deferred’ or continued trouble …1526
– OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic …1890s colloq.
despondent – verbs 
– HAVE THE PIP to be depressed, despondent or unwell …1881
– MAUNGE to be in a despondent, complaining mood; to be dissatisfied …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DESPONDENTLY – adverbs
– HANGEDLY reluctantly, unwillingly; despondently, as though being led to the gallows …1807 Eng. dial.
 
DESPOT – person
– SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant …1648
– TAMBURLAINE an oppressor, a despot …a1579
– TAMERLANE an oppressor, a despot …a1579
 
DESPOTIC – adjectives
– MASTERLIKE † resembling a master; despotic, autocratic, sovereign; authoritative, magisterial; exhibiting masterly ability or skill …1580
– MASTERLY † characteristic of a master or lord; usually in a bad sense, arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing, domineering …1531-2
– SATRAPIAN cruel, tyrannical, despotic …1822
– SATRAPICAL cruel, tyrannical, despotic …1823
 
DESSERT – see MEAL