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Synonyms for thug
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Princeton's WordNet
hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armernoun
an aggressive and violent young criminal
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goon, sticker, stumper, lubber, oaf, strong-armer, ruffian, stumblebum, tinder, punk, kindling, cowling, poser, exhaust hood, tough, cowl, punk rocker, street fighter, bully, clod, yobo, toughie, yob, hooligan, roughneck, spunk, yobbo, hoodlum, lummox, punk rock, lout, lump, touchwood, rowdy, lens hood, gawk, bonnet, hood, cap
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#3032 | cap | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5312 | punk | |
#5740 | hood | |
#8323 | sticker | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#10657 | rogue | |
#13952 | lump | |
#19988 | thug | |
#20516 | bully | |
#20585 | bum | |
#21387 | rascal | |
#21946 | poser | |
#22161 | bandit | |
#24025 | gangster | |
#24732 | bonnet | |
#27098 | gangsta | |
#39046 | rowdy | |
#44077 | kingpin | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#45824 | gawk | |
#47117 | cowl | |
#47189 | goon | |
#55935 | kindling | |
#60294 | cowling | |
#66039 | hooligan | |
#66895 | mugger | |
#67630 | oaf | |
#74726 | yob | |
#77910 | hoodlum | |
#84309 | lout | |
#91785 | tinder | |
#96200 | ruffian | |
#101378 | lowlife | |
#105622 | clod | |
#124018 | roughneck | |
#164069 | yobbo | |
#176421 | stumper | |
#194859 | lubber | |
#218801 | touchwood | |
#236136 | toughie | |
#256940 | yobo | |
#261561 | lummox |
How to use thug in a sentence?
Remember that( Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky is a thug, remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt, and it is incredibly evil, and it has been pushing woke ideologies.
He was talking about vandals, but he was still participating in a very specific anti-Black idea, part of why it's so challenging to pursue humane policies that can uplift people in high-poverty areas is because we supply a lens of presumed thug -- instead of presumed citizen.
Forty-two Republican senators chose today to stand with Vladimir Putin, i'm extremely disappointed that many of my Republican colleagues are too afraid of breaking with President Trump to stand up to a thug.
Whether we call them a thug, a law breaker, a juvenile delinquent, it really doesn't matter. What matters is how do we take back our streets. And that's what men have been doing, going around, talking to these young men where they, are in their face, and letting them know, you can't control this community. It is not yours. You can't burn it down. You can't force people out. You can't threaten people.
I do not understand how anyone in American public office could call Zelensky a' thug' while Ukraine is under such vicious assault, let's be clear. The thug is Vladimir Putin.
Translations for thug
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- rampokkerAfrikaans
- بلطجيArabic
- разбойник, главорезBulgarian
- ঠগBengali
- RowdyGerman
- κακοποιόςGreek
- matón, macarraSpanish
- اراذل و اوباش, اراذلPersian
- rosvo, roisto, väkivaltarikollinenFinnish
- banditFrench
- אִישׁ זְרוֹעַ, בִּרְיוֹןHebrew
- ठग, गर्दनमारHindi
- bandita, orgyilkosHungarian
- մարդասպան, ավազակArmenian
- delinquente, teppistaItalian
- サグ, 殺し屋, ちんぴら, 凶悪犯Japanese
- ჩხუბისთავი, ყაჩაღიGeorgian
- ಕೊಲೆಗಾರ, ಕೊಲೆಗಡುಕKannada
- 폭력배, 暴力輩Korean
- thugLatin
- banditasLithuanian
- schurk, schoelieDutch
- bandyta, zbir, zbój, rzezimieszekPolish
- bandido, malfeitor, facínoraPortuguese
- разбойник, головорез, убийцаRussian
- razbojnik, разбојникSerbo-Croatian
- rrugaçAlbanian
- tsotsiSouthern Sotho
- bandit, bov, gangster, skurkSwedish
- குண்டர்Tamil
- นักเลงโต, นักเลงThai
- haydut, eşkıyaTurkish
- ٹھگUrdu
- du cônVietnamese
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