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 Worddullard: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dullard: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary