Cretin
noun
A person who acts stupid or annoying.
She thought her coworkers were a bunch of cretins.
Often appears as...
- annoying cretin
- stupid cretin
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person with cretinism.
Cretin is an old term for someone with a type of mental disability caused by a medical condition.
Often appears as...
- diagnosed with cretinism
- suffered from cretinism
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Medical
noun
A person who acts stupid or annoying.
She thought her coworkers were a bunch of cretins.
Often appears as...
- annoying cretin
- stupid cretin
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person with cretinism.
Cretin is an old term for someone with a type of mental disability caused by a medical condition.
Often appears as...
- diagnosed with cretinism
- suffered from cretinism
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Medical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Offensive Term
Cretin is considered derogatory and shouldn't be used lightly.
Calling someone a cretin can be very hurtful.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Usage
Used informally among friends but could be disrespectful if misunderstood.
He joked about being a cretin after forgetting her birthday.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Implies a strong disapproval or frustration towards others' behavior.
Don't be a cretin, follow the instructions carefully.
Pro Tip 1/3Offensive Term
Cretin is considered derogatory and shouldn't be used lightly.
Calling someone a cretin can be very hurtful.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Usage
Used informally among friends but could be disrespectful if misunderstood.
He joked about being a cretin after forgetting her birthday.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Implies a strong disapproval or frustration towards others' behavior.
Don't be a cretin, follow the instructions carefully.
Pro Tip 1/3Offensive Term
Cretin is considered derogatory and shouldn't be used lightly.
Calling someone a cretin can be very hurtful.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Usage
Used informally among friends but could be disrespectful if misunderstood.
He joked about being a cretin after forgetting her birthday.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Implies a strong disapproval or frustration towards others' behavior.
Don't be a cretin, follow the instructions carefully.
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Video examples
The economic injustice...
And then you look at your colleague and say, "Why, you cretin! You put yours in the white bin." And we use that as a moral tickle. We feel so good about ourselves. If we -- well, OK, I'm just ... me. Not you, but I feel this way often.
Video examples
The economic injustice...
And then you look at your colleague and say, "Why, you cretin! You put yours in the white bin." And we use that as a moral tickle. We feel so good about ourselves. If we -- well, OK, I'm just ... me. Not you, but I feel this way often.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Tom Shales
American Writer
Larry King's show got to be an increasingly lonely outpost of humane civility in a mephitic menagerie of hotheads, saber rattlers, cretins and crackpots.
Quote examples
Jamie Dornan
Irish Actor
It's a strange environment, being hounded. The paparazzi are cretins.
Quote examples
Tom Shales
American Writer
Larry King's show got to be an increasingly lonely outpost of humane civility in a mephitic menagerie of hotheads, saber rattlers, cretins and crackpots.
Quote examples
Jamie Dornan
Irish Actor
It's a strange environment, being hounded. The paparazzi are cretins.
Example 1 of 2
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