Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to cretinism or to a cretin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the characteristics of a cretin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characteristic of a
cretin ; verystupid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective afflicted with cretinism
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Examples
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Mr. McBride, on the other hand, is fast wearing out his welcome with a character type who, with a deep-fried accent and a pudd'nhead, could be called the cretinous cracker.
NYT > Home Page By MANOHLA DARGIS 2011
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I believe that all religions should be objects of ridicule until they repudiate in no uncertain terms the cretinous pissheads that claim religious justification for the slaughter and persecution we see around us.
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I believe that all religions should be objects of ridicule until they repudiate in no uncertain terms the cretinous pissheads that claim religious justification for the slaughter and persecution we see around us.
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I believe that all religions should be objects of ridicule until they repudiate in no uncertain terms the cretinous pissheads that claim religious justification for the slaughter and persecution we see around us.
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I left Legion still amazed that two people working together could create this kind of cretinous half-baked drivel.
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What kind of cretinous text-messaging, law-breaking morons are we, anyway?
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He responded testily to questions about WikiLeaks's opaque finances, Private Manning's fate and WikiLeaks's apparent lack of accountability to anybody but himself, calling the questions "cretinous," "facile" and reminiscent of "kindergarten."
NYT > Home Page By JOHN F. BURNS 2010
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He responded testily to questions about WikiLeaks's opaque finances, Private Manning's fate and WikiLeaks's apparent lack of accountability to anybody but himself, calling the questions "cretinous," "facile" and reminiscent of "kindergarten."
NYT > Home Page By JOHN F. BURNS 2010
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He responded testily to questions about WikiLeaks's opaque finances, Private Manning's fate and WikiLeaks's apparent lack of accountability to anybody but himself, calling the questions "cretinous," "facile" and reminiscent of "kindergarten."
NYT > Home Page By JOHN F. BURNS 2010
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He responded testily to questions about WikiLeaks's opaque finances, Private Manning's fate and WikiLeaks's apparent lack of accountability to anybody but himself, calling the questions "cretinous," "facile" and reminiscent of "kindergarten."
NYT > Home Page By JOHN F. BURNS 2010
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