Charivari: alternatives and connections

To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.

A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or b…

An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.

To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which…

To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.

To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, o…

To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially d…

To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.

Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; con…

Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.