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dillweed

dillweed

1 9.3
A person who behaves in a silly or annoying way
  • noun
  • /ˈdɪlˌwid/
  • Offensive
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  • Reality check, dillweed.

Examples

  • Get off the stage, you stupid dillweed.

  • Everyone in the group knew he was a dillweed for suggesting such a foolish idea.

  • Lance, I'm gonna look like a dillweed walking in with you, all right?

  • From inadvertently calling Captain Picard a dillweed to the way he immediately began playing off Picard's "straight man" act, Shatner certainly knows how to play Kirk and how to work within the Star Trek universe—even when it's 80-something years after his supposed "death."

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  • Don't be such a dillweed; you really need to think before you speak.

  • She called him a dillweed after he made another annoying remark during the meeting.

Synonyms

turkey
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
79 8.5

A person who behaves foolishly or annoys other people

is milder and mainly expresses light annoyance rather than contempt
dickhead
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
67 9.9

A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying

is milder and less crude in tone compared with that insult
vermin
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
24 7.2

A person who is cruel and strongly disliked

is milder and only suggests foolishness or annoyance, not vilification
so-and-so
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9 8.4

A person who is annoying or rude

is a light, general insult rather than direct, harsh language
tosser
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
8 9.9

A rude person who is annoying or stupid

is milder and less contemptuous, used for light criticism
dink
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
6 9.9

A foolish or annoying person

is a milder insult used gently rather than harshly
nimrod
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
5 9.2

A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word

is milder and focuses on annoyance rather than outright insult
dummkopf
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
3 9.9

A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart

is milder and used casually rather than as serious abuse
bobo
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
3 9.8

A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way

is milder and more teasing than strongly offensive abuse
stupidhead
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.5

A childish name used to call someone silly

is more of a mild complaint rather than a childlike tease
todger
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who acts silly and annoys others

is more mild and general, not strongly insulting in many cases
stinkpot
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A rude word for a person people strongly dislike

is milder and refers to annoyance or silliness not deep contempt
nobber
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who annoys others by acting foolish

is equally mild but stresses slight irritation rather than deep insult
stinkbug
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.0

A teasing name for a person who is annoying or unpleasant

is equally mild but more playful than truly insulting
stink bug
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 8.4

An unpleasant person who annoys others

is milder and used jokingly rather than with strong hatred
that bugger
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is annoying or causes trouble

is milder and less rude, used for gentle criticism
durr
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An insulting word used to call someone stupid

is milder and more teasing rather than harshly offensive
Gumby
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A clumsy person who is slow to understand and often acts foolishly

is broader, covering general foolishness not only clumsiness
conehead
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An insulting word for a person who does foolish things

is milder and more teasing than bluntly offensive words
jism
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A rude name for a foolish, annoying person

is milder and tends to tease rather than to deeply offend
dingling
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who acts silly or foolish

is milder and aims to tease gently rather than deeply insult
Ding Dongs
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9.6

A rude name for people who act silly

is milder and less mocking, used for light annoyance
barney
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
8.8

A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way

is aimed at mild foolishness rather than serious fault or harm
derf
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9.9

A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly

is more generally mild and aimed at annoyance not social failure
div
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9.9

An informal British word for a foolish or annoying person

is milder and often used playfully rather than to wound
total toolbag
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude person who annoys or hurts other people

is milder and less aggressively offensive than that slang
total farthead
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude person who acts very foolish and annoys others

is milder and used without strong vulgarity or severe insult
fuck-knuckle
vsdillweed
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude, foolish person who annoys others

is milder and avoids the explicit vulgarity of that term

Antonyms

252 4.9

A person with very strong intelligence or creative skill

39 6.8

A wise person respected for spiritual or life guidance

How Insulting

idiot
  • Offensive
1.2
jerk
  • Offensive
678 4.2
fool
  • Offensive
1.4
dillweed
  • Offensive
1 9.3
silly
  • Informal
2 7.4

Surface Forms

dillweed singular
dillweeds plural

Morphology

dillweed = dill + weed (opaque) = dill + weed

This is a lexicalized pejorative use of the compound name, and the insulting meaning is not predictable from the literal plant-name components.

Etymology

Dillweed as an insult plays on the herb name dill plus weed to picture a small, silly plant; a helpful way to remember it is to imagine someone called a little, foolish plant, so calling someone a dillweed means you think they are foolish or annoying.