Blockhead
['blɒkhed] or ['blɑkhɛd]
Definition
(n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
Editor: Marilyn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dolt, dunderhead, jolterhead, dunce, ninny, numskull, dullard, simpleton,booby, loggerhead, ignoramus
ANT:Sage, adept, luminary, schoolman, philosopher, savant
Editor: Vlad
Examples
- Do you dare to suppose me so great a blockhead, as not to know what a man is talking of? Jane Austen. Emma.
- I shall think you a great blockhead, Frank, if you bring the aunt without the niece. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Even poor little Clarence, the born idiot of the family, is the most agreeable and most endearing blockhead! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Come down I say, roared this modern Blue Beard, and don't keep me here in the rain, you old blockhead. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Now the said Duke of Leinster being a very stingy, stupid blockhead, whom nobody knows, I will describe him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The man must be a blockhead who wanted more. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Cease that chatter, blockhead! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The whole of that family are the most solemnly conceited and consummate blockheads! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Nancy