mare
noun[C]
uk/meər/us/mer/marenoun[C](HORSE)
anadultfemalehorse
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stallion
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Names for the male & female of animals
- billy goat
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- cob
- doe
- drake
- drone
- ewe
- gelding
- nanny goat
- sow
- stag
- stallion
- steer
- tigress
- tom
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Horses & similar animals
marenoun[C](WOMAN)
UKvery informal
a way oftalkingto or about a woman thatshowsalackofrespect:
Youstupidmare!
Insults & abuse
- affront
- backhanded compliment
- be close to the boneidiom
- belittle
- contumely
- cut (someone) to the quickidiom
- denigration
- dis
- disparagement
- jeer
- left-handed compliment
- mouth
- neg
- negging
- point-scoring
- putsomething/someonedown
- revile
- score points offsomeoneidiom
- slight
- stick
marenoun[C](SITUATION)
UKinformal
adifficultorunpleasantsituationorexperience:
I had arealmaretryingto get theprinterworkingagain.
Synonym
nightmare
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- a rough rideidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- half nelson
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
- vortex