freeloadernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfriːˌləʊ.dər/us/ˈfriːˌloʊ.dɚ/disapprovinga person who uses money, food, a room in a house, etc. given by other people, but who gives nothing to them in exchange
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- malcontent
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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freeloading
noun [ U ] uk/ˈfriːˌləʊ.dɪŋ/us/ˈfriːˌloʊ.dɪŋ/