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PRONUNCIATION OF CRETINOUS

cretinous  [ˈkrɛtɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRETINOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cretinous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CRETINOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cretinous in the English dictionary

The definition of cretinous in the dictionary is afflicted by or relating to cretinism. Other definition of cretinous is lacking in intelligence or sense.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRETINOUS


battiness
ˈbætɪnəs
bittiness
ˈbɪtɪnəs
chitinous
ˈkaɪtɪnəs
dustiness
ˈdʌstɪnəs
emptiness
ˈɛmptɪnəs
fattiness
ˈfætɪnəs
faultiness
ˈfɔːltɪnəs
feistiness
ˈfaɪstɪnəs
flightiness
ˈflaɪtɪnəs
frostiness
ˈfrɒstɪnəs
fruitiness
ˈfruːtɪnəs
gelatinous
dʒɪˈlætɪnəs
glutinous
ˈɡluːtɪnəs
grittiness
ˈɡrɪtɪnəs
keratinous
kəˈrætɪnəs
mateyness
ˈmeɪtɪnəs
mountainous
ˈmaʊntɪnəs
mutinous
ˈmjuːtɪnəs
nuttiness
ˈnʌtɪnəs
ricketiness
ˈrɪkɪtɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRETINOUS

cresylic acid
cretaceous
cretaceously
Cretan
Crete
cretic
cretin
cretinise
cretinism
cretinoid
cretism
cretonne
cretons
Creuse
creutzer
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
crevalle
crevasse
crevassed
crevette

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRETINOUS

aluminous
bituminous
cartilaginous
conterminous
coterminous
heinous
luminous
mucilaginous
mucinous
nous
numinous
oleaginous
ominous
pulchritudinous
resinous
ruinous
spinous
tendinous
vertiginous
villainous
voluminous

Synonyms and antonyms of cretinous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cretinous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRETINOUS

Find out the translation of cretinous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cretinous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cretinous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白痴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cretinous
570 millions of speakers

English

cretinous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मूढ़ व्यक्ति संबंधी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слабоумный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cretina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থূলবুদ্ধি-সংপন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crétin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cretinous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cretinous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cretinous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

크레 틴병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cretinous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cretinous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रेटिनस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

miskinleşmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cretino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cretinous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недоумкуватий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cretin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cretinous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cretinous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cretinous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cretinous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cretinous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRETINOUS»

The term «cretinous» is normally little used and occupies the 125.898 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRETINOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cretinous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cretinous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cretinous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRETINOUS»

Discover the use of cretinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cretinous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology
If it occurs late in childhood the deficiency may have litde effect on mentation and body stature may approach the lower limits of normal, accounting for the existence of such modern clinical classifications as cretins, semi-cretins and cretinous ...
Arthur C. Aufderheide, Rodreguez-martin Conrado, 1998
2
Much Ado About Anne
“Becca tried that 'Goat Girl' stuff on me the first day of school and I let her have it,” Jess continues. “I called her a 'cretinous troglodyte' right in front of Zach Norton. That shut her up fast.” “A what-inous troglo-who?” sputters Cassidy. Jess grins.
Heather Vogel Frederick, 2009
3
One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture
It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons and by means of its almost imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd, in fact plain dirty — lyrics ... it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the ...
Gerald Lyn Early, 2004
4
The Structure and Function of Nervous Tissue V6: Structure ...
It has been reported that somatropin injected into hypophysectomized rats partially restored the body weight of the cretinous animal (Evans et al., 1939; Salmon, 1941; Scow and Marx, 1945; Scow et al., 1949). If thyroxine treatment was ...
Geoffrey Bourne, 2012
5
Deleuze & Fascism: Security: War: Aesthetics
cretinous mass. In this sense an as instructive portrait of the process by which the people to come emerges can be found in another of Hitchcock's films, that of Rope. The main characters in Rope are two wealthy socialites, who privately decide ...
Brad Evans, Julian Reid, 2013
6
The Troubadour
They resent others who are in a position to absent themselves without care, and although they do not dare to practise deliberate negligence, they are subconsciously motivated to make cretinous mistakes.' 'The last man of business who made ...
Simon Raven, 2001
7
Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging
All this, however, is only useful for those who want to listen. Unfortunately, as is well known, not everyone is open to ideas that challenge their deepest prejudices. There are always the cretinous mosque preachers 'informing' their listeners that ...
Ghassan Hage, 2002
8
The Dimwit's Dictionary: Replace Lazy Writing with Elegant ...
1. addleheaded; bovine; cretinous; decerebrate; dense; dull; dull-witted; fatuous; fat-witted; halfwitted; harebrained; hebetudinous; idiotic; ignorant; imbecilic; incogitant; insensate; mindless; moronic; muddled; nescient; obtuse; phlegmatic; slow ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2012
9
Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot
He read it again, “This debate is bordering on the cretinous, so now is the perfect time to investigate other opportunities on some of the other so-called non-primate islands in the region.” “Cretinous?” Richard said aloud to himself, but as he ...
Erik John Bertel, Millennium Writing, 2008
10
Endemic Cretinism
I cannot let it pass without comment that among several physicians there seems to be an opinion that there is a prototype of cretinous body form and, sadly, in so many writings we encounter the popularity of this view. It is the outcome of a lack  ...
John Dennison, Charles Oxnard, Peter Obendorf, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRETINOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cretinous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Ridiculous' call: Gay advocate wants Christian chaplains out of US …
"What truly troubles these cretinous sentinels of vile prejudice and hate-mongering bigotry is the fact that this ruling will go down historically as ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
2
ISIS Flag Outside Big Ben? Fine. Quoting Churchill in England …
I feel harassed by the cretinous ideology that saw dozens of Britons murdered in Tunisia just last week. And I feel distressed by the fact that our ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
3
Is This Shocking Behavior by Physicians Really Malpractice?
"Sociopathic," "immoral," "cretinous," and "reprehensible" were just a few of the choice adjectives evoked. "Medicine is a profession, and as ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
4
Dead Poets Society won't stop terrorism
Thanks HR, given the countless other ills which cretinous journalists blame on teachers, i just assumed it was just same bullshit, different day. «Crikey, Jul 15»
5
Tunisia: How UK's "not Islam" narrative helps terrorists
On one level it is so cretinous that one almost thinks about giving up. It's like saying every Pope until Vatican II wasn't a Catholic. On another ... «The Commentator, Jun 15»
6
Why America needs to reject the Charleston massacre's dangerous …
... word “n***er” in court, ought to be ashamed of himself for even exposing grieving family members to videotape of the cretinous killer standing ... «Salon, Jun 15»
7
Jackson on Confederate Flag: Not Impressed With Kumbaya …
What will it be to become cretinous beyond this moment of passion?” He added, “But we must not only change the Confederate flag. We must ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
8
Opinion: Conservatives are PINO (Patriots in Name Only)
Speech after speech features Republican “dog whistle” phrases, chock full of terms designed to trigger a knee-jerk reaction in the cretinous ... «eNewsChannels, Jun 15»
9
The Mastermind of the Daring Pedal Pub Squirt Gun Raid Finally …
Had I only stooped to think with the cretinous, irritable mind of an off-duty Burnsville cop, I would have known that even the fountains of life ... «City Pages, Jun 15»
10
Karaoke knave lobs wine glass at DJ
A cretinous crooner winged a wine glass at a karaoke disc jockey in a 65th Street bar on June 13 after the emcee didn't play his song. «Brooklyn Paper, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cretinous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cretinous>. Apr 2024 ».
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