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DULLARD

Dictionary entry overview: What does dullard mean?

• DULLARD (noun)
The noun DULLARD has 2 senses:

1. a person who is not very bright
2. a person who evokes boredom

Familiarity information: DULLARD used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DULLARD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person who is not very bright

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

stupid; stupe; pudding head; pudden-head; poor fish; pillock; dullard; dolt; stupid person

Context example:

The economy, stupid!

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)

klutz ((Yiddish) a clumsy dolt)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A person who evokes boredom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bore; dullard

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"):

fuddy-duddy; stuffed shirt (a bore)

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)

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