Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish.
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- adjective Like a
dolt ;dull inintellect ;stupid ;blockish ; as, a doltish clown.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective heavy and dull and stupid
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Examples
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Still, I was sure that the obvious brilliance of his performances, which 'slayed' Randy, and 'killed' Stephen, and made the often plastic Jennifer Lopez into a deeply feeling woman, would overcome the doltish attitudes of young Americans.
Gwen Davis: Dr. Strangeidol, or How I Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Bomb Gwen Davis 2011
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An A-Team made up of the kind of people who say, "Don't get me started about the education system" -- an A-Team comprised of power-thinkers who have the intellectual "cred" and pedagogical "chops" necessary to take the doltish Tweed chimps to school.
Michele Somerville: The NYC DOE Needs an A-Team Michele Somerville 2011
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He stands there, as he usually does, with his doltish smirk lighting up his face, until he sees someone he knows, at which time he goes over, pokes them a couple of times with an obscene nickname, snickers and runs off to hide in the brush.
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Still, I was sure that the obvious brilliance of his performances, which 'slayed' Randy, and 'killed' Stephen, and made the often plastic Jennifer Lopez into a deeply feeling woman, would overcome the doltish attitudes of young Americans.
Gwen Davis: Dr. Strangeidol, or How I Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Bomb Gwen Davis 2011
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For whatever reason, he continued in his doltish behaviour.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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Beck, along with his doltish fans (and ALL republiscum, conservatards and teabaggers) HATE America and want America to fail.
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Most of all, I like that she's not just another doltish Tweed chimp.
Michele Somerville: When 'Failing' Schools Close and Whiter, Brighter Schools Open Michele Somerville 2011
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Bingham is looking for a ringer and settles on the doltish new assistant at his club, Deeker's Justin.
Theater review: 'Fox on the Fairway' at Signature Theatre Peter Marks 2010
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Most of all, I like that she's not just another doltish Tweed chimp.
Michele Somerville: When 'Failing' Schools Close and Whiter, Brighter Schools Open Michele Somerville 2011
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The UK show stars David Cross as a doltish American sent to London to head up the promotions for an energy drink.
yarb commented on the word doltish
"Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!"
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 36
July 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word doltish
That is the *perfect* quote for me to spew when I'm trying to do something and my partner's standing there watching me.
July 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the word doltish
Usage question: Are you actually supposed to remove the eye from its socket?
July 25, 2008
yarb commented on the word doltish
Yes, using a blunt spoon.
July 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word doltish
... Maybe I won't say this to my partner after all.
Wait! It says "take off thine eye," not "take out thine eye." No?
July 26, 2008
reesetee commented on the word doltish
Right. Well in that case, maybe just removing the cornea would do.
July 29, 2008