: a stupid person
doltishly
adverb
doltishness
noun
plural -es
Examples of dolt in a Sentence
Noun
What a dolt I've been!
he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Most apartment buildings, basic or deluxe, barely qualify as architecture at all, not because they are designed by dolts but because developers (and the zoning code) demand a crushing efficiency.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2026
He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt.
—Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
So a lot of the counterintelligence training that's given to the troops, the officers, the defense contractors, a lot of it is kind of like, don't be naive, don't be a dolt, in short.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Most apartment buildings, basic or deluxe, barely qualify as architecture at all, not because they are designed by dolts but because developers (and the zoning code) demand a crushing efficiency.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2026
He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt.
—Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Dolt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolt. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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