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How to pronounce dullard in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bore
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
Has types platitudinarian, gasbag, nudnick, nudnik, stuffed shirt, windbag
Derivation dull
Type Words
Synonyms dolt, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person
Type of simpleton, simple
Has types berk, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead, loggerhead, blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, klutz, knucklehead

Examples of dullard

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Being a drinks party dullard at the best of times, I tried a political question.
From the economist.com
It is not the response of a dullard in an office, but then neither should it be.
From the guardian.co.uk
The new Escape, as a result, is something of a dullard when it comes to stopping.
From the washingtonpost.com
You are a bit of a dullard yourself, despite your obvious superiority complex.
From the independent.co.uk
It is perverse but you would have to be a dullard not to see its drama.
From the guardian.co.uk
The startups are saving the enterprise from its status as the dullard of the tech space.
From the techcrunch.com
Membership in this category does not imply that the figure was a dullard.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As for Greg, well, he is becoming a bit of a whiny dullard when things aren't going his way.
From the couriermail.com.au
Only a dogmatic dullard would think science backs that one up.
From the scienceblogs.com
More examples
  • Stupid: a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
  • Bore: a person who evokes boredom
  • An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. ...
  • A stupid person; a fool
  • A member of the reigning dynasty in letters and life. According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of two hundred millions, including the statisticians.