as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
I can't believe you're willing to spend time with that lying louse
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Recent Examples of louse
One of my favorites is the tongue louse, which usually comes in through the gills of the host fish (something like a red snapper), eats the tongue, and then takes its place.
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
In reality, Rothstein was a louse, forever at odds with his Orthodox father, Abraham, and upright brother Harry.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
The reason there is a difference between their number of vine and rootstock varieties is due to the subterranean phylloxera louse that wiped out huge swaths of the world’s grape vines during the mid 19th century.
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Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse.
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Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
22 May 2025
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
In reality, Rothstein was a louse, forever at odds with his Orthodox father, Abraham, and upright brother Harry.
—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
The reason there is a difference between their number of vine and rootstock varieties is due to the subterranean phylloxera louse that wiped out huge swaths of the world’s grape vines during the mid 19th century.
—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse.
—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for louse
Noun
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This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
Noun
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
Noun
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The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
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Up until his first day of filming Jackass, Steve-O was a clown in nightclubs, cruise ships and at a flea-market circus.
Noun
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Because spotted skunks are relatively rare in California wildlife rehabilitation centers and in the surrounding area, there were no other skunks of his kind available to keep him company.
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The fall is an especially busy time for skunks.
Noun
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There are obvious similarities to Brad Marchand here, with rat king energy and two-way skill, but his shutdown play could put him on the Seth Jarvis track, too.
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Retrofitted rat traps that fired Hollywood blanks meant to deafen and deter.
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“Louse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/louse. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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