Dunderhead

//ˈdʌn.dɚ.hɛd//

Synonyms for "dunderhead" (137 found)

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Noun(29 words)

dicklick dickweed dildo dim bulb ding dong ding-a-ling ding-dong dirtbrain divvy doldrum dolt donkey doylem dullard dumbass dunce dunderfuck einstein fink fool

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fopdoodle fuckhead fuckwit gonk goober gooseberry gudgeon halfwit hammerhead

dim bulb dolt dolthead dope dullard dullhead dumbhead dunce dunderpate fathead gawk halfwit

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dolt dullard pillock poor fish pudden-head pudding head stupe stupid stupid person

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dunce

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dunderheaded dunderheadism

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dunder head

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dunce stupid

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You're the stupidest dunderhead I ever saw or ever heard of, so help me Moses!

Source: wiktionary

Poor old fellow's a dunderhead. That's where it is in a nutshell. Never could make a living. […] Nice old chap as ever lived. Only impractical, dreamy. Gentle as a sheep—and no more capable of running that big, expensive plant than a motherly old ewe.

Source: wiktionary

Cheney & Company swooned over Mr. Chalabi because he was telling them what they wanted to hear. . . . A half-dozen dunderheads who thought they knew everything assumed they could control Mr. Chalabi and use him as the instrument of their utopian fantasies.

Source: wiktionary

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