cockroach
Unkillable household pest
A cockroach is a flat-bodied insect with long antennae, known for infesting buildings and scavenging on food scraps.
Cockroaches are notoriously hard to kill and associated with filth, though they thrive in clean environments too.
Their survival skills make them symbols of resilience and disgust in equal measure: The apartment had cockroaches.
To call someone a cockroach is to suggest they're repulsive or unkillable.
Pest takeover situation
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- insecticideToxic agent targeting pests
vermin · trap · bait · spray · contamination · sanitation · hygiene · disease
Broadcast signal receiver
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- thoraxCentral body cavity
abdomen · chitin · mandible · molting · six-legged · crawling · entomology · carapace
Intense physical disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- squeamishEasily disgusted or nauseated
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- creepyDisturbingly strange
shudder · aversion · nausea · filth · grime · squalor · unsettling · gross
One still alive after
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- hardyAble to endure difficulty
- indestructibleImpossible to damage permanently
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
enduring · nuclear · apocalypse · radiation · extremophile · persistent · ancient · prehistoric
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
insecticide · vermin · trap · bait · spray · contamination · sanitation · hygiene · disease · bacteria
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
thorax · abdomen · chitin · mandible · molting · six-legged · crawling · entomology · carapace · instar
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- squeamishEasily disgusted or nauseated
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
creepy · shudder · aversion · nausea · filth · grime · squalor · unsettling · gross · yuck
survivor
One still alive after
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- hardyAble to endure difficulty
- indestructibleImpossible to damage permanently
tenacious · enduring · nuclear · apocalypse · radiation · extremophile · persistent · ancient · prehistoric · millions of years
brown
Dark earth tone
- reddish-brownWarm earth tone
- mahoganyReddish-brown tropical lumber
- chestnutOverused joke or edible nut
tan · amber · glossy · shiny · oily · translucent · banded · striped · dark · coppery
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- bugsbeetle, cricket, bug, firefly, ladybug
- creepy crawlyant, spider, beetle, centipede, millipede
- household pestsant, housefly, house fly, fly, mosquito
cockroachbutterfly
Winged insect from caterpillar
dove · swan · white dove · hummingbird · ladybug
cockroachmayfly
Short-lived winged insect
orchid · snowflake · butterfly · hummingbird · glass frog
- giant cockroachLarge crawling household pest
- German cockroachSmall tan household pest
- hissing cockroachInsect producing breath-like sounds
- hissing cockroachesInsects producing breath sounds
- German cockroachesCommon household insect pest
- American cockroachLarge reddish household pest