Twit (Noun)
Meaning 1
Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He's such a twit for thinking he can just waltz in here and demand a raise after only a month on the job.
- The politician's opponent was a twit who couldn't even be bothered to show up to the debates.
- Stop being a twit and help me carry these heavy boxes.
- I'm so sick of my neighbor being a twit and blasting his music at 3am every night.
- The new employee was a twit who kept spilling coffee all over the conference room table during meetings.
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Meaning 2
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Her neighbor's constant whining was enough to reduce anyone to a twit.
- His aunt had always been a twit about his taste in clothes, which annoyed him greatly.
- He knew he'd married a twit when she refused to learn to cook after all these years.
- That online critic is just a twit trying to provoke people into reacting.
- Being publicly belittled by the host was too much, turning her into a tearful twit on national television.