dumb cluck

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumb cluck
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The secret is that Spike’s know-nothing naivete encourages us to see the world through the eyes of someone who’s new to every part of it.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
  • After the know-nothing county board opts to raze the baseball diamond to make way for a school, the teams meet for one final game at their beloved Soldier’s Field, with girlfriends, kids, and local hooligans as intermittent spectators.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s something for Hallmark fans to cluck about: the channel has set the return date for The Chicken Sisters.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2025
  • Geese on the ground cluck excitedly when other birds are circling above.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2016
  • Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2016
Noun
  • And the Fed Board has done nothing to stop this 'numbskull' from hurting so many people.
    Anna Commander Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
  • This movie felt your pain and offered an appealing fantasy in which a few endearing numbskulls could somehow get their act together and stun the world.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Back in 1848, being called a goose was like being called a dunderhead.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
  • Back in 1848, being called a goose was like being called a dunderhead.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • Participants will use dip and seine nets for hands-on discovery.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025
  • The dip in ready-to-wear and silks growth is largely tied to fewer accessories purchases, not core runway pieces.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • The president himself is a compulsive liar and foreign policy ignoramus.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • And finally, there is Remy (Guillaume Cyr), a well-meaning security guard at the Quebec Maple Association who is a bit of an ignoramus.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Dumb cluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumb%20cluck. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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