moron
☆ mo·ron (môr′än′, mōr′-)
noun
- a retarded person mentally equal to a child between eight and twelve years old: an obsolescent term
- a very foolish or stupid person
Etymology: arbitrary use (by H. H. Goddard, 1866-1957, U.S. psychologist) of Gr mōron, neut. of mōros, foolish, akin to Sans mūrá-, stupid
Related Forms:
- moronic mo·ron′ic (mô rän′ik) adjective
- moronically mo·ron′i·cally adverb
- moronity mo·ron′·ity noun or moronism mo′·ron·ism′
moron
n.
Antonyms
Converse of object
- call: Sorry shouldn't be calling people morons, I'm just getting frustrated.
- have: He would have had 55000 morons doing ape impressions every week whilst throwing bananas at him.
- do: Did this moron read Der Stürmer over his morning coffee?
- employ: Why, oh, why do they employ absolute morons to write these things.
- lose: Boy I just felt the world get lighter - we lost a moron.
Converse of subject
- run: Maybe its just a bit much to ask given the whole thing is run by morons.
- staff: Others are staffed with morons ( actually, most are staffed by morons ).
Adjective modifier
- mindless: The rest of us are mindless morons shackled by our " limiting beliefs " .
- stupid: Even the idiots of government, the stupid morons driving this idiocy are admitting that the British National Party are looking good.
- complete: Can you not see the label on my head which reads " Complete moron " ?
- total: But there are total morons driving all our roads!
- few: It wasn't just a few morons either, there were several 100 even 1000 of them at our club.
- other: While two other morons want to replace the wonderful words of the anthem with doggerel.
Noun used with modifier
- lane: So, as a Middle lane moron should, he slowly but surely accelerated and then overtook, at an excruciatingly slow pace.
- junkie: These joy riders can r... more Law Abider 28-6-2006 " Most of these coppers are adrenaline junkie morons.
- adrenaline: These joy riders can r... more Law Abider 28-6-2006 " Most of these coppers are adrenaline junkie morons.
- yobo: I got given a smack in the jaw by some lower-class yobo moron and have sustained a triple fracture of my jaw.
Preposition: in
- hurry: Third, there is the " moron in a hurry " argument.
Preposition: with
- tree-hugger: All that being said, however, I object to identifying these superstitious morons with the term tree-hugger.
The consumer isn't a moron. She's your wife.
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