hornets

Colony-dwelling attackers

Hornets are large stinging wasps, typically building paper nests and known for aggressive defense of their colonies.

A hornet's nest is a dangerous situation best left undisturbed—to stir up a hornet's nest is to provoke trouble.

The Charlotte Hornets are an NBA team.

insect

wasps

Flying insects with stingers

  • stingersVenom-delivering appendages
  • nestAnimal-built shelter for young
  • swarmMass of moving insects

colony · venom · queen · drones · workers · hive · paper nest · yellow · black · aggressive

sports

Charlotte

Feminine name, Carolina city

teal · purple · Hugo · playoffs · court · jersey · fans · arena · draft · roster

metaphor

anger

Intense hostile emotion

stirred up · agitated · trouble · danger · wrath · retaliation · swarming · attack · fierce · defensive

military

aircraft

Airborne transportation vehicle

strike · Boeing · combat · squadron · supersonic · cockpit · pilot · missiles · Top Gun · deck

Categories
Opposites
social structure

hornetssolitary bees

Bees living independently

carpenter bees · mason bees

aggressiveness/temperament

hornetshoneybees

Colonial insects producing wax

bumblebees · pollinators · butterflies · moths · ladybugs

Phrases
Family

horned, hornet, hornet's, dehorned

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G