cretin

Noun

Meaning

One afflicted with cretinism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

changeling idiot imbecile half-wit loon turkey bayard jackass twit ament retard booby clod dunce chump
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Antonyms

angel einstein ninja alchemist wizard brainiac
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Hypernyms

simple simpleton

Hyponyms

mongoloid

Anagrams

cinter crinet entric citren tincer

Examples

It rots a writer's brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily you're well on the way to being a cretin. Or a politician. John Updike

Giving me a new idea is like handing a cretin a loaded gun, but I do thank you anyhow, bang, bang. Philip K. Dick

Do you want a cretin or a meddler?' 'Which is better for us?' 'Whoever gets the larger backhander.' 'We won't pay. We are going for probity.' 'Can't afford true justice, eh? Lindsey Davis

Because of its pejorative connotations in popular speech, health-care workers have mostly abandoned cretin. Source: Internet

Kellyanne Conway is a soulless cretin and we're no. Source: Internet

She referred to Archbishop Tutu, in his capacity as the head of the Truth and Reconciliation commission, as a "cretin". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

creticism cretifaction cretify cretinic cretinise cretinism