nimrod
5
9.2
- noun
- /ˈnɪmˌrɒd/
- Offensive
:
idiota
- You're such a nimrod for not realizing how obvious that was.
- a bunch of nimrods
Examples
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It would seem that your brother is something of a nimrod, is he not?
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Maybe I'm a total nimrod who can't follow through on anything.
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Cut me a break, nimrod.
Fiction book (1996) -
There, my little nimrod, is your wolf.
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Mom, Mr. Stubbins is a nimrod!
Fiction book (1994) -
Take two aspirin and go sit in a corner, nimrod.
Blog text (17) -
Keep up the good blog, Bruce; perhaps some nimrods will finally get it.
Blog text (29) -
That wasn't pleasant, but you get a nice demonstration of how to deal with a nimrod.
Blog text (23) -
This is an extraction, nimrod, and she's the target; that's how to play it, the only way to beat this guy.
Fiction book (1996) -
You're such a nimrod.
Synonyms
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
59
8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or careless way
36
7.9
A person who acts silly and not very smart
26
8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or strange way
14
8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
13
8.4
A person who acts in a very silly way
13
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
7
9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
4
8.9
A person who is very stupid
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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
3
8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
2
9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
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
A person who acts in a silly or stupid way
1
9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
1
8.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
9.9
An insulting word for a person who does foolish things
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A person people insult by saying they are stupid
1
9.9
A person who is very stupid or foolish
1
8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
1
9.9
A rude name for a foolish, annoying person
1
9.9
An insulting word used to call someone stupid
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
A person who behaves in a silly way
Not very smart and likely to make poor choices
A person who is not very smart
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
A foolish person who does silly things
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who acts silly so others tease or laugh at them
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A person who acts very foolishly and cannot do simple tasks
A very foolish person who is bad at doing things
A person who is very foolish and bad at what they do
A person who acts very foolishly and makes many mistakes
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A foolish or silly person said as an insult
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
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How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nimrod comes from the Bible name Nimrod, who was called a 'mighty hunter'. A later cartoon joke used the name to mock a clumsy hunter, and people began using nimrod to mean a 'foolish' or 'incompetent' person, so the modern insult grew from that ironic twist.