DULLARD

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 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

Meaning:

A person who is not very bright

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

blockhead; bonehead; dumbass; dunce; dunderhead; fuckhead; hammerhead; knucklehead; loggerhead; lunkhead; muttonhead; numskull; shithead (a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence)

klutz ((Yiddish) a clumsy dolt)

Sense 2

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"):

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)

stuffed shirt (a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned)

Derivation:

dull (become less interesting or attractive)