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单词 schlemiels
释义

schlemiel

noun

schle·​miel shlə-ˈmēl How to pronounce schlemiel (audio)
variants or less commonly shlemiel
: an unlucky bungler : chump

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Superman was the ultimate hero, but Clark Kent was a schlemiel. David Mamet, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022 Like Woyzeck himself, Heather Chrisler's Helen hovers between antihero and schlemiel. Chicago Reader, 23 Aug. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish shlemil

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

schlemiels

noun

variants also shlemiels
plural of schlemiel
as in losers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • intellectuals
  • sages
  • thinkers
  • geniuses
  • brains
  • genii
  • wizards
  • brainiacs
  • whizzes
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