dunderhead
3
9.1
- noun
- /ˈdʌndərˌhɛd/
- Offensive
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- The last thing I want is a mob of you dunderheads setting the rules.
- greedy dunderheads
- big dunderheads
You know, I, I remember being slammed up against the locker by Jim Mon, who was our our local gym teacher and dunderhead.
- You know, I, I remember being slammed up against the locker by Jim Mon, who was our our local gym teacher and dunderhead.
Examples
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Congress and the army are full of dunderheads.
Fiction book (1994) -
Sullivan is a silly little dunderhead.
Blog text (5) -
I've come back to rescue you, you great dunderhead.
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He's just an insensitive dunderhead.
Blog text (26) -
What a self-satisfied dunderhead!
Blog text (7) -
Equal pay is common justice and if you two weren't such a pair of egotistical, chauvinistic, bigoted dunderheads, you would realize that.
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The dunderheads who run New York City, led by billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg, could have foreseen this by looking at what was required in the past and how effective it was.
Blog text (9) -
Everyone knew he was a dunderhead for believing that nonsense.
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The teacher called the student a dunderhead after he forgot the lesson.
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It's hard to believe that a dunderhead like him could win the competition.
Synonyms
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
55
9.9
A rude word for a person who is very stupid and unpleasant
43
7.9
A person who does silly things without thinking
42
8.1
A person who behaves in a foolish way
35
8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
18
9.9
A rude insulting word for someone who is very stupid or unpleasant
13
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
12
8.2
A person who is stupid or slow to understand things
11
6.1
A person who learns slowly or has trouble understanding
8
6.8
A person who is not very smart and often acts without thinking
6
8.2
A person who is foolish and not very smart
5
9.7
A person who is not very smart
4
8.9
A person who is very stupid
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
3
8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
2
8.7
A person who is not very smart
1
2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
8.9
A person who is silly and often forgets things
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or stupid way
1
9.9
A person who is not very intelligent
1
9.9
A person who is very stupid or foolish
1
9.9
An insulting word for a person who does foolish things
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
9.9
A person who is not very smart
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A person who acts foolishly and lacks common sense
1
9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
An insulting name for a stupid person
A person who is not very smart
A person who acts foolishly or forgets things
A person who is foolish and cannot think clearly
A person who acts like a fool and makes poor decisions
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dunderhead comes from two parts: dunder, an old playful insult, and head, meaning a person. So think of a dunderhead as someone with a silly head — that's why it means 'an unintelligent or foolish person'.