What is another word for malingerer?
Pronunciation:
[ mɐlˈɪŋɡəɹə], [ mɐlˈɪŋɡəɹə], [ m_ɐ_l_ˈɪ_ŋ_ɡ_ə_ɹ_ə]
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Synonyms for Malingerer:
n.
• bad person (noun)- villain,
- slob,
- shyster,
- degenerate,
- pervert,
- lecher,
- bad guy,
- pig,
- slattern,
- knave,
- blackguard,
- rascal,
- rogue,
- backslider,
- jezebel,
- heel,
- reprobate,
- traitor,
- hog,
- rapscallion,
- miscreant,
- swine,
- criminal,
- scoundrel,
- scamp.
- faint-of-hearts,
- lily livers,
- in vertebrates,
- white livers,
- fainthearts,
- scaredy cats,
- gutlesses,
- in-vertebrate,
- chicken hearts,
- faint of heart,
- fraidy cats,
- in-vertebrates,
- faint of hearts,
- yellow bellies,
- in vertebrate,
- fraidycats,
- fraidycat,
- chicken livers.
- playactor,
- bluffers,
- Attitudinizer,
- pharisee,
- tartuffe,
- trickster,
- two-timer,
- dissembler,
- fourflusher,
- dissemblers,
- wolf in sheep's clothing,
- Dissimulator,
- Pharisees,
- phonies,
- masqueraders,
- four-flusher,
- sophists,
- sophist,
- backsliders,
- casuists,
- smoothies,
- masquerader,
- lip server,
- casuist,
- hypocrite,
- two-face,
- smoothie.
- layabout,
- slacker,
- recreants,
- spongers,
- no-show,
- lounger,
- lotus eater,
- wimp,
- slugabed,
- chicken heart,
- scaredy cat,
- lazybones,
- fraidy-cats,
- loafer,
- fraidy-cat,
- beachcombers,
- laggard,
- beachcomber,
- hooky player,
- Invertebrates,
- slugabeds,
- sponger,
- do-nothing,
- faintheart,
- truant,
- yellow belly,
- skulker,
- goof-offs,
- laziness,
- goof off,
- draft dodger,
- clock watcher,
- skulkers,
- lily liver,
- poltroon,
- do nothing,
- clock watchers,
- sluggard,
- loungers,
- faint-of-heart,
- shirker,
- jellyfish,
- fraidy cat,
- idler,
- invertebrate,
- good-for-nothing,
- no show,
- weakling,
- goof-off,
- chicken liver,
- lazy person,
- coward,
- no good,
- white liver,
- jellyfishes.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- faker,
- procrastinator,
- no slouch,
- humbug,
- Saltimbanco,
- deception,
- poser,
- sham,
- ne'er-do-well,
- delinquent,
- bluff,
- fake,
- role player,
- Disregarder,
- sloven,
- bluffer,
- impostor,
- bum,
- impersonator,
- welsher,
- fraudulence,
- shirk,
- poseur,
- slouch,
- imposter,
- phony,
- fraud,
- skulk,
- absconder,
- trick,
- pretender,
- hobo,
- quack,
- outcast,
- negligent,
- duplicity,
- pariah,
- down-and-out,
- Feigner,
- Shamer,
- lurker,
- bungler,
- mountebank,
- simulator,
- soldier,
- wastrel,
- lurcher,
- blagueur,
- deceit,
- trifler,
- neglecter,
- Quacksalver,
- dodger,
- vagrant,
- con,
- drone,
- old soldier,
- ignorer,
- swindle,
- Assumer,
- falsehood,
- runaway,
- MAlingered,
- derelict,
- vagabond,
- Skiver,
- ringer,
- dishonesty,
- goldbrick,
- goldbricker,
- pseud,
- absentee,
- charlatan,
- waster.
How to use "Malingerer" in context?
There is no single definition of the term "malingerer," as it can be applied to a person who feigns or exaggerates illness or injury in hopes of avoiding military duty, receiving social assistance, or getting a promotion. Malingerers may also lie about their own injuries or illnesses to gain advantage in legal proceedings. In the military, malingering is considered a form of cowardice and can lead to harsher punishment.
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