Reverse Dictionary: HON – HORR

HONEST – adjectives
– ABOVE BOARD entirely honest …1616 UK sl.
– AEFALD single-minded, simple-hearted, honest, faithful …1796 Sc.
– AFALD † simple, sincere, without duplicity; honest …c960
– CLEAN honest; often applied to someone not carrying incriminating material, such as drugs or weapons …1926 sl.
– CLEAN-FINGERED with clean or nimble fingers; honest, scrupulous, nice …1558
– DINK genuine, true, honest …1980 Aust. sl.
– DINKI-DI real, genuine, true, honest …1962 Aust. sl.
– DINKUM honest, aboveboard; true; also, fair, just …1905 Aust. & NZ
– DINKY fair, honest …1941 Aust. sl.
– DINKY-DI(E) genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …E20 Aust. & NZ sl.
– DUNSTABLE † straightforward, honest, or direct in one’s speech or dealings …1565
– EVEN-DOWN downright, honest, straightforward, sincere …1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FAIR DINK genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– FAIR DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– FAIR FURTH straightforward, honest …Bk1900 Sc.
– FAIR-FURTH-THE-GATE straightforward, honest …Bk1900 Sc.
– HEART-HALE  in good health and spirits; sound-hearted; honest, true …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
– HEART-WHOLE in good health and spirits; sound-hearted; honest, true …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– IN FRONT open, honest …1950s sl., orig. US
– KOSHER honest …1924 sl.
– LEAL † loyal, faithful, honest, true, upright, sincere …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LEAL-COME † honestly come by …1637 obs. exc. Sc.
– LEGIT honest …1908 sl.
– NARROW-HARSED narrow-minded; mean, stingy, barely honest …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OFF-HAND plain, honest, blunt; free-spoken …Bk1905 Sc.
– ON THE LEGIT honest …1931 sl.
– ON THE LEVEL honest …1872 sl., orig. US
– ON THE STRAIGHT honest …1900 sl.
– OUT FRONT open, honest …1950s sl., orig. US
– PLAIN DUNSTABLE † straightforward, honest, or direct in one’s speech or dealings …1565
– RIGHT AS AN ACORN honest, fair …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SINGLE simple, honest, sincere, single-minded; free from duplicity or deceit …1519
– SINGLE-EYED sincere, honest, straightforward …1705
– SINGLE-HEARTED possessed of a ‘single’ or sincere heart; straight-forward, honest, sincere …1577
– SINGLE-MINDED sincere in mind or spirit; honest, straightforward; simple-minded, ingenuous …1577
– SQUARE DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– STRAIGHT honest, reliable, on the level …1864 sl.
– STRAIGHT AS A DIE as honest as may be …Bk1904 sl.
– STRAIGHT AS A LOON’S LEG as honest as may be …1865 sl.
– STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW as honest as may be …Bk1904 sl.
– STRAIGHT AS A POUND OF CANDLES as honest as may be …1748 sl.
– STRAIGHT AS THE BACKBONE OF A HERRING as honest as may be …Bk1904 sl.
– STRAIGHT DINKUM genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward …L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– STRAIGHT-UP honest …1936 sl.
– STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN plain, honest, free from crookedness of all kinds …Bk1904 sl.
– TALLAWAH honest, honourable, decent …1950s W. Indies sl.
– THROUGH-OPEN transparently honest and sincere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THRUFFABLE transparently honest and sincere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIDY honest, decent, respectable; thrifty, frugal …1813 Eng. dial.
– UP-AND-DOWN honest, law-abiding, straightforward …M19 sl.
– UP AND UP fair, honest, straightforward …1920s sl., orig. US
– UPFRONT honest …1967 sl.
honest – nouns
– CLEAN THING, THE the honest, straightforward thing …1835 US
– FAIR DEAL an honest transaction; a fair bargain; an honest and equitable usage …1876, orig. US
– FAIR SHAKE a fair chance, an equitable bargain, just treatment, an honest arrangement …1830 Amer. dial.
– STRAIGHT AND NARROW, THE an honest way of life; a course of conventionally moral and law-abiding behaviour …1930 sl.
honest – person 
– FAIR-PLAY ARTIST an honest, trustworthy person …1950s sl.
– FLAT an honest man …Bk1893 American thieves’ sl.
– FLY RIGHT to be honest and useful; to do the ethical or socially proper thing; to live or act according to ethical standards …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– HONEST JOHN an honest, sincere man …1930 colloq.
– REAL PEOPLE an honest, sincere, candid person …1960s Amer. sl.
– SCHAINER YID an honest and absolutely trustworthy Jewish man …1968 UK sl.
– SHAYNER YID an honest and absolutely trustworthy Jewish man …1968 UK sl.
– SQUARE COVE an honest man …Bk1865 sl.
– SQUARE GUY an honest and reliable man …1908 US sl.
– SQUARE JOHN an ordinary honest person; a good citizen; a non-criminal person who can be victimized by, and is contemptuously regarded by, criminals …1934 US criminals’ sl.
– SQUARE JOHN BROAD an honest, straightforward woman …Bk1995 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– SQUARE MOLL an honest woman …Bk1865 sl.
– SQUARE SAM an exceedingly honest, upright, conventional person …1953 US sl.
– SQUARE SHOOTER an honest and candid person …1914 US sl.
– STRAIGHT ARROW an honest person …1969 Amer. sl.
– STRAIGHT GOODS an honest person …1903 US sl.
– STRAIGHT SHOOTER an honest person …1928 sl., chiefly US
– TRUEPENNY a trusty person; an honest fellow …1595 colloq. arch.
honest – verbs
– GO STRAIGHT to become honest …1940 sl.
– KEEP ONE’S NOSE CLEAN to be, remain, or become honest …1887 sl., orig. US
– KOSHER to give the appearance or effect of being fair, honest, or legal …1962 UK sl.
– RAP ON THE REAL to speak sincerely or honestly …1980s US Black sl.
– STRAIGHTEN UP to take up an honest, respectable life; to be or become honest …1907 sl.
– TAKE THE ACID OFF to speak honestly, without sarcasm …1910s Aust. sl.
– WALK TALL to behave proudly, courageously, and honestly …M19 sl., orig. US
honest – interjections/phrases
– DINKUM! honest! really! on the level! …L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
– FAIR DINK! honest! really! on the level! …L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
– IF I’M LYING I’M DYING implies the speaker’s absolute honesty and good faith …1930s US Black sl.
– IF I’M LYING I’M FLYING implies the speaker’s absolute honesty and good faith …1930s US Black sl.
– NO STUFF no fooling, no lies, absolutely honest and sincere …1920s US Black sl.
– SQUARE DINKUM! honest! really! on the level! …L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
– STRAIGHT DINKUM! honest! really! on the level! …L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
 
HONESTLY – adverbs
– ABOVE BOARD openly, honestly …18C
– DEAD-SET really; honestly …1987 Aust. sl.
– DINKUM really, truly, honestly …1915 Aust. sl.
– FAIR DINKS honestly …1983 Aust. sl.
– FAIR DINKUM honestly; really; seriously; truthfully …1894 Aust. sl.
– LEAL † honestly, lawfully …a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
– ON THE DEAD in earnest; sincerely; straightforwardly; honestly, truthfully  …1888 sl.
– SINGLY † sincerely, truly, honestly …1526
– UP-AND-DOWN in a straightforward, open and honest manner …M19 US sl.
 
HONESTY – nouns
– FAIR RATIONS fair dealings; honesty …c1875 sporting sl.
– SINGLENESS sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile …1526
 
HONEY – nouns
– APIFACTURE †* the work of bees; the production of honey by bees …1622 
​- CHEWGAH BAG the wild bee’s store of honey …Bk1892 Aust. aboriginal usage
– LONG SWEETENING liquid sweetening as contrasted to sugar, such as molasses, syrup, and honey …1714 Amer. dial.
– MEL honey …1864 Eng. dial.
honey – verbs
– MELLIFY †* to make honey; to sweeten with honey …c1420
 
HONEYCOMB – nouns
– BEE-BREAD † honeycomb with the honey in it …c825
– CAKE honeycomb; the combs in a wasp’s nest …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– KEAM a honeycomb …1814 Sc.
 
HONEYMOON – nouns
– INFARE DAYS a honeymoon …1926 Amer. dial.
 
HONG KONG – nouns
– HONKERS Hong Kong …1984 UK military sl.
Hong Kong – person
– HONG KONGER a native or inhabitant of Hong Kong…Bk2006
 
HONOUR – adjectives
– HONORIFICENT † doing or conferring honour; importing honour or respect …1681
honour – nouns 
– ARETHEDE †* honour …Bk1852
– DECORE † grace, honour, glory, beauty, adornment …1513
– DECORATE † to adorn, to beautify, to embellish; to grace, to honour …1530 obs. or arch.
– IZZAT, IZZUT honour, reputation, credit, prestige …1857
– MANSHIP † homage, worship; honour, dignity …a1175
– MENSE honour, respect, reverence …1791 Sc.
– ONOUR † honour …a1200
– ORE † respect, reverence; honour, glory …c900
– TIR † glory, honour, majesty …a1000
– UMBRELLAS an honour paid to a person by drinking his health and then inverting the glasses …1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
honour – person
– BAYARD a man of courage and honour …Bk1922
honour – verbs 
– FURTHER †* to honour …c1374
– HERY † to praise, glorify, exalt, honour, worship …c735
– I-WORTH † to honour, to dignify; to hold in honour …c1000
– LAUREATE † to crown with laurel in token of honour; to crown as victor, poet, or the like; to confer honourable distinction upon …c1386 obs. exc. Hist.
– MENSE to grace, to decorate, to adorn; to do honour to; to behave respectfully or courteously to …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SALUTE † to honour a person with a present, gift, etc. …a1592
– TAINT † to sully, to stain, to tarnish a person’s honour …1613
honour – phrases
– ON MY DAVY on my oath, on my honour …L18 sl.
– ON MY SAMMY SAY-SO on my word of honour …18C
– ON MY SKIN a profound oath of honour by White prisoners; implies absolute honesty …1989 US sl.
 
HONOURABLE – adjectives
– ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE totally trustworthy; authentic; thoroughly honourable …1882
– ALL WOOL, A YARD LONG AND A YARD WIDE totally trustworthy; authentic; thoroughly honourable …1913
– BANG-UP honourable, upright, straightforward, punctual …1865 Eng. dial.
– DEAR † of persons: glorious, noble, honourable, worthy …a1000
– DEARWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1175
– DEARWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1374
– DERWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1175
– DERWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1374
– DIGNOUS † worthy, honourable …1630
– FAIR † excellent, admirable; good, desirable; noble, honourable; reputable …c1225
– GLORIED † honourable, illustrious …1671
– HANDSOME honourable, noble; good, giving good quality or measure …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HONOUROUS † honourable …c1475
– LEWTIFULL † faithful, loyal; upright, honourable …1563 Sc
​- OREFUL † honourable, venerable; merciful, compassionate …743-5
– PROTTY honourable, possessing mettle or spirit …1832 Sc.
– TALLAWAH honest, honourable, decent …1950s W. Indies sl.
– WHITE * honourable; square-dealing ….1837 colloq.
honourable – person
– SQUARE SHOOTER a truthful, direct, honourable person …1914 US sl.
 
HONOURABLENESS – nouns
– HONORIFICABILITUDINITY †* honourableness …1656
 
HONOURABLY – adverbs
– DEARWORTHILY † worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately …a1300
– DEARWORTHLY † worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately …c1205
– MANFULLY † honourably …1591
 
HONOURED – adjectives
– LAURELLED honoured; illustrious …1682
 
HOODLUM – person
– APE a hoodlum or strong-arm man, esp. if big and strong …20C sl.
– BADDIE an unpleasant person, spec. a criminal, a hoodlum, a tough guy; a mischievous person …1939 sl.
– BIFF-GUY a thug, a hoodlum, or tough …Bk1992 criminals’ sl. 
– DEAD RABBIT a street thug, a hoodlum …M19 US sl.
– GANGBUSTER a thug; a hoodlum …1939 US sl.
– GANGSTER a troublemaker; an aggressive, abusive person; a hoodlum, a thug …1980 US Black sl.
– GIBONEY a stupid, foolish, or offensive person; also, a hired thug, a hoodlum; broadly, a man, a fellow …1921 Italian-American sl. 
– GUTTER-BLOOD a lout, a hoodlum …M19 sl.
– HARD a tough person, esp. a criminal; a thug, a hoodlum …1864 sl.
– HEAVY a hoodlum or thug; a criminal in one of the more violent phases of crime …1916 US sl.
– HIGH-BINDER a criminal; a hoodlum …1806 US l.
– HOOD a hoodlum …1930 US sl.
– LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan …1870 chiefly Aust.
– LARRIKINA a female larrikin …L19 sl., orig. US
– LARRIKINESS a female larrikin …1871 chiefly Aust.
– LOBO a thug, a hoodlum …1949 US sl.
– PUNK a petty hoodlum; one who thinks he wants to be a hoodlum but lacks real toughness and experience …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– RABBIT a rowdy; a young hoodlum …1859 US sl.
– RAT a teenage hoodlum …1960s Amer. sl.
– SKOLLIE, SKOLLY a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang …1930s S. Afr. sl.
– SMACKO a street person; an unemployed person; a hoodlum …1940s US Black sl.
– YOOT a teenage hoodlum; a member of a teenage street gang; a juvenile delinquent …1957 Amer. sl. 
 
HOODOO – adjectives
– TWO-HEAD extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice …1927 Amer. dial. Black usage
– TWO-HEADED extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice …1931 Amer. dial. Black usage
hoodoo – person 
– HIGH MAN a hoodoo doctor on the Eastern Shore of Maryland …1970 Amer. dial.
– TRICK DOCTOR a practitioner of hoodoo …1871 Amer. dial.
hoodoo – verbs 
– POISON in hoodoo: to harm by means of magic …1931 Amer. dial.
 
HOODWINK – verbs
– BAFFLE † to hoodwink, to gull, to cheat; to humbug; to make a fool of …c1590
– BEGLAMMER to bewitch; to deceive, to hoodwink …1822 Sc.
– MOJO to hoodwink, to get the best of one …1938 Amer. dial.
– OLD-SOLDIER to hoodwink, as by feigning illness …1892 military sl.
– PLAY THE QUEER to hoodwink, to cheat …M18 sl.
– QUEER A FLAT to hoodwink a gullible victim; to deceive or trick …L18 sl.
 
HOOK – nouns
– ADHAMATION † a taking hold like a hook …1676
– HASPEDE †* a clasp, a hook …a1300
– REVATWIRRIE a straightened-out fish-hook …1899 Sc.
– TACK † that which fastens one thing to another, or things together; a clasp, a buckle, a hook, a nail, etc. …a1300
– TANG † the barb of a hook …1688
hook – verbs 
– ADHAMATE † to hook, to bind …1626
– RICK to pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull …1899 Sc.
 
HOOKED – adjectives
– ADUNC hooked; bent inward …1626
– ADUNCATE †* bent inward; hooked …1661
– ADUNCOUS hooked, bent inward, incurved, crooked downwards …1656
– ADUNQUE hooked; bent inward …1626
– OBUNCOUS †* hooked, very crooked …1656
 
HOOKEDNESS – nouns
– ADUNCITY † crookedness; flexure inward; hookedness …1589
 
HOOLIGAN – adjectives
– SCALLY pert. to a hooligan …1990s sl.
hooligan – person 
– BABY CREW the junior member of a hooligan gang …1980s sl.
– BAD-JOHN a ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant …1935 Caribbean
– BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue; a hooligan, a ruffian …1843 Anglo-Indian
– BASHI-BAZOUK a ruffian,  a hooligan, a thug …1876 sl.
– BHANGRAMUFFIN a hooligan, a lout …1997 UK Asian sl.
– BOGAN a rough lout or hooligan …Aust. sl.
– BOOTBOY a hooligan (wearing heavy boots) …sl.
– FORK AND SPOON a lout, a hooligan …1980s Aust. prison rhyming sl. for ‘hoon’
– GOON an ugly or despised man; a hooligan …E20 US sl.
– GURRIER orig., a Dublin street urchin; now usually: a rough, aggressive young man; a lout, a hooligan; also, a term of abuse …1936 Ireland colloq.
– HIBBER DE HOY an adolescent boy, esp. a hooligan …1992 UK sl.
– LADDO a hooligan …1990s sl.
– LAGER LOUT a hooligan fuelled by alcohol, esp. lager …1987 UK sl.
– LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan …1870 chiefly Aust.
– LARRIKINA a female larrikin …L19 sl., orig. US
– LARRIKINESS a female larrikin …1871 chiefly Aust.
– MOHAWK a Mohock; a member of a band of aristocratic hooligans or street roughs who allegedly roamed the streets of London by night in the early 18th century and were suspected of ruffianism; hence, any hooligan or delinquent …1711 arch.
– MOHOCK a member of a band of aristocratic hooligans who allegedly roamed the streets of London by night in the early 18th century and were suspected of ruffianism; hence, any hooligan or delinquent; a dissolute and violent young man …1711 arch.
– OAFO an oaf; a socially inferior fool; a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a lout; a ruffian or hooligan  …1959 UK sl. 
– PUNK a young hooligan or petty criminal …1917 sl., chiefly US
– RAGA, RAGGA a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian …1996 UK Black sl.
– RAGAMUFFIN, RAGGAMUFFIN a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian …1996 UK Black sl.
– RAMPER a street thug, a hooligan …L19 sl.
– SCAL a hooligan youth …1967 sl.
– SCALLY a young man who may range from a lovable rogue to a hooligan; a rough youth; a ne’er-do-well …1986 Brit. sl.
– UHLAN a young hooligan …Bk1997 Irish sl. 
– WIDO a villain; a petty criminal; a rogue; a hooligan …1935 Sc. sl.
– YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine …1726 UK
– YOB a lout or hooligan …1927 Brit. sl.
– YOBBO, YOBO a lout; a hooligan; an uncouth ruffian; a derogatory term used of working-class youths …1922 UK sl.
 
HOOT – verbs
– CUCUBATE † to cry like an owl, to hoot …1623
 
HOP – nouns (also see HOPPING)
– HAUT the act of limping; a hop …Bk1902 Sc.
– ILL-WAN a faint hop …Bk1905 Sc.
hop – person 
– HAUTER one who can hop …Bk1902 Sc.
hop – verbs 
– BIRD-WORK to leap, to hop, to progress by a series of high jumps …1923 Amer. dial.
– DAP to hop, to rebound, to bounce …1825 Eng. dial.
– HACKET to hop on one leg; to play hopscotch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HACKETY to hop on one leg …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HALF-HAM to move with a hop, skip, and a jump …1906 Amer. dial..
– HALF-HAMMON to move with a hop, skip, and a jump …1906 Amer. dial..
– HAUT to limp; to hop …Bk1902 Sc.
– SKIPPER * to skip or hop …1845
– SUBSULT †* to leap, to hop, to jump about …1656
– VOGGET to hop on one leg …1854 Eng dial.
 
HOPE – adjectives
– SPERATORY † resting in hope or expectation; hoped for, hopeful, expected …1629
– TERMINAL utterly beyond hope, rescue, or saving …colloq.
hope – nouns 
– BEHOPES hope, expectation …Bk1898 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
– ESPERANCE hope or expectation …15C arch.
– EYE HOPE †* hope arising from appearance rather than reality …a1586
– I-WON † hope; expectation; resource; chance, fortune …c1275
– NINNIWATCH, NINNY-WATCH a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary …1746 Eng. dial.
– OFFER promise, hopes, prospect of improvement …1953 Sc.
– SOAPY HOPE forlorn hope; wishful thinking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TO-HOPE † hope, expectation …c888
hope – person 
– GONE GOSLING one who is beyond hope …1830 orig. US
– GONER one who is beyond hope …1847
– WHITE HOPE a person on whom hopes are based …1911 orig. US
hope – verbs 
– BEHIGHT † to encourage expectation, to hold out hope of life, recovery, etc. …c1420
– BEHOPE to hope …1882 Eng. dial.
– DROP ONE’S BUNDLE to give up hope, to surrender, to resist, to compete no further …1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
– GIVE UP THE GHOST to give up hope
– I-WENE † to expect; to hope; to think, to suppose ...a1000
 
HOPEFUL – adjectives
– BRIGHT hopeful, encouraging, cheering …1860
– SANGUINE hopeful or confident with reference to some particular issue …1673
– SANGUINEOUS hopeful, confident …1847
– SANGUINIAN † hopeful, confident …1340
– SANGUINICAL † hopeful …1632
– SPERATORY † resting in hope or expectation; hoped for, hopeful, expected …1629
– UP mentally stimulated, excited, hopeful, happy, elated …1942 sl., orig. US
hopeful – person
– SANGUINIAN † one who is hopeful …1560
– SANGUINIST † one who is hopeful …1628
 
HOPEFULLY – adverbs
– SANGUINELY hopefully; confidently …1653
– THEWED † hopefully …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
HOPEFULNESS – nouns
– SANGUINENESS hopefulness; confidence of success …1832
– SANGUINISM * hopefulness …1897
– SANGUINITY * cheerful optimism; hopefulness …1737
 
HOPELESS – adjectives
– AERWENE †* hopeless, desperate …1205
– ALL HOLIDAY AT PECKHAM all over, finished, hopeless …L18 sl.
– DEAD AS A DODO absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless; defunct or out of date …1904 sl.
– DEAD AS A DOOR-NAIL completely or certainly dead; absolutely lifeless; entirely hopeless …c1350
– NO-SOAP not possible or successful; hopeless …1926 US & Can. sl.
– UP TO SHIT no good, hopeless …1978 Aust. sl.
– WANELESS † hopeless …a1300
– WANHOPELY † hopeless …c1425
– WANLESS † hopeless …a1300
hopeless – nouns
– DEAD BIRD a hopeless case, situation, or person …1900s US sl.
– DEAD CARD something that is hopeless or out of favour …1899 Amer. sl.
– GONE CASE a hopeless cause …2002 Singapore
– NO-HOPER a hopeless case …1943 Amer. sl.
– UNDERTAKER’S JOB a hopeless (‘dead’) proposition …1930s sl., orig. US
hopeless – person 
– DEAD ASS one whose case is hopeless; a goner …1968 Amer. sl.
– DEAD BIRD a hopeless case, situation, or person …1900s US sl.
– DEAD DUCK a person lacking good prospects; a person or thing doomed to failure or disaster; one whose case is hopeless; a goner …1829 orig. US
– DEAD RABBIT a hopeless person, one who has absolutely no chance …1900s sl.
– DEAD TURKEY a hopeless person; a person or thing that has absolutely no chance …1940s sl.
– DRONGO a fool; a hopeless person …1941 Aust. sl.
– NO-HOPER a hopeless person; a useless or incompetent person; someone or something doomed to failure …1944 colloq.
hopeless – verbs
– BE ALL DAY WITH ONE to be a hopeless situation for someone …1836 Amer. dial.
– HUNT FOR HARES WITH A TABOR † to undertake an almost impossible or hopeless task …1592
hopeless – phrases
– COULDN’T FART INTO A BOTTLE said of a hopeless, ineffectual person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– COULDN’T FIGHT HIS WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG said of a hopeless, ineffectual person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– COULDN’T GIVE AWAY CHEESE AT A RATS’ PICNIC utterly hopeless …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– COULDN’T WIN IF HE STARTED THE NIGHT BEFORE of a hopeless person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– IF HE BOUGHT A KANGAROO IT WOULDN’T HOP said of a hopeless or unlucky person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– LIKE LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYMOW a hopeless search …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
 
HOPELESSNESS – nouns
– WANHOPE † despair, hopelessness …1297 obs. exc. arch.
– WANHOPING † loss of hope, hopelessness, despair …a1300
 
HOPPING – adjectives
– SKIPJACK hopping, jumping, skipping …1605
hopping – nouns 
– HALF-HAMMER a hopping or jumping motion …1967 Amer. dial.
– SUBSULTATION †* a hopping or jumping up and down …1650
 
HOPS – person
– TALLY-MAN in hop-picking: the man who marks the tallies used to record the hops picked, and who measures the hops in a bushel basket …Bk1882 Eng. dial.
 
HOPSCOTCH – nouns
– ANGEL-DEVIL of hopscotch: at the end, after you have finished going forwards and backwards on both feet, throwing potsie in each box, then do the same on one foot, with the potsie; then, with eyes shut, without throwing the potsie, jump through it on both feet; the opponent calls out on each jump “angel” (if you do not step on a line), and “devil” (if you do) …1953 Amer. dial
– BEDS the game of hopscotch …1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BOXES the game of hopscotch …1967 Amer. dial.
– FALLAL the game of hopscotch …1887 Eng. dial.
– HACKETY the game of hopscotch …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HACKETY-OYSTER the game of hopscotch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAFTIES hopscotch …1925 Sc.
– HAFTY a smooth, flat stone used in the game of hopscotch …1925 Sc.
– HECKITY-BED the game of hopscotch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– JACKS the game of hopscotch …1968 Amer. dial.
– LAGGER in hopscotch: the stone used to throw on the squares …1957 Amer. dial.
– PAL-AL the game of hopscotch …1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PALALL the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PALAULAYS the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PALLALDIES the game of hopscotch; sometimes, stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PALLALL the game of hopscotch …1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PALLALLS the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PALLALLY the game of hopscotch …1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PALLALY the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PALLIE the game of hopscotch …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PALLY-HITCH the game of hopscotch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PALLY-ULLY the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– PAN-BED the game of hopscotch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PICKETY HOP hop-scotch …1957 Amer. dial.
– POT the last compartment in the diagram drawn for the game of hopscotch …1883 Amer. dial.
– POTS the game of hopscotch …1895 Amer. dial.
– POTSIE, POTSY, POTTSIE, POTTSY the game of hopscotch …1905 Amer. dial.
– QUOITS the game of hopscotch …1967 Sc.
– SCOTCH-HOB the game of hopscotch …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCOTCH-HOP the game of hopscotch …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCOTCH-HOPS the game of hopscotch …1892 Eng. dial.
– SKIP-AND-HOP the game of hopscotch …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKIP-HOP the game of hopscotch …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKIP-SCOTCH the game of hopscotch …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKY BLUE hopscotch; also, the area at the top of a hopscotch diagram …1957 Amer. dial.
– TAW the marker used in the game of hopscotch …1988 Amer. dial.
hopscotch – interjections
– FALDERAL! an exclamation of exultation used in the game of hopscotch on reaching the centre square …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FALLAL! an exclamation of exultation on reaching the centre square in hopscotch …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
HORIZON – nouns
– EASING the edge of the sky, the horizon …1900 Sc.
– NAILING-ON † the horizon …1841 Eng. dial.
– ORIZONT old form of horizon …14C obs.
– SEA-RIM the sea horizon …a1881
– VERGE the horizon …1822 poetic
 
HORIZONTALLY – adverbs
– GROVELLING †* horizontally …1562
 
HORN – adjectives
– BUTT-HEADED having no horns …1909 Amer. dial.
– NASICORNOUS †* having a horn on the nose …1646
horn – nouns 
– RANDY-RUET a blast upon a horn …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YARD OF TIN a horn, esp. in hunting or coaching …M19 sl.
horn- verbs 
– VENT † to blow a horn …1601
 
HORNET – nouns
– HORSE-STINGER the hornet …B1900 Eng. dial.
 
HORNY – adjectives
– HORNIER THAN A BITCH IN HEAT very sexually excited …1968 Amer. sl.
– HORNIER THAN A HOOT OWL very sexually excited …1983 Amer. sl.
– HORNIER THAN A TEN-DICKED BILLY GOAT very sexually excited …1983 Amer. sl.
– HORNIER THAN A TEXAS TOAD very sexually excited …1993 Amer. sl.
– HORNIER THAN A THREE-BALLED TOMCAT very sexually excited …1968 Amer. sl.
– HORNY AS A BAG OF TOADS sexually excited …1964 Amer. sl.
– HORNY AS HOOT OWLS, AS sexually excited …1969 Amer. sl.
 
HOROSCOPE – person
– GENETHLIAC * one who calculates or casts horoscopes; an expert in genethlialogy (the art or practice of calculating or casting horoscopes) …1584
– GENETHLIATIC †* one who calculates or casts horoscopes; an expert in genethlialogy (the art or practice of calculating or casting horoscopes) …1649
– SCORPIONIST †* one born under the zodiac sign Scorpio …1676
 
HORRIBLE – adjectives
– ARRABLE † horrible …1303
– GAG-AWFUL horrible, terrible …1981 US college sl.
– GREISSLICH having or producing a feeling of horror, disgust, or nausea; horrible, sickening, nauseating …1872 Amer. dial.
– HAYNESS horrible, dreadful, terrible, heinous …1881 Eng. dial.
– HORRIBLE-ORIOUS horrible …B1900 Amer. jocular
– HORRIOUS †* causing horror, horrible …c1520
– NEFANDOUS not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible …1640
– OGGLESOME * fearful, horrible, gruesome …1864
– SCARY horrible, unattractive …1980s US college sl.
– UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly …Bk1905 Sc.
– UGGLE † having an appearance or aspect which causes dread or horror; frightful or horrible …1499
– UGGLESOME * fearful, horrible, gruesome …1561
– UGLISOME †* horrible, horrid; ugly …1530
– UGSOME ugly, hideous, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly …c1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNRUDE † rude; hideous, horrible …1773 Sc.
horrible – nouns
– CREEPSHOW horrible or grotesque; used to describe a situation or person that fits the bill …Brit. sl.
horrible – person 
– SIR ANTHONY BLUNT a horrible person …Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’
 
HORRID – adjectives
– GASHFUL † ghastly, horrid …1620 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GASHLY † ghastly, horrid …1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MINGIN(G) smelly, disgusting, ugly, horrid, putrid, gross …playground sl.
– SCROOGY uncanny, horrid, weird …1911 Amer. dial.
– UGGED † horrid, loathsome …1570
– UGLISOME †* horrible, horrid; ugly …1530
– UNKED weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible …1861 Eng. dial.
– UNKERD weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible …1861 Eng. dial.
– UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible …1861 Eng. dial.
 
HORRIFIC – adjectives
– RAKED having suffered an horrific experience …1980s US college sl.
 
HORRIFYING – adjectives
– EXECRABLE † piteous, horrifying, shocking …1490
 
HORROR – adjectives
– CREEPY said of something producing an uncanny feeling of horror or repugnance …1883 sl.
– HORRESCENT * shuddering with fear; expressing or showing horror …1865
– HORRIOUS †* causing horror, horrible …c1520
horror – nouns 
– CHILLER a melodrama; a horror story or thriller …20C Amer. sl.
– CREEPS, THE a feeling of repugnance or fear; the unease felt in the presence of a ‘creepy’ person or in a spooky place; a feeling of horror caused by something uncanny …1879 sl.
– SCREAMING ABDABS the horrors; utter disgust; abhorrence …1950s sl.
– UGGING dread, fear, horror, loathing …c1250
– UGLINESS † horror, dread, loathing …c1325
– UGRINESS † horror …c1375 Sc.
horror – verbs
– HIDOUS †* to feel horror, to dread, to abhor …1382
horror – interjections/phrases
– CRIVENS! exclamation of shock, horror, or astonishment horror
​- GOOD HEAVENS! expresses surprise, horror, etc. …1752
…1999 UK sl.
– GRACIOUS HEAVEN! expresses surprise, horror, etc. …1801
– GREAT HEAVEN! expresses surprise, horror, etc. …1887
– HEAVEN AND EARTH! expresses surprise, horror, etc. …a1777
– HEAVENS! expresses surprise, horror, etc. …1588
– IT GROWLS ME † I have a feeling of terror or horror …1482
– JESUS WEPT! an exclamation of annoyance, amazement, horror …1922
– OHMIGOD! used for expressing surprise or horror …1982 US sl.
– OMIGOD! used for expressing surprise or horror …1982 US sl.
 
HORROR-STRUCK – adjectives
– GRUEFUL * fearful, horror-struck …1880