Synonyms for rabble
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : rab-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræb əl |
Top 10 synonyms for rabble Other synonyms for the word rabble
Définition of rabble
Origin :- c.1300, "pack of animals," possibly related to Middle English rablen "to gabble, speak in a rapid, confused manner," probably imitative of hurry, noise, and confusion (cf. Middle Dutch rabbelen, Low German rabbeln "to chatter"). Meaning "tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people" is from late 14c.; applied contemptuously to the common or low part of any populace from 1550s.
- noun mob
- She lifted one hand in a gesture of command, and called out to the rabble.
- Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
- Behind these stood a rabble of some thirty others at six sous apiece.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- It is the day of the Dantons, and the Marats, the day of the rabble.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- A person of breeding choosing the cause of the rout and rabble!
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- And are these people—this rabble that you talk of—received as my papa's guests?
- Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
- In the end he was taken unawares by the out-rush of the rabble.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- At every pause the rabble below yelled, 'Down with the Oligarchs!
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- The philosophers of the Institute caught the manners of the rabble.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various
- Two years from now, when the rabble get onto the racket, the glory will be gone.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- Dorn saw his eyes kindle with a kindliness as he denounced the rabble about them.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
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