bugger
1 of 3noun (1)
bug·ger ˈbə-gər 
ˈbu̇-gər
ˈbu̇-gər 1
: sodomite
2
a
: a worthless person : rascal
b
: fellow, chap
3
: a small or annoying thing
put down my keys and now I can't find the buggers
bugger
2 of 3verb
bug·ger ˈbə-gər
buggered; buggering; buggers
transitive verb
1
usually vulgar : to commit sodomy with
2
: damn
3
: to put into disorder : bungle, botch —often used with up
bugger
3 of 3noun (2)
bug·ger ˈbə-gər
: a person who plants electronic bugs
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Verb
- blow
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix (up)
- boot
- botch
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- dub
- flub
- fluff
- foozle
- foul up
- fumble
- goof (up)
- louse up
- mangle
- mess (up)
- muck up
- muff
- murder
- screw up
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English bougre heretic, from Anglo-French bugre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, literally, Bulgarian; from the association of Bulgaria with the Bogomils, who were accused of sodomy
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1955, in the meaning defined above
buggers
noun
as in bastards
a person whose behavior is offensive to others a cranky bugger who's always at odds with his neighbors Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bastards
- jerks
- dogs
- clowns
- skunks
- skunk
- blighters
- jokers
- creeps
- idiots
- rats
- brutes
- rotters
- snakes
- morons
- vermin
- toads
- varmints
- beasts
- reptiles
- sods
- swine
- scumbags
- brats
- bleeders
- stinkers
- bounders
- louses
- scums
- villains
- cads
- heels
- boors
- pills
- louts
- schmucks
- cretins
- nuisances
- buzzards
- slimes
- dirtbags
- finks
- so-and-sos
- fools
- slimeballs
- chuffs
- curs
- stinkards
- barbarians
- cruds
- hounds
- churls
- nerds
- savages
- sleazeballs
- scuzzballs
- sleazebags
- sleazes
- nuts
- sons of guns
- crumbs
- slobs
- wretches
- so-and-so's
- rascals
- scoundrels
- rat finks
- vulgarians
- rogues
- cavemen
- scamps
- loudmouths
- miscreants
- lowlifes
- scabs
- imbeciles
- roughnecks
- blockheads
- dolts
- dopes
- boobies
- lowlives
- pests
- dinks
- ninnies
- goons
- snots
- snobs
- airheads
- nincompoops
- jackasses
- nits
- turkeys
- nitwits
- dorks
- dufuses
- dweebs
- doofuses
- schmoes
- snips
- Neanderthals
- birdbrains
- half-wits
- insolents
- snoots
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- heroes
- ladies
- gentlemen
- angels
- idols
- heroines
- saints
- role models
- state bird
- state church
- state college
- state crown
- State Department
- state flower
- state guard
- state holiday
- state of aggregation
- state of mind
- state of preservation
- state of the art
- State of the Union address
- state of undress
- state of war
- state park
- state police
- state prisoner
- state religion
- state socialism
- state socialist
- state terrorism
- state the obvious
- state trading
- state tree