Word Finder - idiot

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A person of low general intelligence.

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A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

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A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

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Idiotic, stupid

Xander shifted between her and Jonny, not trusting the idiot Black God.

He was an idiot to fall for Lilith.

The ads are to be fronted by Michael Winner, but this time as a bumbling idiot.

Idiot! shouted Pierre, abusing his coachman--a thing he rarely did.

What idiot would take sheaves of corn into a burning barn?

I may be an idiot, but I'm not po-faced.

Clara must think she was an idiot.

She was such an idiot!

Or do you think me the ignorant idiot Jenn did?

Since it's not very chivalrous to keep referring to him as an Idiot, ASK IDIOT ABOUT HIMSELF.

An arch criminal named The Vampire uses a drug to turn a woman into a mindless idiot.

You're just moving money around you bloody idiot.

Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise?

And if it's just idiotic, then it never hurts to behave better than an idiot.

Cross-pollination of crops is a very real problem - only a corporate lackey or complete idiot would deny this.

Probably the same idiot who turned me in for having the roosters.

What an idiot I would be to make chattel slaves of them.

Would be 5 stars but the simple push-button switch is not idiot proof.

It exposes ' American Idiot ' as nothing more than the third-rate version of ' Suspect Device ' that it is.

Is there any dangerous lunatic or idiot in the Workhouse?

Alongside his idiot sidekick, Ludicrous, he returns again and again to challenge the hero, and always fails.

She is the co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Person-to-Person Lending.

Whether you're spring cleaning or simply looking for good environmentally-friendly cleaning practices, Mary Findley, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Cleaning, can help.

If he totally ignores you and acts like a jerk around you, then he's an idiot, and let it go.

LoveToKnow Teens editor Charlotte Gerber interviewed Susan Ireland, author of the Complete Idiot's Guide to Cool Jobs for Teens.

Susan Ireland is the author of three Complete Idiot's Guides.

However, according to Mark Reinfeld, co-author of the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw, it isn't as difficult as you might think.

To learn more, check out The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw written by Mark with his co-authors, Bo Rinaldi and Jennifer Murray.

Basketcase - Once you've got American Idiot under your belt, this song is a natural next step.

A good amount of Green Day songs - like American Idiot - involve a lot of repetition, so if you are having trouble with a particular pattern, it might come up again in the song.

Hodge is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Bass Guitar, but his resume doesn't stop there.

If so, check out his book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Bass Guitar.

He was crawling on the ground in the center of the road trying to be stealthful, but he's only managing to look like an idiot.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Dating and Relating - This book contains basic information as you would expect from the title.

Greeting - Besides the generic "Dear John" or "Dear Jane," you might decide to employ a sarcastic greeting like, "Dear Loser" or "Hey Idiot."

Eventually it became evident that the label was largely incorrect because the word idiot was used in scientific communities to reference people with an IQ of 20 or lower.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Natural Soaps provides an easy-to-follow introduction to the process of creating your own soaps using natural ingredients like fresh goat's milk and essential oils.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Soap Making covers melt and pour soap making, cold process soap making, hot process soap making, and how to create your own liquid soaps.

In our book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Natural Soap, we tell you how to make your own wooden soap mold for just a few dollars.

Interested in learning more about the "Idiot Proof Diet"?

The basic premise of The Idiot Proof Diet focuses on varying what you eat and when.

The vampire slunk back into the shadows, pulling his idiot companion along.

Children who display savant syndrome have traditionally been referred to as idiot, retarded, or autistic savants.

The negative connotations of the term "idiot" have led to the disuse of idiot savant.

Avoid the obvious - As in the "Looks like rain!" example above, stating the obvious is not sweet - it implies that either you or the person you're talking to is an idiot.

In the 19th century, savants were called idiot savants because the French terms idiot meant unlearned and savant meant skill.

In the 20th century, the term idiot also became offensive and was eventually replaced by the general term savant, or in cases of autism, autistic savant.

What does idiot savant mean and how does it relate to the autism spectrum of disorders?

At the time, the term "idiot" was objective, but Down himself suggested that it be replaced with "feeble-minded" because the term was becoming a reproachful designation.

The word "idiot" was used in clinical descriptions during Down's lifetime.