doofus
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈduːfəs/
- Offensive
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idiota
- Imagine two kids arguing in a playground: "You're a doofus, and EVERYONE says it!"
- call someone a doofus
- Hey, doofus
- look like a doofus
It's sitting there, doofus, sitting there like a frog on a log.
- It's sitting there, doofus, sitting there like a frog on a log.
- He's the Old World vampire that is coming to check on these doofus kids that I sent to to conquer the new world, North America.
Examples
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"Get out from behind the car, doofus."
Fiction book (1995) -
The doofus with the black Saab is over there all the time.
Fiction book (1995) -
But just imagine if I was not the only doofus in town?
Blog text (31) -
Too tired even to take offense at being called "doofus," Summer moved to the front of the car.
Fiction book (1995) -
Considering the doofus we have as President, it is a shame things are going as well as they are.
Blog text (31) -
We did, until some rich doofus started parking his Tesla in our alley and leaving the windows down.
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"Marry her, doofus," himself-at-forty said, as if it were just that simple.
Fiction book (1999) -
"One day had been plenty to convince him his supervisor was a doofus."
Fiction book (1999) -
You splashed water everywhere and felt like a huge doofus.
Fiction book (1999) -
That doofus forgot his own birthday party and arrived a week late.
Synonyms
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6.0
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
88
9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
53
8.2
A person who acts in a stupid or foolish way
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7.9
A person who acts silly and not very smart
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9.9
A rude word for a very foolish person
23
7.5
A silly person who acts funny to make others laugh
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5.9
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
15
8.9
A rude word for a person who seems very stupid
15
8.8
A person who is not very smart or who acts without thinking
14
8.8
A rude, silly person who annoys others
14
7.7
A person who is not very smart
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8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
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9.2
A person who is silly and not thinking clearly
5
9.7
A person who is not very smart
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8.9
A person who is very stupid
3
7.5
A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
3
9.9
A rude or foolish person who annoys others
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
3
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
2
9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
2
8.7
A person who is not very smart
2
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
1
9.9
A person who says or does silly things
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
8.8
A person who acts silly to make others laugh
1
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
A rude, stupid person who annoys others
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A playful name children use for someone acting silly
A foolish or awkward person
A person who acts in a silly, playful way
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who is not very smart
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Etymology
Doofus probably comes from the German or Yiddish root doof, which means 'stupid', and it also sounds like the playful English word goof. So, a doofus is an easy, teasing way to call someone 'silly' or 'foolish'.