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Definition of dunderhead in English: dunderheadnounˈdʌndəhɛdˈdəndərˌhɛd informal A stupid person. 〈非正式〉笨蛋，蠢人 show the dunderheads how the thing should be handled Example sentencesExamples - This is the side of the electorate who recognise a dunderhead when they see one.
- I am a cowboy shooter and do not approve of being portrayed as some dunderhead who is dumb enough to think cotton balls will protect my hearing.
- That's partly because, to put it bluntly, the same old dunderheads are running the studios, and they show their true colors simply by opening their mouths.
- At least you didn't end up with a dunderhead of a boyfriend.
- I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death - if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach,
- Another unsuspecting dunderhead is ‘upbraided for making a grammatical mistake in a metaphorical tale about a dead bird.’
- Sending someone to spy on him at work was probably that blundering dunderhead's idea.
- Just where do all the dedicated dorks, delightful dingbats, and dialectical dunderheads, plus a lively assortment of daffy ding-a-lings call home-sweet home?
- Today's dunderheads could be tomorrow's geniuses.
- Once again, I have to explain the obvious to a highly-paid dunderhead.
- Needless to say, those two dunderheads decided to initiate their favourite game of ‘Shove The Sister Around’.
- Those cock-eyed dunderheads got me a weeks worth of suspension.
- Military history is littered with tales of vital reports delayed by dunderheads, or overlooked by harassed staff officers: or simply not believed by high commanders.
- This is not anyone's fault, really, except for the dunderheads who threw out all of the original prints.
- This School Board sounds like a bunch of dunderheads.
- The two dunderheads nodded mutely then bent to pick up the girl.
- You know what, I've just about had it with these dunderheads.
- Even a dunderhead knows that fans swelter in summer's bleachers and bundle in December's cold out of a love for the contests, not for sociological or business deconstructions.
- I'm going to go iron my hands for being a dunderhead.
- It seems that wherever I posit some belief of mine or aver a heartfelt conviction, some negative, clueless dunderhead seems to follow my commentary with inanities.
Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
Derivativesadjective informal Now this, this was just a dunderheaded blunder. Example sentencesExamples - What makes the dunderheaded dolt think he can pull it off?
- Or is it another stupid, idiotic, no-brained, dunderheaded word game?
- Their dunderheaded stupidity itself isn't enough to protect them, because they know when people like them and when they don't.
- There are all kinds of principled arguments against this dunderheaded and dangerous idea.
OriginEarly 17th century: compare with obsolete Scots dunder, dunner 'resounding noise'; related to din. Definition of dunderhead in US English: dunderheadnounˈdəndərˌhɛdˈdəndərˌhed informal A stupid person. 〈非正式〉笨蛋，蠢人 show the dunderheads how the thing should be handled Example sentencesExamples - Even a dunderhead knows that fans swelter in summer's bleachers and bundle in December's cold out of a love for the contests, not for sociological or business deconstructions.
- Those cock-eyed dunderheads got me a weeks worth of suspension.
- At least you didn't end up with a dunderhead of a boyfriend.
- The two dunderheads nodded mutely then bent to pick up the girl.
- You know what, I've just about had it with these dunderheads.
- Military history is littered with tales of vital reports delayed by dunderheads, or overlooked by harassed staff officers: or simply not believed by high commanders.
- This School Board sounds like a bunch of dunderheads.
- Another unsuspecting dunderhead is ‘upbraided for making a grammatical mistake in a metaphorical tale about a dead bird.’
- Once again, I have to explain the obvious to a highly-paid dunderhead.
- It seems that wherever I posit some belief of mine or aver a heartfelt conviction, some negative, clueless dunderhead seems to follow my commentary with inanities.
- This is not anyone's fault, really, except for the dunderheads who threw out all of the original prints.
- Needless to say, those two dunderheads decided to initiate their favourite game of ‘Shove The Sister Around’.
- That's partly because, to put it bluntly, the same old dunderheads are running the studios, and they show their true colors simply by opening their mouths.
- I am a cowboy shooter and do not approve of being portrayed as some dunderhead who is dumb enough to think cotton balls will protect my hearing.
- This is the side of the electorate who recognise a dunderhead when they see one.
- Sending someone to spy on him at work was probably that blundering dunderhead's idea.
- Today's dunderheads could be tomorrow's geniuses.
- Just where do all the dedicated dorks, delightful dingbats, and dialectical dunderheads, plus a lively assortment of daffy ding-a-lings call home-sweet home?
- I'm going to go iron my hands for being a dunderhead.
- I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death - if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach,
Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
OriginEarly 17th century: compare with obsolete Scots dunder, dunner ‘resounding noise’; related to din. |