nithing
Meanings
Plural: nithings
Noun
- A coward, a dastard; a wretch.
- A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or unlawfully.
Adj
- Cowardly, dastardly.
- Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English nithing, nithinc, nything, nythyng, nythynge, niþinge, nyþing, nyþyng, Early Middle English niðing, niþinc, niþincke (“coward, wretch; good-for-nothing; term of address for a boy or lad; stingy or miserly person; niggardly, miserly, stingy”), from Late Old English nithing, Old English niðing, nīþing (“coward; wretch; outlaw, villain”), from a North Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą (“envy; hate; malice”) (from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”)) + *-ingō, *-ungō (suffix forming gerund nouns from verbs).
The English word is cognate with Danish nidding, Late Latin nidingus, nithingus, Middle High German nīdinc, nīdunc (modern German Neiding (“(archaic) one who is envious”)), Old Norse níðingr (Icelandic níðingur (“scoundrel, rascal”), Norwegian niding), Old Swedish nīþinger (modern Swedish niding).
Synonyms
abandoned, antimodel, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad guy, bad seed, baddie, baleful, baneful, base, bastard, blackguard, boneless, bottler, bounder, cad, caitiff, candy-arse, candy-ass, chicken, chicken liver, chicken-hearted, chickenshit, cocktail, coistril, coward, cowardly, cowardy custard, craven, dark, dastardly, deleterious, depraved, despicable, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, dog, evil, evildoer, fainthearted, fearful, flagitious, fraidy cat, funker, fustilarian, gutless, gutless wonder, harlot, harmful, heartless, heavy, hen-hearted, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immoral, incorrigible, iniquitous, iniquous, injurious, invertebrate, jessie, kiasi, knave, knavish, lidderon, lily-livered, lizard, makeshift, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, milky, milquetoast, miscreant, mousy, nancy, ne'er-do-well, nefarious, niddering, nidering, nidget, niding, nithing, no-good, peccaminous, pernicious, piece of crap, piece of shit, pisspants, poor-spirited, pullet, punk, pusillanimous, pussy, pussyhole, quakebreech, quakebuttock, quiche-eater, rapscallion, rascal, recreant, reprehensible, reprobate, rogue, satanic, scab, scamp, scapegrace, scaredy cat, scaredy pants, scathful, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, shithouse, sinful, sinister, sissy, slag, sluggard, snool, sook, sordid, spineless, sullen, thug, timid, timorous, undesirable, ungodly, unhearty, unholy, varlet, vicious, vile, villain, villainous, weak sister, weak-kneed, wheyface, wicked, wimpish, wrong, yellow, yellow back, yellow belly, yellow-bellied
Scrabble Score: 11
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