Definition of dolt
:a stupid person
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Examples of dolt in a Sentence
What a dolt I've been!
he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt
Recent Examples of dolt from the Web
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The truth is that Andy Lack is something of a dolt.
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Social media posts have characterized the play’s critics as literary dolts and supporters as liberals without morals who advocate violence against the president.
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The temptation is to think dolts at the Pentagon don’t care enough to outfit troops with modern gear.
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Bring it on hit me* to a large male who told him off golly just imagine what the unhinged teeny dolt could do an a good day.
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Some of his classmates had scrawled messages portraying him as a dolt.
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Origin and Etymology of dolt
probably akin to Old English dol foolish
dolt Synonyms
Synonyms
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, idiot, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yoAntonyms
brain, geniusRelated Words
booby, buffoon, fool, goose, loony, lunatic, madman, nut, zany; loser; gawk; featherbrain, scatterbrain; beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cur, heel, jerk, skunk, snake, stinker, villain; bimbette [slang], bimbo [slang], himboNear Antonyms
egghead, intellect, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard; polymath, Renaissance man; sharpie (or sharpy)DOLT Defined for English Language Learners
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