Thesaurus:hangworthy

Thesaurus

hangworthy

English

Adjective

Sense: deserving of being hanged

Synonyms

• gallows-ripe
• hangworthy
• hempie (obsolete, British dialect)
• rigwoodie (obsolete, Scottish)
• rope-ripe
• rope-worthy
• widdiful

See also

• Thesaurus:die by hanging
• Thesaurus:gallows
• Thesaurus:gallows bird
• Thesaurus:kill by hanging

Further reading

• “hangworthy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.