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doofus
[doo·fus] a stupid person.
Featured on September 18th, 2024
jackanapes
[jack·a·napes] an impudent or conceited fellow.
Featured on September 17th, 2024
obtuse
[ob·tuse] annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
Featured on September 16th, 2024
churlish
[churl·ish] rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
Featured on September 12th, 2024
varlet
[var·let] a dishonest or unprincipled man.
Featured on September 11th, 2024
japery
[jap-er-y] the act of clowning or pranking, or acting like a buffoon
Featured on September 10th, 2024
whitling
[whit-ling] sea trout; especially : a large sea trout
Featured on September 9th, 2024
meretritious
[mer·e·tri·cious] apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.
Featured on September 5th, 2024
callow
[cal·low(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
Featured on September 4th, 2024
sophist
[soph·ist] a person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments.
Featured on September 3rd, 2024
verecund
 [ver-i-kuhnd] modest; bashful
Featured on August 21st, 2024
blatherskite
[blath·er·skite] a person who talks at great length without making much sense.
Featured on August 20th, 2024
charlatan
[char·la·tan] a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.
Featured on August 19th, 2024
buffoon
[buf·foon] a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown.
Featured on August 14th, 2024
poltroon
[pol·troon] an utter coward.
Featured on August 12th, 2024
coxcomb
[cox·comb] a vain or conceited man; a dandy
Featured on August 7th, 2024
jejune
[je·june] naive, simplistic, and superficial.
Featured on August 6, 2024
temulent
[Temulent] intoxicated, drunk.
Featured on August 5th, 2024
churlish
[churl·ish] rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
Featured on July 31st, 2024
philistine
[phil·is·tine] a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them.


Featured on July 29th, 2024
pecksniffian
[pek-SNIFF-ee-ununctuously hypocritical : sanctimonious
Featured on July 24th, 2024
nudnik
[nud·nik] a pestering, nagging, or irritating person; a bore.
Featured on July 23rd, 2024
perspicacious
[per·spi·ca·cious] having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
Featured on July 22nd, 2024
grame
[grame] sorrow, harm, misery
Featured on July 18th, 2024
saturnine
[sat·ur·nine] (of a person or their manner) slow and gloomy.
Featured on July 17th, 2024