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mug
Synonyms and Antonyms of mug
- just a bunch of mugs with no respect for anyone, not even themselves
assassin, bandit, bravo, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, gunman, highwayman, lawbreaker, mafioso, malefactor, offender, outlaw, perp, perpetrator, pirate
pickpocket, racketeer, robber, swindler, thief, vandal
juvenile delinquent, tearaway [British]
- she joked about not having to see his ugly mug anymore
- keep your mug shut and listen up
- an involuntary mug at the revolting sight
- the cardsharp was always on the lookout for a new mug
cat's-paw, mark, target, victim
butt, derision, laughingstock, mock, mockery
booby, dodo, fool, goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, monkey, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo
blockhead, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, idiot, imbecile, moron, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schlump [slang], schnook [slang]
- what kind of mug goes out in the rain without his brolly or a mackintosh?
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo
mug
Synonyms and Antonyms of mug
- every time their picture was snapped, both children mugged by sticking out their tongues or scrunching up their faces
make a face (or make faces), pull a face
- mugging captured criminals for the police records
photo, photograph, shoot, snap
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