Definition of DULLARD

dullard

Plural: dullards

Noun

  • A stupid or unimaginative person; a dolt.
  • a person who is not very bright
  • a person who evokes boredom
  • A stupid person; a fool.

Examples

  • Only a dullard would ignore the prime triple word score opportunity.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dullard, dollard, equivalent to dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix). Compare Faroese døll (“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”), Norwegian Nynorsk døl (“idiot, simpleton”).

Synonyms

bore, dolt, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person, Charlie, Homer Simpson, alcatote, arsehole, asshat, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, brickhead, buffoon, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumb fuck, dumbass, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, ha'p'orth, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numps, numpty, numskull, nupson, oaf, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, schmo, schmuck, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, slang), snapperhead, softhead, sot, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy

Scrabble Score: 9

dullard: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dullard: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dullard: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

dullard: valid Words With Friends Word