Antonyms for badger

Grammar : Verb

Spell : baj-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbædʒ ər

Definition of badger

Origin : 1520s, perhaps from bage "badge" (see badge) + -ard "one who carries some action or possesses some quality," suffix related to Middle High German -hart "bold" (see -ard). If so, the central notion is the badge-like white blaze on the animal's forehead (cf. French blaireau "badger," from Old French blarel, from bler "marked with a white spot;" also obsolete Middle English bauson "badger," from Old French bauzan, literally "black-and-white spotted"). But blaze (n.2) was the usual word for this.
An Old English name for the creature was the Celtic borrowing brock; also græg (Middle English grei, grey). In American English, the nickname of inhabitants or natives of Wisconsin (1833).

verb nag, bother

Example sentences :

When the boy had gone Faust came forth from his hiding like a badger.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

So they played the game of "Badger in the Bag," kicking it around the hall.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

It would surprise you to know how many of them badger and threaten us.
Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt

One of the horses lunged forward, stumbling in a badger hole.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

You've got a face like a child, and yet you're as grey as a badger.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

The badger kept on, until he heard the crackling of the burning twigs.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 » by Various

By-and-by, when the badger got well, he went to see the hare, to have it out with him.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 » by Various

A light coat of this mixture is laid on the wood with a badger's brush, while a little warm, and the oil will speedily evaporate.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Wish my tongue was as soothin'-syrupy as that Mr. Badger's is.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Captain Obed volunteered to accompany them to the hotel and to the store of Mr. Badger.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for badger

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