wrongdoer &c 949; mischief-maker, marplot; oppressor, tyrant;
destroyer, Vandal; iconoclast†.
firebrand, incendiary, fire bug [U.S.], pyromaniac; anarchist,
communist†, terrorist.
savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian†, caitiff,
desperado; Apache†, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly [U.S.], Red Skin, tough
[U.S.]; Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk; bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan,
larrikin†, dangerous classes, ugly customer; thief &c 792.
cockatrice, scorpion, hornet.
snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass; serpent, cobra, asp,
rattlesnake, anaconda†.
canker-worm, wire-worm; locust, Colorado beetle; alacran†,
alligator, caymon†, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus; torpedo; bane
&c 663.
cutthroat &c (killer) 461.
cannibal; anthropophagus†, anthropophagist†; bloodsucker, vampire,
ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture; gyrfalcon†, gerfalcon†.
wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman; blood-hound, hell-
hound, sleuth-hound; catamount [U.S.], cougar, jaguar, puma.
hag, hellhag†, beldam, Jezebel.
monster; fiend &c (demon) 980; devil incarnate, demon in human
shape; Frankenstein's monster.
harpy, siren; Furies, Eumenides.
Hun, Attila†, scourge of the human race.
Phr. faenum habet in cornu [Lat.].