marplot

noun

Roget 701: bungler; blunderer, blunderhead^†; marplot, fumbler, lubber, duffer, dauber, stick; bad hand, poor hand, poor shot; butterfingers^†.    no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby^†, lubber, swab; clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot^†.    land lubber; fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor; horse marine; fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers; quack etc. (deceiver) 548; lord of misrule.    sloven, slattern, trapes^†.    amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner) 541.    ... show more

Roget 913: evil doer, evil worker; wrongdoer etc. 949; mischief-maker, marplot; oppressor, tyrant; destroyer, Vandal; iconoclast^†.    firebrand, incendiary, fire bug [U.S.], pyromaniac; anarchist, communist^†, terrorist.    savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian^†, caitiff, desperado; Apache^†, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly [U.S.], Red Skin, tough [U.S.]; Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk; bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin^†, dangerous classes, ugly customer; thief etc. 792.    cockatrice, scorpion, hornet.    snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass; serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda^†.    canker-worm, wire-worm; locust, Colorado beetle; alacran^†, alligator, caymon^†, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus; torpedo; bane etc. 663.    cutthroat etc. (killer) 461.    cannibal; anthropophagus^†, anthropophagist^†; bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture; gyrfalcon^†, gerfalcon^†.    wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman; blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound; catamount [U.S.], cougar, jaguar, puma.    hag, hellhag^†, beldam, Jezebel.    monster; fiend etc. (demon) 980; devil incarnate, demon in human shape; Frankenstein's monster.    harpy, siren; Furies, Eumenides.    Hun, Attila^†, scourge of the human race.    ... show more

Roget 706: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism [Med.]; infarct [Med.]; interruption, interception, interclusion^†; hindrance, impedition^†; retardment^†, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation^†; coarctation^†, stricture, restriction; restraint etc. 751; inhibition etc. 761; blockade etc. (closure) 261.    interference, interposition; obtrusion; discouragement, discountenance.    impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag^†; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil.    bar, stile, barrier; [barrier to vehicles] turnstile, turnpike; gate, portcullis.    beaver dam; trocha^†; barricade etc. (defense) 717; wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne^†; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper etc. 263; boom, dam, weir, burrock^†.    drawback, objection; stumbling-block, stumbling-stone; lion in the path, snag; snags and sawyers.    encumbrance, incumbrance^†; clog, skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag chain, drag weight; stay, stop; preventive, prophylactic; load, burden, fardel^†, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight; lumber, pack; nightmare, Ephialtes^†, incubus, old man of the sea; remora.    difficulty etc. 704; insuperable etc. 471; obstacle; estoppel [Law]; ill wind; head wind etc. (opposition) 708; trammel, tether etc. (means of restraint) 752; hold back, counterpoise.    [person who hinders] damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy; party pooper [Coll.]; party crasher, interloper.    trail of a red herring; opponent etc. 710.    ... show more

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