单词 | ne'er do well |
释义 | (noun) His father was a spendthrift, an alcoholic and a ne'er-do-well. Synonyms good-for-nothing a bunch of lazy good-for-nothings loser piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang) He works so hard he makes the rest of us look like pikers. loafer He's a bit of a loafer, who once worked in a bar but disliked being bossed around. black sheep the black sheep of the family layabout The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited. skiver (British, slang) He was a skiver and a thief. idler He resents being seen as a moneyed idler. wastrel a good-for-nothing wastrel bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of black sheep Definition a person who is regarded as a disgrace or failure by his or her family or peer group the black sheep of the family Synonyms disgrace, rebel, maverick, outcast, renegade, dropout, prodigal, individualist, nonconformist, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, wastrel, bad egg (old-fashioned, informal), wrong 'un (informal) in the sense of idler He resents being seen as a moneyed idler. Synonyms loafer, lounger, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), drone, dodger, slouch (informal), shirker, slacker, couch potato (slang), sloth, dawdler, laggard, time-waster, layabout, deadbeat (informal, US, Canadian), skiver (British, slang), malingerer, sluggard, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), clock-watcher, slugabed, lazybones (informal), Wearie Willie (informal) in the sense of layabout Definition a lazy person The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited. Synonyms idler, lounger, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), shirker, loafer, couch potato (slang), vagrant, laggard, skiver (British, slang), beachcomber, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, wastrel, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), slubberdegullion (archaic) Nearby words of |
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