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/ˈkɑkɹoʊt͡ʃ/ · noun
Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite..
Then there were cockroach hunts; we chased them out of their haunts, where at night they busily devoured currants, jam, and sugar; in fact their diet was far more varied than ours, for they made plentiful meals off our boots, the coverings of our books, and any stray pieces of flannel that came in their way.
I want a divorce, you cockroach!
During the Rwandan genocide, Hutu genocidaires labelled Tutsis as cockroaches and called for their extermination.
Use cockroach when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cockroach means Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite..
Common synonyms include roach, scum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then there were cockroach hunts; we chased them out of their haunts, where at night they busily devoured currants, jam, and sugar; in fact their diet was far more varied than ours, for they made plentiful meals off our boots, the coverings of our books, and any stray pieces of flannel that came in their way.
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