cretinous

adjective

as in fatuous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cretinous
  1. fatuous
  2. doltish
  3. brainless
  4. vacuous
  5. brain-dead
  6. stupid
  7. idiotic
  8. unintelligent
Adjective
  • The ongoing war between woke and anti-woke factions is a fatuous melodrama best left to the satirists.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • This fatuous facial gesture is immediately relatable but also, as Locke discusses below, one that can be read in a number of different ways.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of fatuous
Adjective
  • Redmayne brings a sweetly doltish everyman energy to this increasingly off-kilter affair, with much of the dialogue between him and his co-stars (including Stratton-Twine as the missing woman’s slacker brother) improvised in disarmingly shaggy fashion.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of doltish
Adjective
  • Thatcher plays disfigured, suicidal young protagonist P Burke who is hired by a mega tech corporation to virtually operate a beautiful but brainless ‘flesh body’ called Delphi, grown in a lab with the sole purpose of influencing the masses and selling products.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • Miller has always taken the American people for brainless, heartless chumps lost in a swamp of nostalgia who’ll believe whatever Trumpworld tells them to.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of brainless
Adjective
  • Voicer John Piccolo’s argument against birthright citizenship is vacuous.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
  • Nina is introduced as the seemingly vacuous trophy wife of Nile, a man who secretly murdered his first wife — and Nina’s former boss — Madison (Leila George) in a fit of passion.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Definition of vacuous
Adjective
  • Under the law, once a patient is declared brain-dead, a hospital can withdraw life-sustaining measures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • After becoming the longest-serving ADA on the series, Barba resigned amidst his controversial decision to pull the plug on a brain-dead child.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026
Definition of brain-dead
Adjective
  • The Dodge Durango Hellcat is the most accessible way to go stupid-fast in a three-row family car thanks to the Escalade V‘s high price tag.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Proudly stupid and surprisingly sweet, Dylan Meyer’s stoner buddy comedy is a tribute to friendship best enjoyed with your own ride-or-die by your side — joints optional.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • To Tommy, Anna and Molly are twittering encumbrances, idiotic in their insistence on good works and the good of man, their endless remorseful hedgings about the Communist Party.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Butlers are kicked in the shins and told their children are ugly; a patriarch’s idiotic military decisions are venerated for their spirit; blood spilling out of a servant’s wound is more an issue for the rug.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of idiotic
Adjective
  • The contest is not between an intelligent country and an unintelligent one.
    — John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent.
    — Justin Callais, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of unintelligent
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“Cretinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cretinous. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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