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arsehole

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)s.hoʊl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The anus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, countable, mildly, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

  • The moment I sat on the toilet, my crap immediately came out of my arsehole.
  • 1994, G. C. Scott, His Mistress's Voice, 2010 eBook, unnumbered page, Harriet waited until she was still before striking her again, this time vertically, on the arsehole.
  • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Part 4: The Bosom of the Family, page 533, Lessons aren't due to resume until two, and Sugar is longing for the respite, if only for the opportunity to remedy her physical discomforts – numb, half-frozen feet, armpits clammy with sweat, a sore and itchy arsehole.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: a-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, ass, back alley, back door, back passage, balloon knot, batty, batty hole, bootyhole, bottom, brown eye, browneye, bumhole, bum, bung-hole, bunghole, bungus, butthole, buttonhole, chocolate channel, chocolate starfish, chuff, cinnamon ring, clacka, clacker, cornhole, craphole, cumhole, dinger, ding, dock, dookie hole, dung funnel, exit hole, fartbox, farthole, fourth point of contact, freckle, fuckhole, fudge tunnel, fundament, Gary Glitter, gump stump, Hershey highway, jacksie, jacksy, keister, leather cheerio, love hole, other end, poop chute, pooper, poophole, rear exit, rectum, ringpiece, rosebud, rusty sheriff's badge, shithole, shitter, sluthole, smelly freckle, starfish, stinkhole, tewel, tooter, tradesman's entrance, turd cutter, vent, wazoo, where the sun don't shine, windpipe, ying-yang

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An inconsiderate, mean-spirited, or otherwise contemptible person. (Less offensive than fucker or cunt.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, countable, derogatory, mildly, offensive, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

  • Shut up, you big dummy! – Hey! Don't call me “big dummy”, you arsehole!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot, assfuck, assfucker, asshat, asshead, asshole, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmuncher, asstard, asswagon, assweed, asswipe, bag of dicks, ball sack, ballsucker, barf bag, bastard, berk, bitchcunt, bitchface, bitchfuck, bitchwhore, blackguard, buttface, butthead, buttmunch, buttmuncher, choad, chunderhead, chunk-blower, cockatrice, cockbag, cockbreath, cockface, cockfag, cockfuck, cockfucker, cock gobbler, cockhead, cock-knocker, cockmonger, cockmunch, cockmuncher, cocksack, cockshit, cocksuck, cocksucker, cockwad, cockwaffle, cockweasel, cockwipe, crapface, craphead, cullion, cumbucket, cum guzzler, cumrag, cumstain, cunt, cuntard, cuntass, cuntbag, cuntbiscuit, cuntbitch, cuntbreath, cuntbucket, cuntface, cuntfuck, cuntfucker, cunthead, cuntlapper, cuntlicker, cuntmuffin, cunt muncher, cuntrag, cuntshit, cuntstain, cuntsucker, cuntwad, cuntwaffle, cuntweasel, cuntweed, cuntwhacker, cuntwipe, dick, dickass, dickbag, dickbiscuit, dickbreath, dickbucket, dickface, dickfuck, dickfucker, dickhead, dicklicker, dick munch, dick muncher, dicknose, dicknut, dicksack, dickshit, dickslap, dicksneeze, dickstain, dickster, dicksucker, dicktard, dickwad, dickweasel, dickweed, dickwipe, dillweed, dipfuck, dipshit, dirtbag, dirthead, dirtwad, douche, douchebag, douche boat, doucheburger, douchecanoe, douchelord, douche nozzle, douchewad, douchewagon, fag, faggot, faggotface, fuck, fuckass, fuckbag, fuckball, fuckbucket, fuckchop, fucker, fuckface, fuckhead, fucklord, fuckmitten, fuckmuffin, fucknose, fucknozzle, fuckoid, fuckrod, fuckshit, fuckstain, fuckster, fuckstick, fuckskull, fucktrumpet, fuckwaffle, fuckweed, fuckwit, fuckweasel, fucktard, git, hosebag, jackass, jackoff, jagoff, jagweed, jerk, jerkball, jerko, jerkoff, jerkwad, jerkweed, jitbag, jizzbag, knob-gobbler, knob polisher, lowlife, meanie, nark, nutsack, paddock, penishead, piece of crap, piece of garbage, piece of junk, piece of shit, piece of trash, piece of work, pile of crap, pile of shit, pig, pissbag, pissface, pisshead, pisspot, prick, prickface, prickhead, prickwad, pukeball, pukestain, pusbag, pushead, pussybreath, sack of shit, schmuck, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, scumbreath, scumbug, scumbutt, scumface, scumfuck, scumhead, scumhole, scumlord, scunge, scuzz, scuzzball, scuzzbucket, scuzzoid, shitass, shitball, shitbag, shitbeast, shitbird, shitbiscuit, shitbreath, shitbucket, shitcock, shitcunt, shitdick, shiteater, shitface, shitfuck, shitfucker, shitgibbon, shitgoblin, shitguzzler, shithead, shitheap, shitheel, shithook, shitlicker, shitlord, shitmuncher, shitneck, shitnugget, shitnuts, shitpiss, shitpot, shitrag, shitsack, shitstain, shitwad, shitwaffle, shitweasel, shitweed, sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag, sleazebucket, sleazehole, sleazewad, slimebucket, slimeface, slimehole, slimewad, snotbag, snotball, snotface, snothead, snotrag, snotwad, sourhead, squib, swine, thundercunt, tool, tosser, tosspot, turdbreath, turdface, turdhead, undesirable, vonce, wanker, wankface, wankfart, wankhead, wankpuffin, wankstain, weasel, wet wipe

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Anything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable, vulgar

Qualifier: often appositional

Examples

  • Welcome to [Town X], the arsehole of Britain.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: butthole, armpit, shithole, dump

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A variant of the card game big two.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, uncountable, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

vulgar slang for anus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arse, asshole, bunghole

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anus

History

Etymology

From Middle English arce-hoole, equivalent to arse + hole. Compare Old English ears-þyrel (“anus”, literally “arse-hole”).

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Anus — anus
  • Bulgarian: гъз (gǎz) — anus
  • Bulgarian: задник (zadnik) — anus
  • Dalmatian: codial — anus
  • Dutch: gat — anus
  • Finnish: persereikä — anus
  • French: trou du cul — anus
  • French: trou de balle — anus
  • French: fion — anus
  • French: rondelle — anus
  • French: boîte à caca — anus
  • Galician: ollo do cu — anus
  • Galician: ollete — anus
  • German: Arschloch — anus
  • Greek: κωλοτρυπίδα (kolotrypída) — anus
  • Irish: tóin — anus
  • Italian: sfintere — anus
  • Italian: ano — anus
  • Italian: buco del culo — anus
  • Javanese: silit — anus
  • Macedonian: чмар (čmar) — anus
  • Macedonian: шупак (šupak) — anus
  • Persian: مقعد — anus
  • Portuguese: cu — anus
  • Romanian: cur — anus
  • Romanian: găoază — anus
  • Russian: за́дний прохо́д (zádnij proxód) — anus
  • Scottish Gaelic: toll-tòine — anus
  • Slovak: riť — anus
  • Swahili: mkundu — anus
  • Swedish: arselhål — anus
  • Swedish: rövhål — anus
  • Swedish: arsel — anus
  • Welsh: twll tin — anus
  • Afrikaans: Rimpelkring — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Bulgarian: гъз (gǎz) — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Bulgarian: задник (zadnik) — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Chinese: 臭面人 (chhàu-bīn-lâng) — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Dutch: lul — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Dutch: klootzak — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Finnish: paskiainen — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • French: con — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • French: trou du cul — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • French: trouduc — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • German: Arschloch — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Greek: μαλάκας (malákas) — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Indonesian: bajingan — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Indonesian: bangsat — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Indonesian: brengsek — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Indonesian: keparat — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Italian: stronzo — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Italian: coglione — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Macedonian: шупак (šupak) — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Polish: dupek — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Portuguese: cuzão — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Romanian: găozar — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Russian: крети́н (kretín) — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Russian: приду́рок (pridúrok) — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Scottish Gaelic: mac na galla — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Scottish Gaelic: toll-tòine — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Slovak: kokot — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Spanish: gilipollas — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Spanish: capullo — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Swahili: mkundu — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Swedish: arsel — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Swedish: rövhål — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person
  • Swedish: skitstövel — inconsiderate or mean-spirited person