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cretinous

cretinous adjective: characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.

Adjective

cretinous (comparative more cretinous, superlative most cretinous)

  1. (derogatory) Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.
    Synonyms:
    idiotic, moronic, stupid

Synonyms of cretinous

Forms of cretinous

comparativemore cretinous
superlativemost cretinous

Origin of cretinous

From cretin + -ous.

Words formed from cretinous

Questions about cretinous

What does cretinous mean?
Cretinous means characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.
What part of speech is cretinous?
Cretinous is an adjective.

Words near cretinous in the dictionary

  1. cretinized
  2. cretinizes
  3. cretinizing
  4. cretinoid
  5. cretinoids
  6. cretinous
  7. cretinously
  8. cretins
  9. Creto-
  10. creton
  11. cretonnade

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