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Meaning of "dullard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DULLARD

dullard  [ˈdʌləd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DULLARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dullard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DULLARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Idiot

An idiot, dolt, or dullard is an intellectually disabled person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Archaically the word mome has also been used. The similar terms moron, imbecile, and cretin have all gained specialized meanings in modern times. An idiot is said to be idiotic, and to suffer from idiocy. A dunce is an idiot who is specifically incapable of learning. An idiot differs from a fool and an ignoramus, neither of which refers to someone with low intelligence.

Definition of dullard in the English dictionary

The definition of dullard in the dictionary is a dull or stupid person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DULLARD


bicolored
ˈbaɪˌkʌləd
chocolate-coloured
ˈtʃɒklətˌkʌləd
colored
ˈkʌləd
coloured
ˈkʌləd
copper-coloured
ˈkɒpəkʌləd
cream-coloured
ˈkriːmˌkʌləd
discolored
dɪsˈkʌləd
discoloured
dɪsˈkʌləd
flesh-coloured
ˈfleʃˌkʌləd
honey-coloured
ˈhʌnɪˌkʌləd
light-coloured
ˈlaɪtˌkʌləd
many-coloured
ˈmenɪˌkʌləd
multicoloured
ˈmʌltɪˌkʌləd
mustard-colored
ˈmʌstədˌcʌləd
rust-coloured
ˈrʌstˌkʌləd
straw-coloured
ˈstrɔːkʌləd
uncolored
ʌnˈkʌləd
uncoloured
ʌnˈkʌləd
varicolored
ˈveərɪˌkʌləd
wine-coloured
ˈwaɪnkʌləd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DULLARD

dulcify
dulciloquy
dulcimer
dulcinea
dulcite
dulcitude
dule
dulia
dull
dull-witted
Dulles
dullish
dullishly
dullness
dullsville
dully
dulness
dulocracy
dulosis
dulotic

WORDS THAT END LIKE DULLARD

Abelard
Ballard
baselard
Baudrillard
bollard
collard
enlard
foulard
Gillard
interlard
lard
leaf-lard
Lollard
mallard
overlard
paillard
pollard
poulard
Szilard
Vuillard

Synonyms and antonyms of dullard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DULLARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dullard» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dullard

Translation of «dullard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DULLARD

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

Translator English - Chinese

笨蛋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dullard
570 millions of speakers

English

dullard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dullard
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دولارد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тупица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dullard
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lourdaud
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dullard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dummkopf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うすのろ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미련퉁이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dullard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người chậm chạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முட்டாள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sersem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tonto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

głupek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тупиця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dullard
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dullard
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sufferd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dullard
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dullard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dullard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DULLARD»

The term «dullard» is regularly used and occupies the 57.653 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DULLARD» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DULLARD»

Discover the use of dullard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dullard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Panchatantra : The Dullard And Other Stories (585)
Panchatantra (Five Chapters) in Sanskrit is perhaps the oldest collection of stories in the world and has been translated into more than 50 languages.
Urmilā Sinhā, 1981
2
Panchatantra : The Dullard And Other Stories (amar Chitra Katha)
These stories are based on a Kannada translation of the Panchatantra.
Kamala Chandrakant, 1981
3
The Education Of The Dullard In The Public School
J P Haney. In general these symptoms are associated with imperfections in structure leading to defective innervation. The proper nervous control is absent, while the nervous currents may be exaggerated or deficient. Depending on such  ...
J P Haney, 1906
4
Interface Oral Health Science 2009: Proceedings of the 3rd ...
In vitro kinetic analysis using a phosphopeptide array showed that dullard preferably dephosphorylates peptides containing phospho-Ser or phospho-Thr [2 ]. ALK3 was the first substrate of dullard to be identified [1]. ALK3 is a cell-surface  ...
Nobuhiro Takahashi, Takashi Sasano, Osamu Suzuki, 2010
5
The Divine Luminous Wisdom: That Dispels the Darkness
order to avoid this gruesome prospect, if he gave any other answer, he told the dullard that he would certainly go to Heaven. The dullard, pleased with the assurance of the Priest (Alim) that he would go to Heaven, went about his work ...
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, 1972
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Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
dullard. 230. blind, blunt, cloud, dense, dingy, dusty, heavy, inert, matte, muddy, murky, muted, prosy, thick 6 benumb, blurry, boring, cloudy, deaden, dreary, gloomy, leaden, obtund, obtuse, retard, simple, somber, stodgy, stupid, tiring, weaken ...
‎1995
7
Hindenberg!: Das Explosive New Musical!
(To Dullard) So Mister ... DULLARD. Hayseed, Ma'am. Dullard Hayseed, Ma'am, from Gut Fish, Arkansas. PENELOPE So Mister Dullard Hayseed from Gut Fish, Arkansas - what were you doing in Krautland? DULLARD. I was on vacation, ...
Billy Madison, Mark L. Smith, 1998
8
The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories: 168 Tales in the ...
82. Jack. the. Dullard. ―. An. Old. Story. told. Anew. (1855) Far in the interior of the country lay an old baronial hall, and in it lived an old proprietor, who had two sons, which two young men thought themselves too clever by half. They wanted to ...
Hans Christian Andersen, 2013
9
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
See also deaden, obscure. dullard noun A mentally dull person : blockhead, chump1, clod, dolt, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, numskull, thickhead. Slang: dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo. See ABILITY in Index. dullness also dulness noun Alack of ...
Peter Mark Roget, 1997
10
Ascent
Tab jammed the laptop in his bag and opened the car door. He stepped out into the Marx Corp building. He walked across the garage to the elevator and hit the button for the 62nd floor. The elevator doors opened to offices of Dullard Fabrics  ...
Brian Smith

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DULLARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dullard is used in the context of the following news items.
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Building Back Stronger Communities After Ebola
By Anita Dullard, IFRC. Recovering from an emergency in any context is never as simple as dusting yourself off and returning to life before the ... «International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Jul 15»
2
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate PC Won't Suffer Like Unity, Ubisoft …
To Quote President George Dullard Bush ” Fool me once shame on you fool me twice & I won't get fooled again ” Yeah he's a moron that had ... «SegmentNext, Jul 15»
3
Alex Rodriguez is the 2015 All-Star Game's worst snub
It's almost a physical law, and that shouldn't be trumped because the player in question is kind of a dullard. And weird. Don't forget weird. «SB Nation, Jul 15»
4
EL-RUFAI AND THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
... launder his image daily and to cleverly contrast himself from President Buhari to show that he is a performer while the President is a dullard. «National Accord, Jul 15»
5
Today's apps gone free: GREG, The Idiot Test 3, Alphabet Game …
The Idiot Test 3 ($0.99 → Free, 6.4 MB): Prove that you're not a total dullard with The Idiot Test 3. It's for fans of brainteasers. Based on the ... «AppAdvice, Jul 15»
6
'Big Brother': Julie Chen answers our burning Qs
I'd rather have that as a roommate than a dullard. Do you think Audrey hurt herself this week in front of the other houseguests, especially when ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
7
'In Stereo' tone deaf and stuck on mono
Moviegoers can love a great villain, but they can't love a dullard who, on top of being a drag, imagines he's something special. Slasher films, a ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
8
AISA names first-ever CEO
“From there I progressed to membership director and when Benn Dullard [current AISA chair], the national director at that time – who had a very ... «iT News, Jul 15»
9
Shelters honour firies
Shire President Helen Dullard presented certificates of appreciation to the Rotary Club of Mundaring, Rotary District 9455 and Rotary Club of ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
10
The 15 Best Male Striptease Scenes Before 'Magic Mike XXL …
... the one time in this film which there seems to be even a hint of chemistry between Ben Affleck's normcore dullard and his possible soulmate, ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»

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