cretin
(no longer in technical use) a person with cretinism.
Informal. a very stupid or contemptible person.
Origin of cretin
1Other words from cretin
- cre·ti·noid, adjective
- cre·tin·ous, adjective
- sem·i·cre·tin, noun
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How to use cretin in a sentence
Both films quite seriously question and call out the cretinous conception of "black masculinity" pushed in the idiom.
One editor at National Review—a friend of 30 years—emailed me that he thought my opinions “cretinous.”
Of these cretinous calumnies, there were hundreds afloat for years on end.
Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume II (of 2) | Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
British Dictionary definitions for cretin
/ (ˈkrɛtɪn) /
old-fashioned a person afflicted with cretinism
offensive a person considered to be extremely stupid
Origin of cretin
1Derived forms of cretin
- cretinoid, adjective
- cretinous, adjective
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