If you have ever needed a word to describe an unpleasant person, here is a list, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. Some of these words may be outdated, but they are still fun to say.
ruffian: a brutal person; bully
scalawag: a mischievous and often morally corrupt person
smellfungus: a captious critic
knave: a tricky deceitful fellow
rapscallion: rascal, an idle worthless person
backfriend: a seeming friend who is secretly an enemy
anonymuncule: an insignificant anonymous writer
reprobate: a morally corrupt or depraved person
gobemouche: a credulous person; especially : one who believes everything he or she hears
mammothrept: a spoiled child
cad: a man who acts with deliberate disregard for another’s feelings or rights
mumpsimus: a bigoted adherent to exposed but customary error
scapegrace: a reckless unprincipled person; an incorrigible rascal
gillygaupus: a stupid awkward person
hooligan: a usually young man who does noisy and violent things as part of a group or a gang; hoodlum
choplogic: an absurdly argumentative person
scamp: rascal; rogue
guttersnipe: one belonging to or suited to the lowest moral or economic condition of usually urban civilization : a street urchin
wretch: a base, despicable, or vile person; a miserable person
blellum: a lazy talkative person
mawworm: a mealymouthed sanctimonious hypocrite
purse-leech: one that is excessively greedy for money
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