imbécile — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blockhead noun A stupid, slow-witted person.
- chump noun A foolish or gullible person; someone easily fooled or taken advantage of.
- clot noun A thickened, partly solid lump formed from a liquid, especially blood.
- dolt noun A stupid or slow-witted person.
- dumbbell noun A short handheld weight used for strength training, with a load on each end.
- dummy noun A model or replica of a person or object, used as a stand-in.
- fatuous adj Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
- idiot noun A foolish or stupid person, or someone who makes a very poor decision.
- imbecile noun An insulting term for a stupid or foolish person.
- mutt noun A dog of mixed or uncertain breed.
- plonker noun A man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends.
- saphead noun A simpleton, a stupid person.
Senses
imbécile is used for these senses in English:
- all there Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, there.
- blockhead (colloquial) A stupid person.
- chump (colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
- clot A silly person.
- dolt (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- dumbbell (pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
- dummy A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- fatuous Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
chump — full definition
- noun A foolish or gullible person; someone easily fooled or taken advantage of.
- noun The thick, blunt end of something, such as a piece of wood or a cut of meat.
- verb To cheat or take advantage of someone.