Babbitt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for Babbitt
Noun
  • But in politics — as in life —there’s a fine line between being genuine and being a jerk.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • Smoky, spicy jerk is also on the menu in the Pulled Jerk Pork & Coconut Shrimp appetizer at Eleanor’s at Sandals Grande Antigua.
    Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • That creep who runs North Korea said his father shot 18 in a round of golf.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 17 May 2025
  • Another unexpected force accelerating RTO creep is government influence.
    Jason Wingard, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He is portrayed throughout as a careerist and a cad.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Then in the second episode, having behaved like a cad to Isabella for 20-ish minutes, Bobbie goes off on a rant.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Urías then allowed a high bounder by Yu Chang to get by for a two-base error.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Austin hit a bounder which filtered through Gandil’s mitt in the eighth.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2020
Noun
  • Call him a lush, a louse, a putz, a schmuck, a sad-sack, and a dumb-SOB and all would apply.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
  • The vines did not survive, however, probably due to the presence of phylloxera, the vine louse, in the soil.
    Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fans can also look forward to performances by the iconic Silver Spurs Quadrille, the adorable antics of kids competing in Mutton Bustin’, and plenty of laughs courtesy of the ever-entertaining rodeo clowns.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
  • His wife, Susan, a sweet woman with short grey hair, worked as a dental hygienist and performed as a clown named Jubilee at hospitals, nursing homes, parties — even the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.
    BYAlexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 10 July 2023
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Podcast

Cite this Entry

“Babbitt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Babbitt. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!