You look like an imbecile.
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Imbecile
//ɪmbəˈsiːl//
Synonyms for "imbecile" (254 found)
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Noun(25 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
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halfwithandicappedhandicapped personidioticimpotentinaneincapableineptinfatuatedinsanejackassjerkjugginskookylanguidlanguorouslimberlimplistlessloony
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lustlessmadmadmanmarrowlessmaudlinmaunderingmentally defectivementally deficientmentally handicappedmentally retardedmongoloidmongoloid idiotmoronmoronicnaturalnatural idiotnatural-born foolnervelessnincompoopninnynot all therenuttyoafparalyticparaplegicpithlesspoopedpowerlessquadriplegicretardedrubberysaplesssappyscrewysenselesssentimentalsillysimpsimplesimplemindedsimpletonsimpletoniansinewlessslackslobberingslowslow-wittedsoftspinelessstrengthlessstupidsubnormalthe crippledthe handicappedthoughtlesstomfooltwitunhardenedunnervedunstrungwackyweakweaklywetwitlesszany
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62 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βλάξ noun (person with limited mental capacity)
Catalan
2 entries- imbècil noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbècil noun (fool)
Danish
4 entries- dumrian noun (fool)
- fjols noun (fool)
- fæ noun (fool)
- idiot noun (fool)
Dutch
2 entries- imbeciel noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbeciel noun (fool)
Faroese
1 entries- býttlingur noun (fool)
Finnish
2 entries- imbesilli noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbesilli noun (fool)
French
2 entries- imbécile noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbécile noun (fool)
German
4 entries- Behinderter noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- Dummkopf noun (fool)
- Idiot noun (fool)
- Zurückgebliebener noun (person with limited mental capacity)
Greek
4 entries- ανόητος noun (fool)
- βλάκας noun (fool)
- ηλίθιος noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- ηλίθιος noun (fool)
Indonesian
3 entries- bego noun (fool)
- bodoh noun (fool)
- tolol noun (fool)
Italian
1 entries- tarato noun (person with limited mental capacity)
Japanese
1 entries- ばか noun (fool)
Khmer
2 entries- មនុស្សល្ងីល្ងើ noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- អាភ្លើ noun (fool)
Latvian
4 entries- imbecils noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbecils noun (fool)
- muļķe noun (fool)
- muļķis noun (fool)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Dräibiz noun (fool)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- imbesil noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbesil noun (fool)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طوی noun (fool)
Polish
3 entries- głupiec noun (fool)
- imbecyl noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbecyl noun (fool)
Portuguese
2 entries- imbecil noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbecil noun (fool)
Romanian
1 entries- imbecil noun (person with limited mental capacity)
Russian
4 entries- ду́ра noun (fool)
- дура́к noun (fool)
- имбеци́л noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- слабоу́мный noun (person with limited mental capacity)
Spanish
2 entries- imbécil noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- imbécil noun (fool)
Tagalog
2 entries- tulala noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- tulala noun (fool)
Turkish
4 entries- ahmak noun (fool)
- aptal noun (fool)
- budala noun (person with limited mental capacity)
- budala noun (fool)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người khờ dại noun (person with limited mental capacity)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
"Idiot," "moron," and "imbecile" were all once scientific terms referring to specific IQ ranges.
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Man is the only animal subject to becoming an imbecile.
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Tom is an imbecile.
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