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Definition. Did you know? Synonyms. Example Sentences. Word History. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. cretin. noun. cre· tin ˈkrē-tᵊn. Synonyms of cretin. 1. often offensive : one afflicted with cretinism. 2. informal : a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person : clod, lout.
offensive uk / ˈkret.ɪn / us / ˈkriː.t̬ ə n /. an offensive word for a person who is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant. Synonyms. half-wit disapproving. idiot. imbecile. moron informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly people.
/ˈkritn/ /ˈkrɛtɪn/ IPA guide. Other forms: cretins. The English language has no shortage of cruel names for people, and one of them is cretin, which is what you’d call someone who is very, very dumb in the head. Back before cretin meant “a stupid person,” it was a medical term for a physical deformity that came from a specific disease.
noun. (no longer in technical use) a person with cretinism. Informal. a very stupid or contemptible person. cretin. / ˈkrɛtɪn / noun. old-fashioned. a person afflicted with cretinism. offensive. a person considered to be extremely stupid. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈcretinˌoid, adjective. ˈcretinous, adjective. Discover More. Other Words From.
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From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), likely from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Latin christiānus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛtɪn/(US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːtɪn/, /ˈkɹɛtɪn/Rhymes: -ɛtɪn, (US) -iːtɪnHomophone: Cretan (one pronunciation)cretin (plural cretins) 1. (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779] 2. (by extension, derogatory) An idiot. 2.1. 1969, Irving Wallace, The Seven Minutes: 2.1.1. When I challenged the symbolism, tried to make the professor consider the book as a piece of realism, he regarded me...
Cretinism on Wikipedia.WikipediaCategory:Category:Cretinism on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commonsn. 1. (Pathology) old-fashioned a person afflicted with cretinism. 2. offensive a person considered to be extremely stupid. [C18: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin, from Latin Chrīstiānus Christian, alluding to the humanity of such people, despite their handicaps] ˈcretinˌoid adj. ˈcretinous adj.
cretin. noun. /ˈkretɪn/ /ˈkriːtn/ (informal, offensive) an offensive way to refer to person who you think is very stupid. What cretin did that? Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
