Twit

Definition: Twit

Twit

Noun

1. Someone who is regarded as contemptible.

2. Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing.

Verb

1. Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "twit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Note: Twit \Twit\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Twitted; present participle verb or noun Twitting.]. (references)

Synonyms: Twit

Accusation

Verb: accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach.

Disapprobation

Scoff at, point at; twit, taunt; (disrespect); sneer at; (despise); satirize, lampoon; defame; (detract); depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious; Adjective: pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about.

Disrespect

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Ridicule

Verb: ridicule, deride, mock, taunt; laugh in one's sleeve; tease, badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze; tehee; fleer; show up.

Crosswords: Twit

Why didn't you think of that you twit! (Help!; writing credit: Marc Behm; Charles Wood)

! Shoot it off! Shoot! With a gun! That's what the bullets are for, you twit! (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; writing credit: Peter George; Stanley Kubrick)

You pretentious swing-town twit. (Get Over It; writing credit: R. Lee Fleming Jr.)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit (Werewolf Club, 5) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Upper Class Twit (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Beginning with "twit": twit-giggle.

Containing "twit": Oaf-twit-blockhead.

Albanian

tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, ridicule, satire, scoff, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt), qortoj (admonish, berate, call down, carpet, castigate, chide, come down on, correct, damn, decry, discommend, dish it out, knock, lecture, light into, Peck, pull up, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tell off, trim, upbraid), qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, exception, objurgation, observation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, snub, talking to, telling off, wigging). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لوم (admonition, blame, censure, lambaste, railing, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, upbraid), ‏لام (admonish, blame, censure, fault, reprehend, reproach), ‏غيظ (anger, annoy, chafe, embitter, fret, gall, incense, infuriate, ire, irritate, madden, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, rage, resentment, rib, rile, ruffle, scandalize, spite, vex, wrath), ‏غضب (aggravate, anger, annoy, be angry, be irritated, chafe, crab, dander, displease, embitter, enrage, exasperate, exasperation, fire, flounce, fret, fume, gall, get on his nerves, get smb.'s goat, go mad, grumpiness, harrow, heat, incense, indignation, inflame, infuriate, irascibility, ire, irritate, irritation, itch, jitter, lose one's shirt, mad, madden, miff, nettle, offend, outcry, outrage, peeve, pet, pique, pout, provoke, rage, resentment, rile, rough, ruffle, seethe, soreness, sour, spite, spleen, vex), ‏سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, gibe, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, laughter, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, rub, sarcasm, scoff, scorn, shy, snap, sneer, spoof, taunt, tee-hee, tehee, wit), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee). (various references)

Bulgarian 

укротявам (break in, calm down, cow, manage, master, mollify, pacify, settle, subdue, tame), упреквам (animadvert, condemn, find fault, objurgate, reproach, taunt, upbraid), глупак (bird brained, blinker, boeotian, bonehead, boob, booby, calf, chuckle-head, clod, clot, coot, dodo, dotterel, driveler, dummy, fathead, flat, fool, gaby, gawk, goof, goon, gowk, greenhorn, gull, hammerhead, jackass, jobbernowl, lack-brain, lame brain, leather-head, lunkhead, muggins, mutt, mutton head, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, nutter, oaf, pudding-head, pumpkin-head, sap, sap-head, schmo, schnook, sheep's head, silly, simp, simple, simpleton, spoon, stupe, stupid, thickhead, tomfool, witling, wittol, zany, zombie), осмивам (deride, lampoon, mock, ridicule, satirize, scoff, sneer, take off), нервност (jim-jams, nerves, nervousness, twitch), нервно състояние (fidget, jumps), натяквам (nag, reproach, rub in, throw up), закачка (chaff, fun, gird, jest, kidding, pleasantry, rib, tease, waggery, yak), закачам (append, bangle, catch, clasp, dangle, graze, hang, hang out, hang up, hitch, hook, jive, jolly, pin on, pin up, put up, rib, ride, roast, rough-house, tease, tooth), подигравка (dig, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, snub, sport, wipe), дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, dig, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, harass, irritate, jar, jive, mad, madden, nag, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rag, rasp, rib, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, vex, worry). (various references)

Czech

výèitka (accusation, compunction, reproach, sting), pitomec (bonehead, chump, clown, dope, idiot, imbecile, jackass, ninny, nitwit), kárat (animadvert, castigate, censure, chasten, reprehend, reproach, vituperate). (various references)

Farsi 

سرزنش کردن (Berate, Blame, Calldown, Censure, Check, Chide, Haze, Rant, Reprehend, Reprimand, Reprove, Scold, Snub, Taunt, Trounce, Upbraid, Wig), سرزنش (Blame, Censure, Demerit, Obloquy, Rail, Remonstrance, Reproach, Reproof, Sarcasm, Snub, Vituperation), عیوب یااشتباهات کسی رایاداورشدن . (various references)

French

taquiner, ricaner, idiot (twerp), crétin. (various references)

German

trottel (blithering idiot, booby, clown, dolt, dope, dumbbell, idiot, jerk, lubbers, moron, mug, nana, nincompoop, ninny, oaf, rube, sap, schmuck, softies, sucker, Wally, zombie), schaf (dope, sheep), pflaume (dope, plum, prune, snatch), ochse (ass, Bullock, dope, ox, ox [pl: oxen], steer), idiot (basket, blockhead, clown, cretin, doofus, drip, goon, idiot, imbecile, ninny, numskull, zombie), höhnisch aufziehen (to twit), dussel (boob, dope, goof, goon, lemon, muddler, mutt, mutts, ninny, silly, sucker, twerp), depp (crumb, dimwit, ding-a-ling, schmuck, schnook), aufziehen (arrange, back, breed, bring up, come up, draw back, draw up, educate, foster, haul up, hoist, hoist up, Josh, kid, lead on, let up, make fun of, march up, mother, Mount, mounting, pull open, pull up, put on, rag, raise, ravel out, razz, rear, set up, slip on, strech, stretch, tease, to razz, to twit, to wind up, uncork, undo, unravel, untie, wind, wind up, zoom out). (various references)

Greek 

χαζόσ (muggins, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nitwitted, rubberneck, simp, simperer, simpleton, soft-headed, stupid, witless), ονειδίζω (revise, vituperate), ψέγω (carp, censure, inveigh, vituperate). (various references)

Hebrew 

�'� וי (censure, deprecation, disapproval, nag, odium, shame), טומטום (moron, nit, nitwit, twerp), � זיפ�" (admonition, rating, rebuke, reprimand, stricture). (various references)

Hungarian

tehetetlen ember (dildo, dud, fish, lame duck, lunk, lunkhead), pirongat valakit, buta ember (bimbo, bubble-headed, dimwit, dumbo, dummy, galoot, goon, goosey, jake, klutz, loggerhead, lunkhead, meatball, nit, sap, schmo, shmo, yob, yobbo, zombie), bosszant (aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, badger, ballyrag, bullyrag, chagrin, fret, irk, miff, peeve, rile, to aggravate, to aggrieve, to anger, to annoy, to ballyrag, to be on to sy, to chagrin, to displease, to fret, to gall, to harass, to inflict, to irk, to peeve, to plague, to provoke, to rile, to roil, to spite, to twit, to vex, vex), balfék (dildo), balfácán (dildo, fumbler, jerk, klutz, muff, punk, sad sack, sap, screw-up), béna hapsi (gimp). (various references)

Italian

rimprovero (animadversion, correction, nagging, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, taunt, upbraiding), rimproverare (accuse, berate, blame, chide, grudge, lecture, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, trim, upbraid), prendere in giro (banter, kid, rag, rib), canzonare (banter, deride, flout, joke, make fun of, razz, ridicule, satirize, tease). (various references)

Manx

ommidan (crackpot, cretin, dope, featherbrain, fool, imbecile, loony, moron, mug, nutcase, widgeon). (various references)

Pig Latin

ittway.(various references)

Portuguese

zombar (banter, bemock, deride, engirdle, fool, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jeer at, jest, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer), repreender (admonish, berate, bounce, carpet, censure, correct, find fault with, jaw, lecture, lesson, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, sermonize, snub, take to task, tell off, upbraid, vituperate), exprobrar (objurgate, rebuke, reproach, vituperate), censurar (admonish, animadvert, berate, blame, carp, censor, censure, chide, condemn, damn, deprecate, expostulate, find fault with, gloss, impeach, inculpate, inveigh, jaw, land on, lecture, lesson, nibble, objurgate, quarrel, rebuke, red-pencil, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, sermonize, snub, upbraid, vituperate), arreliar (bully, bullyrag, chaff, corkscrew, fret, kid, needle, persecute, rag, ruffle, tease, torment). (various references)

Romanian

mustra (berate, chide, lash into, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, row, scold, slate, snub), imputare (blame, imputation, reproach, reproof), dojeni (blame, chide, correct, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, snub, taunt, trim, upbraid, wig), dojanã (admonishment, lash, lecture, lesson, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, set down, snub, taunt). (various references)

Russian 

упрекать (chide, objurgate, rebuke, reprove, upbraid), упрек (admonition, objurgation, rebuke, reproach, reproof, setdown), насмешка (derision, dig, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jest, jibe, piss-take, quiz, scoff, scorn, taunt), поддевать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadirkivati (badinage, chaff, josh, kid, needle, put on, rag, rib, tease), zadirkivanje (badinage, pleasantry, ribbing), glupan (blockhead, bonehead, boob, booby, clod-poll, coot, dimwit, dope, driveler, driveller, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, fat-head, gander, goof, jerk, loon, lout, lug, lummox, lunkhead, mutton head, nerd, nincompoop, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwit, noddy, pin head, pinhead, pumpkin-head, thickhead, tomfool). (various references)

Spanish

tonto como un asno (camelish, cloddish, crackpot, daft, dense, doodle, simp), tomar pelo, piernas (idiot), percebe (barnacle), pavipollo (poult), imbécil (anile, dimwit, dolt, fathead, feeble minded, fool, half-witted, idiotic, imbecile, mindless, moronic, prat, silly, stupid, wrong, you imbecile), guasearse (joke, rag), estafermo (quintain), embromar (tease, wheedle), berzotas. (various references)

Swedish

reta (aggravate, anger, bait, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get, irk, irritate, nark, provoke, rag, ruffle, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, vex), pika (gibe, needle, taunt), dumskalle (blockhead, dimwit, dolt, dope, dummy, fathead, gawky, imbecile, jackass, jay, lug, lump, meat ball, muggins, sap, saphead, twerp, Wally, yo-yo). (various references)

Turkish

yüzüne vurmak (fling smth. in one's teeth, slap, taunt), sataşmak (annoy, go for, hit at, pick on, ride, tease), kızdırmak (aggravate, anger, annoy, badger, bait, bug, burn, chafe, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, gall, get across, get in one's hair, heat, heat up, huff, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, nettle, overheat, peeve, play to, provoke, put about, put out, put smb. out of temper, put smb.'s nose out of joint, rile, rough the wrong way, rouse, ruffle smb.'s temper, steam up, superheat, tease, vex), budala (barren, chucklehead, chumpish, clod, clownish, doltish, dreary, dullish, fool, jackass, juggins, noddy, noodle, prune, sappy, simple simon, soft, zany), azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, keelhaul, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rag, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, score, slang, slap, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, upbraid, vituperate), aptal (bird brained, birdbrain, booby, cretin, cuckoo, daft, Dotty, drag, dumb, dumb bell, dummy, dunce, fathead, fat-head, fat-headed, fatuous, feeble minded, fool, foolish, gaga, goofy, gormless, half wit, half-witted, harebrained, idiot, idiotic, inane, innocent, lummox, oafish, silly, simp, softhead, softy, stupid, thickheaded, tomfool, twerp). (various references)

Ukrainian

глузувати (banter, flout, jeer, jest, poke fun, quirk, scoff, sneer, taunt), глузування (banter, dig, flout, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, outfling, scoff, send up, sneer, wipe, witticism), дорікати (betongue, objurgate, rebuke, reproach, reprove, tax), докір (expostulation, objurgation, rebuke, reproach, reproof, reproval). (various references)

Welsh

dannod (reproach, taunt, upbraid). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "twit": twitch, twitched, twitcher, twitchers, twitches, twitchier, twitchiest, twitchily, twitching, twitchy, twits, twitted, twitter, twittered, twittering, twitters, twittery, twitting. (additional references)

Words ending with "twit": nitwit, outwit. (additional references)

Words containing "twit": atwitter, nitwits, notwithstanding, outwits, outwitted, outwitting. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Twit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chwit, ewit, kwit, pwit, teit, Tewfik, tfit, thit, titt, tiw, toit, towit, trit, tritt, tswit, tuit, twad, twaite, twant, t'war, twart, twaut, tweat, twert, twet, twety, twi, twich, twid, twie, twif, twim, twio, twith, twitt, twitz, twix, twixty, twoi, twoish, twot, twoth, Twyi, Tywi, tzit. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: wit.

-2 letters: it, ti.

+1 letter: twist, twits, twixt, witty.

+2 letters: nitwit, outwit, twilit, twists, twisty, twitch, witted, wittol.

+3 letters: betwixt, entwist, intwist, nitwits, outwait, outwits, outwrit, retwist, twinjet, twinset, twisted, twister, twitchy, twitted, twitter, untwist, wetsuit, wetting, wettish, whatsit, whitest, whitter, whittle, without, wittier, wittily, witting, wittols, wotting, written.

+4 letters: atwitter, entwists, gigawatt, intwists, kilowatt, outwaits, outwrite, retwists, swatting, swiftest, swiftlet, swotting, tawniest, thewiest, tightwad, tweeting, twenties, twilight, twiniest, twinight, twinjets, twinsets, twisters, twistier, twisting, twitched, twitcher, twitches, twitters, twittery, twitting, untwists, unwitted, wartiest, wattling, wetsuits, wettings, whatsits, whetting, whiteout, whitiest, whitters, whittled, whittler, whittles, whittret, wiftiest, withiest, withouts, wittiest, wittings, wristlet.