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toad noun [ təʊd ]

• a tailless amphibian with a short stout body and short legs, typically having dry warty skin that can exude poison.
• a contemptible or detestable person (used as a general term of abuse).
• "you're an arrogant little toad"
Similar: wretch, beast, pig, swine, rat, creep, bastard, louse, snake, skunk, dog, weasel, lowlife, scumbag, heel, stinkpot, stinker, no-good, son of a bitch, SOB, nasty piece of work, scrote, blighter, bad lot, spalpeen, rat fink, fink, schmuck, dingo, kuri, rass, hound, cad, rotter, bounder, blackguard, dastard, knave, varlet, whoreson, shit, prick, sod,
Origin: Old English tādde, tāda, abbreviation of tādige, of unknown origin.


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