Vocabulary : The Bad People

This is the cruel world that you cannot expect all good people are around. Sometimes you will encounter those who make your blood boil with their bad behaviour. You cannot help to feel mad and clench your fists in rage when confronted with such bad eggs. So, here are some vocabulary that you can use to refer to these nasty folk;

1. Boor 

Meaning : a rude, ill-mannered person who does not consider other people's feelings

Example:
1. Only a boor would try to cut the queue when buying cinema tickets.

2. His boorish behaviour of mocking the poor made people hate him

2. Charlatan (SHAR-luh-tun)

Meaning : a person who pretends to have skills and knowledge that the person does not actually have

Example :
1. When he claimed that he knew all about the ministry’s top secret, I knew I was dealing with a charlatan

2. Charlatanic people cannot be trusted at all course as they exaggerated more than what they knew.

3. Miscreant (MISS-cree-unt)

Meaning : someone who behaves badly and does not obey rules

Example :

1. We need to discourage miscreant from behaving a lot worse or otherwise they will always be problematic

2. From window-breaker as a child to leg-breaker as an adult, Tony was a lifelong miscreant.

4. Sadist (SAY-dist / SAD-ist)

Meaning: a person who gets pleasure by hurting another person

Example:

1. By forcing her friends to listen to her problems with her boyfriend, Doris proved herself to be a true sadist.
2. Because of his sadistic behaviour, people keep away themselves from Aaron.

5. Tyrant (TYE-runt)

Meaning : unlimited authority or use of power, or a government which exercises such power without any control or limits 

Example :
1. My boss was such a tyrant as he ordered me to apologise to a client even though it was clear that it wasn’t my mistake in the first place.
2. In school, he was a big tyrannical bully that made others traumatic and afraid to come any near to him.

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