dullard

[ duhl-erd ]

noun

1. a stupid, insensitive person.

   Synonyms: dummy, dumbbell, dolt, dunce

dullard

/ ˈdʌləd /

noun

1. a dull or stupid person

Word History and Origins

Origin of dullard¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; dull, -ard

Example Sentences

Epstein said that his "closest friend for 10 years" had a great mind for real estate, but was otherwise a complete dullard.

From Salon

We have an insipid media landscape riddled with dullards, idiots, partisans and clowns.

From Salon

She wears her power like a second skin and speaks a mid-Atlantic accent similar to the one Leigh used in “The Hudsucker Proxy,” only mellowed by casks of rare scotch and impatience with unrefined dullards.

From Salon

They must get struck, bent, broken and shoved into the flames to mold the boy into a man, the dullard into a dagger.

From Los Angeles Times

“Love’s Labor’s Lost,” with or without the British “u,” is a very youthful, disjointed text, its thin thread of plot repeatedly cut by clowns, dullards, puns, pomposities and noodling that goes nowhere.

From New York Times