Dolt
noun
A person who is not smart or does stupid things.
Don't be such a dolt, pay attention to what you're doing.
Often appears as...
- don't be a dolt
- such a dolt
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A person who is not smart or does stupid things.
Don't be such a dolt, pay attention to what you're doing.
Often appears as...
- don't be a dolt
- such a dolt
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Insult
Used in casual settings to lightly mock someone's intelligence. Not for formal use.
When Jake forgot his keys again, his brother called him a dolt.
Pro Tip 2/3Playful Teasing
Sometimes used among friends as a playful insult without serious offense.
I told my friend, 'Only a dolt would miss that movie reference!'
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Offensiveness
While offensive, 'dolt' is milder than harsher insults such as 'idiot.'
After spilling his coffee, he muttered, 'I'm such a dolt.'
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Insult
Used in casual settings to lightly mock someone's intelligence. Not for formal use.
When Jake forgot his keys again, his brother called him a dolt.
Pro Tip 2/3Playful Teasing
Sometimes used among friends as a playful insult without serious offense.
I told my friend, 'Only a dolt would miss that movie reference!'
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Offensiveness
While offensive, 'dolt' is milder than harsher insults such as 'idiot.'
After spilling his coffee, he muttered, 'I'm such a dolt.'
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Insult
Used in casual settings to lightly mock someone's intelligence. Not for formal use.
When Jake forgot his keys again, his brother called him a dolt.
Pro Tip 2/3Playful Teasing
Sometimes used among friends as a playful insult without serious offense.
I told my friend, 'Only a dolt would miss that movie reference!'
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Offensiveness
While offensive, 'dolt' is milder than harsher insults such as 'idiot.'
After spilling his coffee, he muttered, 'I'm such a dolt.'
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Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Adam McKay
American Writer
George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and we let him sail into the White House, but Barack talks about religious fundamentalism and guns being prevalent in poor areas, and we roast him for weeks?
Quote examples
Seth Rollins
American Wrestler
People just don't understand the art form of what we do. It's a mental and physical grind. You can't be a dolt in this industry. On the opposite end of that, you can be the smartest guy in the world and not understand what it is to have a presence on stage.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Somehow it's O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, 'I never learned to read,' they'd say I was an illiterate dolt.
Quote examples
Adam McKay
American Writer
George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and we let him sail into the White House, but Barack talks about religious fundamentalism and guns being prevalent in poor areas, and we roast him for weeks?
Quote examples
Seth Rollins
American Wrestler
People just don't understand the art form of what we do. It's a mental and physical grind. You can't be a dolt in this industry. On the opposite end of that, you can be the smartest guy in the world and not understand what it is to have a presence on stage.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Somehow it's O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, 'I never learned to read,' they'd say I was an illiterate dolt.
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