Synonyms of badgers

badgers 1 of 2

noun

plural of badger

as in foxes

the pelt or fur of a badger

The boutique features a variety of scarfs, including badger, fox, and ermine.

Related Words

• foxes
• rabbit
• raccoon
• marten
• otters
• beavers
• sheep
• alligators
• crocodiles
• mink
• seals
• fishers
• muskrat
• chinchillas
• chamois
• ermines
• sables
• deerskins
• sheepskins
• bearskins
• sealskins
• lambskins
• goatskins
• pigskins
• coonskins
• fleeces
• calfskins
• kidskins
• horsehides
• snakeskins
• Persian lambs
• doeskins
• rawhides
• moutons
• cowhides
• buckskins
• sharkskins
• leathers
• karakuls
• pelts
• hides
• kolinskies
• patent leathers
• moroccos
• suedes
• skins
• furs
• cordovans

badgers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of badger

as in teases

to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders

He's always badgering me about the dishes.

Related Words

• teases
• hounds
• devils
• plagues
• harries
• baits
• pesters
• nags
• eggs
• annoys
• harasses
• worries
• irritates
• bothers
• spurs
• heckles
• goads
• bullyrags
• prods
• pressures
• insists
• prompts
• urges
• incites
• angers
• hassles
• upsets
• infuriates
• exhorts
• insults
• pushes
• provokes
• hagrides
• inflames
• antagonizes
• presses
• rouses
• enrages
• maddens
• distresses
• nettles
• bugs
• rankles
• discomposes
• disquiets
• outrages
• unsettles
• unhinges
• roils
• incenses
• offends
• exercises
• eats
• perturbs
• freaks (out)
• miffs
• frosts
• galls
• affronts
• agitates
• riles
• discomforts
• narks
• aggravates
• persecutes
• itches
• frets
• exasperates
• gripes
• vexes
• spites
• irks
• ruffles
• undoes
• grates
• rasps
• hacks (off)
• burns (up)
• chafes
• peeves
• piques
• puts out
• gets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of badgers

Noun

Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines. — Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Honey Badgers’ Bodies Are Built Like Armor Honey badgers are also physically difficult animals to injure in the first place. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026

Dachshunds are clever hunters, bred hundreds of years ago in Germany to sniff out badgers. — Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026

The Eastern Colorado prairie was once carpeted with a mix of hardy grasses, flowering plants, and small shrubs that supported great herds of bison and pronghorn, abundant prairie dog colonies, predators like coyotes, foxes, and badgers, as well as numerous bird species, reptiles, and insects. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026

The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026

Lundberg’s confidence reflects that of his players, who’ve been instilled with the vision of being honey badgers. — John Wawrow, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026