Reverse Dictionary: INCR – INDIR

INCREASE, INCREASING – adjectives
– ACCRESCENT growing continuously, ever increasing …1753
– BOUNDING increasing by leaps and bounds, or rapidly …1887
– ECHING † that increases …1644
– RAXING growing,  increasing …1892 Sc.
increase, increasing – nouns 
– ACCREASE † increase …1598
– AUCTION † the act of increasing; increase, growth …1692
– ECHING the act of increasing, enlarging, supplementing; an addition …1382
– EKE † an addition, increase; a piece added on; a supplement …894 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– EKEMENT †* an increase, extension, enlargement …a1603
– MAGMENT †* great increase …1623
– MAJORATION † the act of increasing or intensifying …1626
– OCKER increase …1610 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RAISEMENT an advance, increase, rise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SCANCLISHIN scanty increase …Bk1904 Sc.
increase, increasing – person 
– EKER † one who increases …1483
increase, increasing – verbs
– ACCREASE 1. † to increase …1401
2. † to increase or grow by addition …1535
– ACCRESCE 1. † to increase, to grow up …1637
2. † ​to increase, to add to …1652
– ADAUGE †* to add to, to augment, to increase by addition …1657
– ADVANCE † to raise in amount or number, to increase …1576
– AMOUNT † to mount up, to increase …ME
– BIGGEN to grow big, to increase in size …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BIGGER to increase in size; to grow bigger …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ECHE † to enlarge, to augment, to increase …a1000
– EKE † to increase, to grow …1535
– HIT THE CEILING to increase to an excessive level …1903 Amer. sl.
– INGROWTH increase …1826 Sc.
– LARGE † to enlarge, to increase, to widen …a1340
– MAGNOPERATE † to make greater; to cause a great increase of …1610
– MAJORATE †* to make greater; to cause to increase or develop …1656
– OCKER to increase, to add to …Bk1905 Sc.
– SNOWBALL to increase rapidly …1929 Amer. sl.
– THRODDEN to thrive; to grow, to increase; to improve by care or cultivation …1641 Eng. dial.
– YCHE † to augment, to increase …1398
 
INCREASED – adjectives
– VANTAGED † increased, augmented …1578
 
INCREDIBLE – adjectives
– BEYOND THE BEYOND unexpected, incredible, out of the way …Bk1898 N. Ireland
– BEYON’-THE-BEYONT quite incredible; quite out of the way …Bk1911 Sc. 
– OUT OF ALL REASON quite absurd or incredible …1887 Sc.
– TERATICAL * relating to marvels or prodigies; incredible, wonderful, miraculous …1722
– UNBELIEFFUL †* incredible ..1388
– UNBELIEVED † unbelievable, incredible …c1425
– UNCREDIBLE † very great and incredible …c1440
– UNDEEMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned …1871 Sc.
– UNDEEMOUS unexampled, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNDOMIOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned …1871 Sc.
– UNDOOMIS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned …1871 Sc.
– UNDUMIOUS extraordinary, enormous, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable …1747 Sc.
– UNDUMOUS extraordinary, incredible, fabulous, incalculable, immense; what cannot be reckoned …1871 Sc.
– UNLEFLICH † incredible …a1225
incredible – nouns 
– LATA anything incredible (pronounced ‘lah-tah’) …Amer. World War I sl.
– ONE FOR THE BOOK anything noteworthy, remarkable, or incredible; something worthy of long-term record …1920s US sl.
incredible – person
– MIND-BLOWER an incredible or fantastic person …1968 sl. 
 
INCREDULITY – interjections
– ALL MY EYE AND BETTY MARTIN! an expression of incredulity …1791 sl.
– BOIL ME DOWN! expresses surprise or incredulity …1954 Amer. dial.
– BUG-BITE AN’ MOONSHINE! expressive of incredulity or disgust …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– CHEE! an exclamation of incredulity …1972 Amer. dial.
– HELL YOU PIPE, THE! used to express surprise or incredulity at another’s words …1942 Amer. sl.
– HELL YOU PREACH, THE! used to express surprise or incredulity at another’s words …1924 Amer. sl.
– HELL YOU SAY, THE! used to express surprise or incredulity at another’s words …1864 Amer. sl.
– HOOKEY WALKER! an exclamation of incredulity …1811
– IN A PIG’S EYE! exclamation expressing derisive incredulity …chiefly US & Aust. sl.
– IN GOOD TIME! † an expression of ironical acquiescence, incredulity, amazement, or the like; to be sure! indeed! very well! …1610
– KAE! † an exclamation of disapproval, contempt, or incredulity …a1779 Sc.
– KAY-KAY! † an exclamation of disapproval, contempt, or incredulity …1828 Sc.
– MY ARSE! expressing dismissive or credulous contradiction, esp. as a scornful rejection of another’s stated opinions; nonsense! …1710 sl.
– QUOZ! † expressing incredulity, contempt, etc. …1802
– ROT! exclamation expressing incredulity or ridicule …M19 colloq.
– SHEE! an exclamation of incredulity …1972 Amer. dial.
– TELL THAT TO THE MARINES! expressing incredulity …1823 colloq.
– WALKER! an exclamation of incredulity …1811
– WELL, I’LL BE BUGGERED expressed amazement or incredulity …1907
– WHOAP! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity …1851 Amer. dial.
– WHOPE! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity …1907 Amer. dial.
– WOAP-AH! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity …1898 Amer. dial.
– WOPE! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity …1942 Amer. dial.
– WUP! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity …1942 Amer. dial.
– YOU AND WHOSE ARMY? expressing incredulity or scepticism about a person’s ability to do a threatened or threatening deed …1930 colloq.
 
INCREDULOUS – adjectives
– UNCREDIBLE †* incredulous, unbelieving …1553
 
INCRIMINATE – verbs
– FINGER to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1930 sl., orig. US
– FIT to (attempt to) incriminate someone, esp. by planting false evidence …1882 sl., orig. Aust.
– FIT UP to (attempt to) incriminate someone, esp. by planting false evidence …1882 sl., orig. Aust.
– FIX (UP) to falsely incriminate …1790 US sl.
– FRAME to (attempt to) incriminate someone, esp. by planting false evidence …1915 sl., orig. US
– GRASS to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1936 sl., orig. Brit.
– JOB to incriminate someone …1903 sl., orig. US
– PEEP to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1911 sl.
– POOL to betray, often implying incrimination …1907 Aust. sl.
– POT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1911 Aust. sl.
– PUT IN to incriminate …1922 sl.
– PUT THE FINGER ON to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1924 sl., orig. US
– RAT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1932 sl.
– SET UP to pre-arrange things or lead someone on in order to incriminate the person …1956 sl.
– SHELF to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1936 Aust. sl.
– SHOP to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1899 sl., chiefly Brit.
– SNOUT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1923 sl.
– SPLIT to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1795
– STAG to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1839
– TALK to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1924 sl.
– TELL to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1539
– VERBAL to attribute an incriminating statement to an arrested or suspected person…1963 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
 
INCRIMINATING, INCRIMINATION – nouns
– FIT-UP an act of unjust incrimination …1985 sl.
– FRAME an act of unjust incrimination …1929 sl., orig. US
– PLANT something hidden in a person’s clothing, among their possessions, etc. in order to incriminate them …1926 sl.
– SET-UP a scheme or trick by which an innocent person is incriminated …1968 sl., orig. US
– VERBAL an incriminating statement attributed to an arrested or suspected person …1963 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
 
INCURABLE – adjectives
– IMMEDICINABLE * not medicinable, incurable …1826
– IRRECURED †* incurable, beyond cure or remedy …1598
 
INCURSION – nouns
– ERUPTION an incursion, an outbreak, an entrance into …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HARRYING warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding …c900
 
INDEBTED – adjectives
– ADDEBTED † indebted …1513
– BEHADDEN under personal obligation; indebted; obliged …1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BEHOLDEN under obligation on account of favours received; beholden, indebted to …1530
– BEHOLDING † under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent …1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– DEBTED † of persons: under obligation; indebted …c1425
– DEBTFUL † indebted …1649 chiefly Sc.
– ENTHRALLED involved; indebted …1903 Amer. dial.
– IN BONDAGE indebted to; under the control of; with a biblical implication …20C US Black sl.
– MISBEHOLDEN beholden, indebted …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– OBOLYGATED obliged, indebted …1866 Eng. dial.
indebted – verbs
– AUGHT to owe, to be indebted to …1822 Sc.
– DEBT-BIND † to bind by obligation, to render indebted …a1608 nonce word
– REST to owe; to be indebted to one …1721 Sc.
– WALK INTO to be indebted to, e.g. a tradesman …M19 sl.
 
INDEBTEDNESS – nouns
– BEHOLDINGNESS † the condition of being beholden to anyone; obligation, indebtedness; later, dependence …1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BETHANK thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement …1826 Sc.
– BONDAGE indebtedness …1945 US sl.
– DEBENTURE † acknowledgement of indebtedness; obligation; debt …1609
 
INDECENCY – nouns
– BIT OF BLUE, A indecency, obscenity, often of a mild nature …1889
– IMPUDENCE indecency …1682 Eng. dial.
– RIBALDRY indecency; profligate talk …1599 sl.
– RIBAUDRY indecency; profligate talk …1599 sl.
– RIBBLE-RABBLE indecency; profligate talk …Bk1903 sl.
– UNDECENTNESS. indecency …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
INDECENT – adjectives
– BLUE indecent, obscene …colloq.
– GAMY scandalous; indecent …a1961 chiefly US
– IMPUDICOUS †* immodest, indecent, indelicate …1657
– ITHYPHALLIAN † grossly indecent, obscene …1693
– ITHYPHALLIC grossly indecent, obscene …1856
– MENSELESS without regard for decency or propriety; indecent; untidy, disorderly …1811 Eng. dial.
– NANA outrageous, indecent …L19 sl.
– NANA-ISH outrageous, indecent …L19 sl.
– NEAR THE KNUCKLE rude and slightly offensive; verging on indecent …1895 colloq.
– OFF-COLOUR tending to be indecent, obscene, lewd, or lascivious, but hinting at or suggesting the obscene …1875 sl.
– PECCAMINOUS †* full of sins, sinful; later: bawdy; indecent, lewd …1656
– RANCHY dirty, disgusting, indecent …E19 US sl.
– RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent …a1300
– RIDICULOUS indecent; outrageous …1832 Amer. dial.
– SAUCY improper; indecent …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCABROUS indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene 
– UNDECENT indecent …1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNMENSEFUL disorderly; unmannerly; unseemly; indecent …1838 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNPROPER improper; indecent …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
indecent – nouns
– JAFFLE idle discourse of an indecent or malicious character …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– RIBBLE-RABBLE indecent or profligate talk, ribaldry …B1900 Eng. dial.
indecent – person 
– BAWDY-BASKET a hawker of indecent literature …1567
– RIBAUDOUR a retailer of smut …Bk1903 sl.
 
INDECENT EXPOSURE – verbs
– WAG WIENIE to commit indecent exposure of the male masturbatory variety …1984 US sl.
– WAG YOUR WIENIE to commit indecent exposure of the male masturbatory variety …1984 US sl.
 
INDECIPHERABLE – nouns
– PAKAPOO TICKET something indecipherable or overly complicated …1951 Aust. sl.
 
INDECISION – nouns
– HAIVER a state of fussy indecision; generally in plural …1866 Sc.
– IFFING AND OFFING indecision …1896 Eng. dial.
– IFING AND OFFING indecision …1896 Eng. dial.
– TANGLENESS † indecision; fluctuation; pliability of opinion …1819 Sc.
 
INDECISIVE – adjectives
– HAFFLING hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAFFLY hesitating, indecisive; prevaricating …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– LIKE A BUTTERLY IN HEAT behaving in a dithering manner; indecisive …1975 US sl., esp. homosexual usage
– OFF AND ON indecisive, wavering, vacillating …M19 sl.
– WAFFLING indecisive, hesitating, vacillating, shilly-shallying …1847 Sc.& Eng. dial.
indecisive – person 
– FAD a fussy, over-particular person; a milksop, an indecisive, cowardly person …1877 Eng. dial.
– HAIVER a fussy, indecisive person; an idler who makes a pretense of work; a lazy, idle fellow …1866 Sc.
– HAMLET a troubled, indecisive, or capricious person; an introspective, philosophical man of dreams rather than of action …1903
– HAVERER a vacillating or indecisive person …1947 chiefly Brit.
– WAFFLER a weak, indecisive, vacillating person; one who hesitates; a ditherer; a laggard …1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
indecisive – verbs 
– FAFF ABOUT to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to be indecisive or fussy …1874 UK sl.
– FANNY ABOUT to be indecisive or fussy; to waste time; to act aimlessly …1970s sl.
– GALAY to hesitate, to speak or act indecisively …20C W. Indies sl.
– HEE-HAW to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive …L15 sl.
– HEM AND HAW to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive …L15 sl.
– HEM-HAW to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive …L15 sl.
– HEM-HAW AROUND to speak hesitatingly; to avoid giving a clear answer; to be indecisive …1954 Amer. dial.
– HUM AND HAW to speak hesitatingly; to stammer; to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive …1632
– MOUSE AROUND to be indecisive …1969 Amer. dial.
 
INDECOROUS – adjectives
– HIGH-KILTED indecorous …19C Sc. sl.
– UNCOUTH † unseemly, indecorous …1589
indecorous – person 
– TATTER-WALLOPS a woman with ragged clothes; an indecorous woman; a tatterdemalion …1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
indecorous – verbs
– CUT UP to cut a dash; to show off; to behave badly or indecorously …1787 US colloq.
 
INDEED – adverbs
– ADEED * indeed …1820 Sc.
– ALL RIGHTY certainly, indeed …1901 colloq.
– ATWEEL truly, indeed, assuredly, of course …1816 Sc. & Ireland
– AWAT truly, indeed …1871 Sc.
– AYE MARRY an expression of assent; yes, indeed …1886 Eng. dial.
– ENTI indeed; always used with negative …1895 Eng. dial.
– FACK indeed, truly, really …1843 Sc.
– FECKLY † effectually, indeed …c1680 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– INDEEDY indeed, certainly; used to emphasize an affirmation or denial …1856 Amer. dial.
– INDEEDY-DEEDY indeed, certainly; used to emphasize an affirmation or denial …1967 Amer. dial.
– IN-TY certainly, indeed (French entier) …1889 Amer. dial.
– IWIS certainly, assuredly, indeed, truly …c1160 arch.
– PARDIE certainly, truly, indeed, assuredly …c1290 arch.
– PERDIE certainly, truly, indeed, assuredly …c1290 arch.
– THUMP indeed, of a truth; used to give additional emphasis to a statement …1870 Eng. dial.
– YOU BETCHA yes, indeed; certainly …1889 Amer. dial.
– YOU BETCHER yes, indeed; certainly …1889 Amer. dial.
– YOU BETCHY yes, indeed; certainly …1889 Amer. dial.
indeed – interjections
– AIGHT certainly!, indeed! …1993
– ALL RIGHTY! certainly, indeed …1877 colloq.
– AYE, MARRY! a term of asseveration; indeed! truly! …1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CERT! certainly! yes, indeed! …1879 US sl.
– FACK! indeed, really …1843 Sc.
– FAIRLY! int. indeed! certainly! of course! …1909 Sc.
– FAITH! a mild exclamation; indeed, truly, really …1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– IN GOOD TIME! † an expression of ironical acquiescence, incredulity, amazement, or the like; to be sure! indeed! very well! …1610
– MARRY! a term of asseveration; indeed! truly! …1833 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– QUITE! an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed …M19 sl.
– QUITE SO! an expression of agreement; absolutely, indeed …M19 sl.
 
INDEFATIGABLE – person
– HARD CASE an indefatigable person who struggles on irrespective of any obstacle …1929 Aust. sl.
– HARD-NOSE an indefatigable person, who will struggle on no matter what the odds; a tough, determined person …1968 sl.
 
INDEFINITE – adjectives
– BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS vague; indefinite …1928 Amer. dial.
– HAWVISH undecided, indefinite …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
INDEFINITELY – adverbs
– TO NO NOT ONE indefinitely, to an unlimited extent …1952 Amer. dial.
indefinitely – phrases
– AS LONG AS HIS ARSE POINTS TO THE GROUND indefinitely …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
INDELICATE – adjectives
– IMPUDICOUS †* immodest, indecent, indelicate …1657
– UNDELICIOUS † not dainty or delicate; coarse, rough …a1618
indelicate – person 
– OPEN-TAIL †* a light, indelicate, or unchaste woman …a1618
 
INDENT – verbs
– DINGE to indent, to bruise, to knock in …1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DINTLE to indent …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
INDENTATION – nouns
– DINGE an indentation, dint, dent; a flaw in a vessel resulting from a knock …1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NAG a nick, notch, indentation; a bite, snap …1887 Sc.
 
INDEPENDENCE – nouns
– SUFFISANCE † self-sufficiency, independence …a1450
 
INDEPENDENT – adjectives
– ARBITRARY independent, impatient of restraint …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ENTIRE independent; retired from business …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GIPSY independent of any organization, legal or otherwise …1980s sl.
– PORKY important, independent …1968 Amer. dial.
– SAUCY † independent, self-reliant …1856 Eng. dial.
– SUBSTANTIVE of persons, nations, etc.: independent, self-existent, self-sufficient …c1470
– SUFFISANT † self-sufficient, independent …a1340
– UNBEHOLDING † not under an obligation to a person; independent …1615
independent – person
– ALONE-LIVER †* a person who lives alone …1556
– BIRD OF A DIFFERENT FEATHER a person who is free thinking and independent …Bk2004 
– COWBOY a reckless and independent man …Bk2006 US sl.
– RAMP † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute …a1450
– SUBSTANTIVE † a self-subsisting or independent person or thing …1613
independent – verbs 
– BE TOO BIG FOR ONE’S BRITCHES to assume more than one’s proper authority; to feel important, independent, or disturbingly confident …1835 Amer. dial.
– CHEW ONE’S OWN MEAT to attend to one’s own business; to rely on oneself …1902 Amer. dial.
– CHEW ONE’S OWN TOBACCO to rely on oneself …1858 Amer. dial.
– GRIND ONE’S OWN BAIT to do as one pleases; to be independent …1909 Amer. dial.
– GRIP ONE’S OWN ROPE to rely on one’s own resources; to be independent of outside help …1917 Sc.
– LOOK OVER THE NEST of a young person: to begin to act independently of one’s parents …1887 Sc. 
– NOT TO TAKE TEA FOR THE FEVER not to put up with any nonsense; not to allow oneself to be intimidated; to be independent and outspoken …a1940 Amer. dial.
– PADDLE ONE’S OWN CANOE to act independently or make one’s way by one’s own unaided efforts …1828 sl.
– TOTE ONE’S OWN SKILLET to look out for or be responsible for oneself; to be independent …1885 Amer. dial.
independent – phrases
– I WOULDN’T THANK KING GEORGE TO BE MY UNCLE I am quite independent of any one …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OFF ONE’S OWN BAT acting independently …1845 sl.
– UNDER ONE’S OWN STEAM acting independently …1912 sl.
 
INDEPENDENTLY – adverbs
– ON ONE’S OWN COAT-TAILS on one’s own resources, independently …1967 Sc.
 
INDESCRIBABLE – adjectives
– UNANEMNED † unnamed, indescribable …c1175
– UNTALELICH † indescribable …a1225
– UNZYGINDE † indescribable …1340
indescribable – nouns 
– JE NE SAIS QUOI an indescribable or inexpressible something …1656
– KNOW-NOT-WHAT * an indescribable thing; a whatchamacallit …a1642
 
INDESTRUCTIBILITY – nouns
– IMPERDIBILITY †* indestructibility …1713
 
INDESTRUCTIBLE – adjectives
– IMPERDIBLE †* that cannot be lost or destroyed, indestructible …1661
 
INDEX – nouns
– ELENCH † an index, analytical table of contents …1563-87
– ELENCHUS † an index, analytical table of contents …1721
 
INDIA – adjectives
– GANGETIC belonging to the river Ganges …1830
– GANGIC †* belonging to the river Ganges …1605
India – nouns 
– CAL Calcutta …L19 Anglo-Indian
– DACEY of native Indian origin …1876 Anglo-Indian colloq.
– DITCH a disparaging term for Calcutta …Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
– LAND OF REGRETS India …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAND OF THE RAG-HEAD (derogatory) India …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
India – person 
– ACHARYA in India: a spiritual teacher or leader; an influential mentor …1792
– ACHCHA in India: a printer, or pressman …Bk1898
– ADDI a Bengalee money-changer …Bk1898 
– BABOO a native clerk or official who writes English – sometimes applied disparagingly to a Hindu or, more particularly, a Bengali, with a superficial English education …1782 Anglo-Indian
– BEASTY in India: the servant who supplies an establishment with water, which he carries in a skin slung on his back …1781
– BEHARI a native of inhabitant of Bihar, in north-eastern India  …1897
– BENGALAN † a native of Bengal …1613
– BENGALEE a native of Bengal, India …1848
– BENGALESE a native of Bengal, India …1778
– BENGALI a native of Bengal, India …1848
– BHEESTIE, BHEESTY in India: the servant who supplies an establishment with water, which he carries in a skin slung on his back …1781
– BIHARI a native of inhabitant of Bihar, in north-eastern India  …1897
– BINKY-NABOB the Commandant of the Artillery …Bk1886 Anglo-Indian
– CAMEL-CHASER (derogatory) a Syrian or Indian, or any form of Arab from the Middle  East …1960s sl., orig. US
– CAMEL JOCK (derogatory) an Indian …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHARRA (derogatory) a term of address to an Indian …1970s S. Afr.
– CHAR-WALLAH in India: a native servant who brings the early morning tea …c1930 services sl.
– COOLIE (derogatory) an Indian …M19 S. Afr. sl.
– DANDY a Ganges boatman …L17 Anglo-Indian
– DITCHER an inhabitant of Calcutta …L19 sl.
– GANGETICS † those who live on the banks of the Ganges …1677
– GAEKWAR the ruler of the state of Baroda, India …1782
– GAM amongst tribes in northern India: a headman, a chief …1827
– GANGETIQUES † those who live on the banks of the Ganges …1677
– GAUM amongst tribes in northern India: a headman, a chief …1827
– GHARRY-DRIVER one who drives a gharry, a horse-drawn cab used esp. in India …1883 Anglo-Indian
– GOLLY any person of non-White ethnicity; a native of the Indian subcontinent; an Arab …1967 UK sl.
– GUNGA DIN (derogatory, racist) used to address a man with a perceived Indian or Asian ethnicity …1994 UK sl.
– HALF-OUNCE OF BACCY (derogatory) a person of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or Ugandan Asian blood …1992 rhyming sl. for ‘Paki’
– HILL CAPTAIN a military officer who spends his summer leave in India in a Hill station in preference to spending it in some more manly way, e.g. in shooting …c1890 Indian army usage
– HINDI * a native of Northern India …a1853
– HINDOOSTANEE, HINDUSTANI a native of Hindustan; a Hindu or Muslim of Upper India …1829
– HINDU an Aryan of Northern India (Hindustan), who retains the native religion (Hinduism), as distinguished from those who have embraced Mohammedanism; hence, anyone who professes Hinduism; applied by Europeans in a wider sense, in accordance with the wider application of Hindustan …1655
– LASCARINE † an East Indian soldier; also, one of the native police …1598 Indian
– MARY (offensive, though not orig. intended as such) any woman of Indian descent …1927 S. Afr.
– NABOB the title of certain Mohammedan officials, who acted as deputy governors of provinces or districts in the Mogul Empire; an official thus designated; a governor of a town or district in India …1612
– NAIB in India: a deputy governor; a deputy …1682
– NAIK 1. an Indian title of nobility or authority; a person so styled; a lord, prince, or governor …1588
2. a military officer; in later use, a corporal of native infantry …1787
– NAIR a member of the noble and military caste in Malabar, India …1582
– NARG (derogatory) an Indian …1980s NZ sl.
– PAHARIA in South Asia: a person from the hills: spec. a member of any of a number of indigenous peoples of the hill areas of northern India originally speaking Munda or Dravidian languages …1811
– PAK (derogatory or patronizing) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent …1964 UK sl.
– PAKI , PAKKI(derogatory or patronizing; often racist) a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan …1964 UK sl.
– QUI-HI an English resident of Calcutta …M19 Anglo-Indian
– SAMMY a generic name for any Hindu, esp. Indian people living in South Africa …1886 S. Afr. sl. 
– SAND NIGGER (offensive) an Arab; an Indian or Pakistani person …1984 US sl.
– SAND SCRATCHER (derogatory) a Syrian; an Indian …2001 US sl.
– SCHVARTZ a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl.
– SCHVARTZA (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl.
– SCHWARTZ (derogatory) a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl.
– SHVARTZ a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl.
– SPADE an Indian …1956 UK sl.
– TANADAR the head officer of a police station in India; formerly the commander of a military post …1802
– VENTURE-GIRL a girl or woman who goes to India in order to get a husband …1836
– VENTURE-MISS a girl or woman who goes to India in order to get a husband …1825
– WOG (derogatory) a native of the Indian subcontinent …1929 UK sl.
India – verbs
– SHAKE THE PAGODA-TREE to make a fortune rapidly in India …1836
 
INDIANA – nouns
– UNDUE PERVERSITY Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana …1980s US campus sl.
Indiana – person
– HAMMONDITE a native or inhabitant of Hammond, Indiana …Bk2006
– HUNTINGTONIAN a native or inhabitant of Huntington, Indiana …Bk2006
 
INDICATE – nouns
– SIGNIFICATIVE a thing or word serving to signify or indicate something …1641
indicate – verbs 
– DECIPHER † of actions, outward signs, etc.: to reveal, to make known, to indicate …1529
– NOTE UP FOR to indicate; to point toward some outcome …1974 Amer. dial.
– OFFICE to warn, to tip-off, to indicate …E19 sl.
– SUBINDICATE † to indicate indirectly; to hint …1659 obs. or arch.
– UMBRATE † to adumbrate, to indicate …1675
– WAGGLE to indicate by wagging the head …1852
 
INDICATED – adjectives
– SIGNIFICATE †* signified, indicated …1432-50
 
INDICATION – nouns
– IVY-BUSH an indication, a sign …1612
– SIGNALITY † the quality of a sign or indication …1646
– SIGNANCE †* signification, indication …c1400
– TIDINGS †* indications, traces …a1440
– UMBRATION †* a shadowy indication or faint representation of something …a1706
– WARN † an indication or sign of something about to happen …a1300
 
INDICATIVE – adjectives
– SUBINDICATIVE † indirectly indicative or suggestive …1822 obs. or arch.
 
INDICTMENT – nouns
– THREAP a pertinacious assertion; an indictment, charge, representation of facts …1742 Sc.
 
INDIFFERENCE – nouns
– ADIAPHORACY * indifference, neutrality …1612
– ADIAPHORICIE * indifference, neutrality …1612
– ADIAPHORY † indifference …1660
– BAUCHNESS want, defect of any kind, indifference …1727 Sc.
– FAINEANTISE ‘do-nothing-ness’ ; indisposition to do anything; indifference, inactivity …a1684
– FOXING an air of indifference to what is going on …M19 sl.
– FOX’S SLEEP an air of indifference to what is going on …M19 sl.
– ICEBERGSHIP * coldness, indifference …1842
– LAODICEANISM indifference, lukewarmness …1774
– NEGLECT † indifference …1597
– OVERLINESS † superficiality; carelessness; indifference …1653
– SANG-FROID coolness, indifference, absence of excitement or agitation …1750
– UNAFFECTEDNESS † impassiveness, indifference …1670
indifference – verbs
– CAST ONE’S CAP AT † to show indifference to; to give up for lost …1579
– TAKE A RUNNING JUMP AT YOURSELF to express hostility, contempt, or defiant indifference …1871 colloq.
indifference – phrases 
– I COULD CARE LESS a statement of absolute indifference, although the opposite sentiment, albeit hidden, may be the true one …1940s sl.
– I COULDN’T CARE LESS. a statement of absolute indifference, although the opposite sentiment, albeit hidden, may be the true one …1940s sl.
– I COULDN’T CARE LESS IF THE COW CALVES OR BREAKS A LEG a statement of absolute indifference, although the opposite sentiment, albeit hidden, may be the true one …1940s NZ sl.
 
INDIFFERENT – adjectives
– ADIAPHOROUS neutral, indifferent, immaterial; neither right nor wrong morally …1635
– BAUCH weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent …a1560 Sc.
– BAUGH weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent …a1560 Sc.
– CALLOUSED callous, indifferent …1887 Sc.
– CALLUSED hard-hearted, indifferent …1887 Sc.
– COULDN’T-CARE-LESS indifferent …1947
– DON’T-CARE-IFIED without concern, indifferent …1930s US Black sl.
– DON’T-CARE-ISH without concern, indifferent …1930s US Black sl.
– EASY † of small importance, insignificant, slight; not very good, indifferent …1468
– FLIP indifferent …1847
– HALF-PIE indifferent …c1926 NZ sl.
– LALLA careless, indifferent …1950 Amer. dial.
– LAODICEAN lukewarm, lacking enthusiasm; indifferent in religion, politics, etc. …1633
– MATTERLESS indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested …1760 Eng. dial.
– NEGLIGENT * heedless, careless, indifferent …c1440
– NO GREAT SHAKES indifferent …1819
– NONCURANTIST marked by indifference …1882
– NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT indifferent …1914
– NOTHING WORTH WRITING HOME ABOUT indifferent …1914
– POCOCURANTE caring little, careless, indifferent, nonchalant …1815
– SAVOURLESS spiritless, listless, indifferent, wanting in wit or pluck …1804 Sc.
– SO SO indifferent …1530
– UP-SITTEN callous, indifferent, listless …1827 Sc. 
– WHAT-THE-HELL indifferent …1968
indifferent – person
– GALLIO a person who is indifferent; an easygoing person …1850
– LAODICEAN one who is lukewarm or indifferent in religion, politics, etc. …1772
– PESTLE-TAIL a person of an indifferent kind …1899 Amer. dial.
– POCOCURANTE a careless or indifferent person; one who shows little interest or concern; a trifler …1762
– SHORTHORN an ordinary person, one of indifferent quality and not belonging to the best sort …1899 Amer. dial.
indifferent – verbs
– BE JAKE-EASY to be indifferent, not caring one way or the other …1888 Sc.
– BE JECK-EASY to be indifferent, not caring one way or the other …1888 Sc.
– COULD CARE LESS to be indifferent to something, not care …1966 US
– COULDN’T CARE LESS to be indifferent to something, not care …1946
– NOT BE FUSSED to be indifferent to something, not care …1988 Brit.
– NOT CARE A BUGGER to be indifferent to something, not care …1922 Brit.
– NOT CARE A DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1760
– NOT CARE A FRIG to be indifferent to something, not care …1955
– NOT CARE A FUCK to be indifferent to something, not care …1910s sl., orig. US
– NOT CARE A HANG to be indifferent to something, not care …1861, ‘hang’ a euphemism for ‘damn’
– NOT CARE A HOOT to be indifferent to something, not care …1925
– NOT CARE A MONKEY’S TOSS to be indifferent to something, not care …1960 Brit.
– NOT CARE A RAP to be indifferent to something, not care …1834
– NOT CARE A SOD to be indifferent to something, not care …1961 Brit.
– NOT CARE A STUFF to be indifferent to something, not care …1974 chiefly Aust. & NZ
– NOT CARE A TINKER’S CUSS to be indifferent to something, not care …1824
– NOT CARE A TINKER’S DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1824
– NOT CARE A TOSS to be indifferent to something; not care …1876
– NOT CARE A TUPPENNY HANG to be indifferent to something, not care …1887 Brit.
– NOT CARE A TWOPENNY DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1887 Brit.
– NOT CARE A TYPPENNY DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1887 Brit.
– NOT CARE TUPPENCE to indifferent to something, not care …a1744 sl.
– NOT CARE TWO HOOTS to be indifferent to something, not care …1925
– NOT CARE TWOPENCE to indifferent to something, not care …a1744 sl.
– NOT GIVE A BUGGER to be indifferent to something, not care …1922 Brit.
– NOT GIVE A DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1760
– NOT GIVE A FRIG to be indifferent to something, not care …1955
– NOT GIVE A FUCK to be indifferent to something, not care …1929
– NOT GIVE A HANG to be indifferent to something, not care …1861, ‘hang’ a euphemism for ‘damn’
– NOT GIVE A HOOT to be indifferent to something, not care …1925
– NOT GIVE A MONKEY’S FUCK to be indifferent to something, not care …1910s sl., orig. US
– NOT GIVE A MONKEY’S TOSS to be indifferent to something, not care …1960 Brit.
– NOT GIVE A RAP to be indifferent to something, not care …1834
– NOT GIVE A SHIT to be indifferent to something, not care …1922
– NOT GIVE A SHITE to be indifferent to something, not care …1922
– NOT GIVE A SOD to be indifferent to something, not care …1961 Brit.
– NOT GIVE A STUFF to be indifferent to something, not care …1974 chiefly Aust. & NZ
– NOT GIVE A TINKER’S to be indifferent to something, not care …1824
– NOT GIVE A TINKER’S CURSE to be indifferent to something, not care …1824
– NOT GIVE A TINKER’S CUSS to be indifferent to something, not care …1824
– NOT GIVE A TINKER’S DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1824
– NOT GIVE A TOSS to be indifferent to something; not care …1876
– NOT GIVE A TUPPENNY DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1887 Brit.
– NOT GIVE A TUPPENNY HANG to be indifferent to something, not care …1887 Brit.
– NOT GIVE A TWOPENNY DAMN to be indifferent to something, not care …1887 Brit.
– NOT GIVE A TWOPENNY HANG to be indifferent to something, not care …1887 Brit.
– NOT GIVE TUPPENCE to be indifferent to something, not care …a1744 sl.
– NOT GIVE TWO HOOTS to be indifferent to something, not care …1925
– NOT GIVE TWOPENCE to be indifferent to something, not care …a1744 sl.
– NOT TO GIVE A HATE not to give a damn, an expression of indifference  …1929 Amer. dial.
– SHAKE ONE’S EARS to show indifference or dislike …1583
indifferent – phrases
– LEATHER AND PRUNELLA an expression for something to which one is utterly indifferent …1734
– NOT TO CARE A BUTTON a simile of indifference; to care about a matter not even so much as to the value of a button …Bk1891 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A CENT a simile of indifference; to care about a matter not even so much as to the value of a cent …1848 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A FARTHING a simile of indifference; to not care about a matter  …1709 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A FIG a simile of indifference; to care about a matter not even so much as to the value of a fig …1833 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A HANG a simile of indifference; to not care about a matter  …Bk1891 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A MONKEY’S FUCK to be completely indifferent or unconcerned; not to care at all …1961 sl.
– NOT TO CARE A PIN a simile of indifference; to care about a matter not even so much as to the value of a pin …1633 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A POINT a simile of indifference; to not care about a matter  …1590 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A RAP a simile of indifference; to care about a matter not even so much as to the value of a rap …1871 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A RUSH a simile of indifference; to care about a matter not even so much as to the value of a rush …Bk1891 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A SNAP a simile of indifference; to not care about a matter  …1889 colloq.
– NOT TO CARE A STRAW a simile of indifference; to care about a matter not even so much as to the value of a straw…Bk1891 colloq.
– NOT TO GIVE A MONKEY’S to be completely indifferent or unconcerned; not to care at all …1960 sl.
 
INDIFFERENTLY – adverbs
– MEET † indifferently …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
INDIGENOUS – adjectives
– VERNACULOUS † of products: indigenous, native …1606
 
INDIGESTIBLE – adjectives
– INCOCTIBLE † indigestible …1684
– QUEASY indigestible, tough …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
INDIGESTION – nouns
– ILL-DIGESTION indigestion …1875 Eng. dial.
– INDIGESTING indigestion …1942 Amer. dial.
– INDISGESTION indigestion …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– INSUSGESTION indigestion …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MULLYGRUMPS an attack of indigestion or stomach ache …1930 Amer. dial.
indigestion – verbs
– TANT to disorder, to cause indigestion in, to upset the stomach or appetite …1866 Sc.
 
INDIGNANT – adjectives
– EDGEWISE at odds, antagonistic, unfriendly, indignant …1914 Amer. dial.
– MIFFED annoyed, offended, indignant, disgruntled …1805
– ON ONE’S EAR indignant, angry; in a huff; broadly, in an uproar …1871 Amer. sl.
indignant – verbs 
– BRUSTLE UP to act indignantly or offended …1904 Amer. dial.
– HACKLE to look angry or indignant; to grumble, to dispute …Bk1905 Eng dial.
– PUT ON THE ARSE BIT to indignantly tell someone what you think of him or her …1975 Aust. sl.
 
INDIGNATION – nouns
– DANDER temper, anger, indignation …M19 colloq., orig. US
– JEALOUSY † zeal or vehemence of feeling against some person or thing; anger, wrath, indignation …c1400
indignation – verbs 
– DESPITE to be filled with indignation at seeing another doing anything improper, or esteemed such …B1900 Sc.
indignation – interjections
– HA! an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, joy, indignation, etc …a1300
– HURRY-DURRY † an exclamation of impatience or indignation …1682
– MASSY! an exclamation of surprise, indignation, etc. …1867 Eng. dial.
– MERCY! an exclamation of surprise, indignation, etc. …1867 Eng. dial.
– YE GODS! a mild oath, esp. used to express exasperation or indignation …1807
 
INDIGNITY – nouns
– OPPROBRY † contumelious treatment; an indignity, insult …1569
 
INDIRECT – adjectives
– LEER † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand …1629
– LERE † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand …1629
– SIDE-HANDED indirect …1845
– SIDE-WIND indirect, oblique …1680
– SIDE-WINDED indirect, oblique …1710
– UNGAIN not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
indirect – nouns 
– CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution …1681
indirect – verbs
– GO AROUND THE MUSHROOM to do something in an indirect and complicated way …1968 Amer. dial.
 
INDIRECTLY – adverbs
– BY A SIDE-WIND in an indirect method or manner …1648
– SIDELY † in an indirect manner; indirectly …c1380