HOODLUM Synonyms

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a hired thug

• excellent

• be bossy towards

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

• guilty of crime or serious offense

• involving or being or having the nature of a crime

• a young offender

• guilty of a misdeed

• failing in what duty requires

• past due; not paid at the scheduled time

• a criminal who is a member of gang

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a person without moral scruples

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• disobedient to or defiant of law

• declare illegal; outlaw

• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

• someone who willfully destroys or defaces property

• a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• an awkward stupid person

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a protective covering that is part of a plant

• (slang) a neighborhood or community

• a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera

• (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head

• metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes

• the folding roof of a carriage

• a headdress that protects the head and face

• protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

• (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal

• cover with a hood

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem