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Dolt refers to a person who isn't very smart. You might be called a dolt if you do something dumb, like stand outside your car complaining that you locked your keys inside — even though the window is wide open.
: a stupid person. doltish. ˈdōl-tish. adjective. doltishly adverb. doltishness noun. Synonyms. airhead. birdbrain. blockhead. bonehead. bubblehead. chowderhead. chucklehead. clodpoll. clodpole. clot [British] cluck. clunk. cretin. cuddy [British dialect] cuddie. deadhead. dim bulb [slang] dimwit. dip. dodo. donkey.
That smile meant to say: 'How stupid, what a ninny, what a dolt, what a donkey you are, to have sat there on your seat like a post all night! There he gently cursed himself for a fool, a dolt, an idiot. When we came to pay our bill, the dolt of a husband took the money and put it in his pocket.
If you call someone a dolt, you think they are stupid, or have done something stupid. [ informal , disapproval ] He's a first-class dolt who insists on doing things his way.
DOLT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of dolt in English. dolt. noun [ C ] disapproving us / doʊlt / uk / dəʊlt / Add to word list. a stupid person. Synonym. dullard old-fashioned. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly people. airhead. berk. birdbrain. blithering idiot. blockhead. dummy. dunce.
Define dolt. dolt synonyms, dolt pronunciation, dolt translation, English dictionary definition of dolt. n. A stupid person; a dunce. dolt′ish adj. dolt′ish·ly adv. dolt′ish·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of dolt noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
dolt. 1 ENTRIES FOUND: dolt (noun) dolt / ˈ doʊlt/ noun. plural dolts. Britannica Dictionary definition of DOLT. [count] informal. : a stupid person. What a dolt I've been!
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First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from English dialectal dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.
