Kids’ Shakespearean Insults
Barbs from the Bard! Combine one word from each of the columns below. Add “thou” to the beginning and create
the perfect insult. (Example: “Thou rank rump-fed hedge-pig!!”)
Column A
Column B
Column C
peevish
grizzled
greasy
jaded
waggish
purpled
rank
saucy
vacant
yeasty
clay-brained
dog-hearted
evil-eyed
lily-livered
mad-bred
onion-eyed
paper-faced
rump-fed
shag-eared
white-livered
canker blossom
clot pole
hedge-pig
dogfish
egg-shell
nut-hook
pantaloon
rabbit-sucker
snipe younker