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Meaning of "dunderheaded" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DUNDERHEADED

ˈdʌndəˌhɛdɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUNDERHEADED

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

WHAT DOES DUNDERHEADED 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 dunderheaded in the English dictionary

The definition of dunderheaded in the dictionary is having the qualities of a dunderhead; stupid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUNDERHEADED

addle-headed · baldheaded · bareheaded · big-headed · boneheaded · bullet-headed · chuckleheaded · featherheaded · headed · loggerheaded · muddleheaded · multiheaded · muttonheaded · pinheaded · puzzleheaded · shockheaded · sleepy-headed · thickheaded · towheaded · white-headed

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUNDERHEADED

dunch · duncical · duncish · duncishly · Dundalk · Dundee · Dundee cake · dunder · dunderfunk · dunderhead · dunderheadedness · dunderheadism · dunderpate · Dundonian · dundrearies · dune · dune buggy · Dunedin · duneland · dunelike

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUNDERHEADED

beaded · blockheaded · breaded · bull-headed · clear-headed · cool-headed · empty-headed · hard-headed · hot-headed · knuckleheaded · leaded · level-headed · light-headed · loaded · long-headed · pig-headed · red-headed · soft-headed · unleaded · woodenheaded · wrong-headed

Synonyms and antonyms of dunderheaded in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dunderheaded» into 25 languages

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The translations of dunderheaded from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dunderheaded» in English.
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dunderheaded
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tarugada
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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Dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
180 millions of speakers
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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Dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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दुटप्पी
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ahmak
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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dunderheaded
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Trends of use of dunderheaded

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUNDERHEADED»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUNDERHEADED»

Discover the use of dunderheaded in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dunderheaded and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Email from Camp Khatar
KnuckTe—Dragging Dunderheaded Cretins The greatest thing about high school football, in my opinion, was not winning, although we did make it to the regional championships twice during the years I played for the Greenridge Vikings.
Catherine Arslanian, 2006
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The Rain
Andrew Klavan. did all this ... kept me away from Georgia ... and lied to me and ... and all that ... because you like me?” He raised his dunderheaded eyes to her. She nodded. He lowered his dunderheaded eyes. He thought. “I guess ... I guess  ...
Andrew Klavan, 2011
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The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
1. addlebrained; addleheaded; addlepated; Boeotian; bovine; brainless; clueless ; cretinous; decerebrate; dense; dimwitted; doltish; dull; dumb; dunderheaded; empty-headed; fatuous; fat-witted; harebrained; hebetudinous; ignorant; imbecilic ; ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
[At that daya great deal of this sort of chaff was current so that the most dunderheaded boy had plenty on the tip of his tongue, I-Iucl-ii-:s T. Brown Ox_/I ( 1861) xi.] [Recover, dunder-head, MASSINGER Picture (1629) ii. i, ed. Cunningham, 292.] ...
Joseph Wright, 1898
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The National Temperance Congress: Liverpool, June, 1884 : ...
of the sort, ye dunderheaded powder-headed monkey. I appeal to the company." This is by no means the only time that puzzled laymen have had to appeal to the public from gentlemen of the long robe, but Mr. Leslie Stephen is not a member ...
‎1884
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The Westminster Review
An eminent statesman of the Labour order referred to this calumny, and politely remarked that the members and supporters of the late Government were a mob of dunderheaded nincompoops and pothouee jingoes. It is true that opprobrious ...
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That Unfortunate Marriage (Complete)
sitting lazilyin his form, and letting all sorts of dunderheaded tortoises win the race." "Bravo,Aunt Jane! I like 'dunderheaded tortoises.' 'Mobled Queen isgood.'" "You wouldn't enjoy hearing Mrs.Dobbs's opinion,Ican tell you. Iknow verywell ...
Frances Eleanor Trollope
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Dicks' standard plays
(Enters, l. with straws sticking about his person; the BEADLE following him.) O' Dog. I'll rhvmo you for it. (Tal:cs out look.) " Beadle— "WefdlG-Deed ill I" ** Constable — Unstable — Dunstable!" Bring me before your dunderheaded country ...
John Thomas Dicks, 1883
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The Quest for the Trilogy: A Rover Novel of Three Adventures
“Then why are you here?” “I owed Craugh a favor. He told me I'd be working with a hero who had dunderheaded tendencies.” “'Dunderheaded tendencies'?” “Yes. But I wouldn't take it personal. Craugh doesn't have a high opinion of anybody.
Mel Odom, 2007
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The Sisters Traherne: Lady Meriels Duty and Lord Lyfords Secret
Certainly he is an improvement over that dunderheaded dragoon your brother encouraged to haunt the place. We see a deal less of him, thanks to Mr. Carruthers.” Meriel opened her mouth to inform her aunt that a dunderheaded dragoon ...
Amanda Scott, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUNDERHEADED»

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Karlovy Vary Review: Dietrich Brϋggemann's Rambunctious Neo …
Instead it goes for the soft option of portraying all its neo-Nazi characters as idiots (though no more so than their equally dunderheaded ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
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HBO's raunchy, funny, '7 Days in Hell' teams Andy Samberg and Kit …
But it's delightful to see Harington shelve his "Game of Throne" gravitas to play Charles Poole, England's most gifted, and most dunderheaded, ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
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Dave Stewart said Touki Toussaint doesn't throw 96. That's true! He …
... (Towers/Gibson) with different set of dunderheads who hold the same sort of dunderheaded ideas as the original set of dunderheads. «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
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Can Women Be Beautiful and Funny?
Neither Goldie Hawn nor Lucille Ball got their start as stand-up comics and both, tellingly, are best known for portraying a kind of dunderheaded ... «Radio.com Music and Entertainment News, Jul 15»
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Looney Tunes Are Good for Selling Shoes, If Not Much Else
... point in time, when Looney Tunes are all but forgotten save for occasional dunderheaded revivals, remember that Nike is a global operation. «Cartoon Brew, Jun 15»
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Editorial: TTF crisis hurts more than roads and bridges
... combined with its own share of dunderheaded decisions, such as rail car storage during Sandy. The state must take a hard look at the impact ... «NJBIZ, Jun 15»
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Antonin Scalia Is the Supreme Court's Greatest Writer
His eagerness to score points against his fellow judges might be politically dunderheaded since it has alienated potential allies in the court but ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
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Amazon's Catastrophe Blows Up All of the Sitcom's Lamest …
Catastrophe proceeds to side-step the common and dunderheaded cliché about sitcom love: that the men and women involved actually hate ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
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Letterkenny co-stars reprise standout roles for TV series
The pair co-star in CraveTV and The Comedy Network's upcoming Letterkenny as Jonesy and Reilly, two dunderheaded, expletive-spouting ... «TV, eh?, Jun 15»
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What to watch: True Detective, The Brink, Tattoo Fixers and Don't …
More's the pity, for the joy of acting as an accomplice to dunderheaded groomsmen spanking thousands on Vegas-themed weddings inside a ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
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