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单词 birdbrains
释义

birdbrain

noun

bird·​brain ˈbərd-ˌbrān How to pronounce birdbrain (audio)
1
: a stupid person
2
: scatterbrain
birdbrained
ˈbərd-ˌbrānd How to pronounce birdbrain (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • cuckoo
  • ditz
  • featherbrain
  • featherhead
  • flibbertigibbet
  • nitwit
  • rattlebrain
  • scatterbrain
  • softhead
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Example Sentences

Her brother's a real birdbrain. those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along
Recent Examples on the Web Some cowardly birdbrain dropping Ku Klux Klan fliers in a quiet, suburban neighborhood may not be earth-shattering news. Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2018 Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs. National Geographic, 15 May 2016 Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs. National Geographic, 15 May 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

birdbrains

noun

plural of birdbrain
1
as in geese
a silly flighty person those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • geese
  • scatterbrains
  • cuckoos
  • sillies
  • fools
  • nitwits
  • ditzes
  • softheads
  • flibbertigibbets
  • featherheads
  • simpletons
  • featherbrains
  • rattlebrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sobersides
2
as in morons
a stupid person some birdbrain left the water running

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • morons
  • idiots
  • geese
  • stupids
  • dummies
  • lunatics
  • numskulls
  • losers
  • donkeys
  • fools
  • prats
  • boneheads
  • dolts
  • blockheads
  • turkeys
  • nincompoops
  • imbeciles
  • knuckleheads
  • lunkheads
  • dopes
  • cretins
  • hardheads
  • dullards
  • stupes
  • mutts
  • pinheads
  • dimwits
  • ganders
  • ninnies
  • loons
  • dunderheads
  • bubbleheads
  • nitwits
  • naturals
  • dunces
  • ignoramuses
  • meatheads
  • simpletons
  • deadheads
  • airheads
  • yahoos
  • chuckleheads
  • sapheads
  • nimrods
  • fatheads
  • noddies
  • loggerheads
  • jackasses
  • oafs
  • clucks
  • numbskulls
  • schnooks
  • chowderheads
  • clowns
  • dumbheads
  • goons
  • nuts
  • golems
  • dorks
  • dim bulbs
  • hammerheads
  • dodos
  • cuddies
  • jerks
  • woodenheads
  • goofs
  • noodles
  • dum-dums
  • momes
  • doofuses
  • schlubs
  • ratbags
  • ignorami
  • know-nothings
  • dumbbells
  • dufuses
  • skunks
  • lamebrains
  • dummkopfs
  • stocks
  • half-wits
  • dips
  • skunk
  • clodpoles
  • shlubs
  • thickheads
  • villains
  • ninnyhammers
  • clunks
  • dumb clucks
  • buffoons
  • lumps
  • clodpolls
  • loonies
  • snakes
  • clots
  • zanies
  • madmen
  • boobies
  • nits
  • yo-yos
  • dodoes
  • mugs
  • scatterbrains
  • gawks
  • beasts
  • creeps
  • cads
  • heels
  • churls
  • boors
  • stinkers
  • curs
  • featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • brains
  • genii
  • intellectuals
  • thinkers
  • geniuses
  • sages
  • intellects
  • wizards
  • whizzes
  • polymaths
  • sharpies
  • Renaissance men
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