Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

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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-un] unctuously 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

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