Insect (Noun)
Meaning 1
Small air-breathing arthropod.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Hyponyms
- Orthopteran
- Trichopteran
- Bug
- Hemipteran
- Trichopteron
- Plecopteran
- Hymenopter
- Neuropterous Insect
- Louse
- Lepidopteran
- Two-winged Insects
- Neuropteran
- Thysanuron
- Stone Fly
- Thysanopterous Insect
- Lepidopteron
- Hymenopteron
- Metabola
- Telsontail
- White Ant
- Ephemeral
- Springtail
- Leaf-miner
- Hymenopteran
- Thysanopteron
- Homopteran
- Biting Louse
- Dipteron
- Ephemeropteran
- Phasmid Insect
- Dipteran
- Hemipteron
- Sucking Louse
- Orthopteron
Related Words
Meaning 2
A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He's a real insect, always cheating and swindling his way to the top.
- After what he did to his business partner, nobody wants to have anything to do with that insect.
- The way he treats his employees is despicable, he's a complete insect.
- She's a nasty piece of work, a real insect who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
- The politician's corruption scandal revealed him to be a thorough insect, only looking out for his own interests.