twit

Speech parts

1. twit - Noun

2. twit - Verb

Meaning

To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rag tantalize razz ride rally fool bait jerk ass idiot taunt tease simpleton blockhead bozo
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Antonyms

chad einstein pro ninja magus alchemist
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Hypernyms

simple aggravation mock irritation provocation simpleton

Hyponyms

jolly josh barrack kid chaff banter

Phrases with the word

in a twit upper-class twit blithering twit

Derivatives

twitted twitting

Anagrams

Witt

Examples

Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever. Roald Dahl

[...] falling in love with someone beautiful and intelligent and the rest of it, then feeling like a blank twit put you at something of a disadvantage. Nick Hornby

Anyway, I went out and bought thousands of dollars worth of mature clothes so I'd look like a person to be taken seriously, instead of a pretty little twit. Shelley Duvall

I never imagined that France could be represented by such doddering old fools, not excepting that little twit Thiers... Édouard Manet

My biggest regret? Not being knighted by the Queen. I should have been a knight, and I would have been knighted, if I hadn't written one horrible horrible Python sketch which I deeply deeply regret - [cue Python sketch: "Upper Class Twit of the Year"]. John Cleese

I've done a good deed. I gave that little twit his soul back. Wasn't that generous? Peter Cook

Close letter words and terms

twisty twisty puzzle twisty tie twit-twat twitard twitch