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as in idiots
a stupid person
called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans
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Recent Examples of donkeys
Barker Sternberg and her husband, Andy Sternberg, have five donkeys and one horse at their Lone Jack farm.
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Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
No vehicles are allowed on the volcanic island, which meant Evans, Taylor-Joy and the rest of the cast and crew had an hour-plus hike up the shooting location, while donkeys carried equipment uphill.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
How about riding bulls, racing on donkeys or wearing chaps to class?
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Now, the 40 full-time residents are well outnumbered by the wild donkeys that call the island home.
—Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
Besides stables housing Sardinian donkeys, Shetland ponies, and native Giara horses, there’s a 20,000-square-foot Great Aviary, one of the park’s standout attractions.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
On land, scientists have recorded chimpanzees playing with baboons, dogs with donkeys, and giraffes interacting with ostriches.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
No vehicles are allowed on the volcanic island, which meant Evans, Taylor-Joy and the rest of the cast and crew had an hour-plus hike up the shooting location, while donkeys carried equipment uphill.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
How about riding bulls, racing on donkeys or wearing chaps to class?
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Now, the 40 full-time residents are well outnumbered by the wild donkeys that call the island home.
—Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
Besides stables housing Sardinian donkeys, Shetland ponies, and native Giara horses, there’s a 20,000-square-foot Great Aviary, one of the park’s standout attractions.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
On land, scientists have recorded chimpanzees playing with baboons, dogs with donkeys, and giraffes interacting with ostriches.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donkeys
Noun
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Too many people are acting like idiots or calling for violence.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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But there's always a chance that some idiots somewhere will get hold of this information a few months from now and start making noise about it.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Still, as Mann says, members of Gen Z are no dummies.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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But the claim here isn’t that the Snakes are baseball dummies and the Padres are baseball geniuses.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Donkeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donkeys. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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