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DULLARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who evokes boredom
Synonyms:
bore; dullard
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dullard" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dullard"):
gasbag; windbag (a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics)
nudnick; nudnik ((Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest)
platitudinarian (a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes)
stuffed shirt (a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned)
Derivation:
dull (become less interesting or attractive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who is not very bright
Example:
The economy, stupid!
Synonyms:
dolt; dullard; pillock; poor fish; pudden-head; pudding head; stupe; stupid; stupid person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dullard" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dullard"):
berk (a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of)
blockhead; bonehead; dumbass; dunce; dunderhead; fuckhead; hammerhead; knucklehead; loggerhead; lunkhead; muttonhead; numskull; shithead (a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence)
klutz ((Yiddish) a clumsy dolt)
