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mo·ron·ic

(mə-rŏn′ĭk, mô-)

adj.

1. Showing foolishness or stupidity.

2. Exhibiting mild intellectual disability. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

mo·ron′i·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.

moronic - having a mental age of between eight and twelve years

moronic

adjective idiotic, simple, foolish, mindless, thick, stupid, daft (informal), retarded, gormless (Brit. informal), brainless, cretinous, unintelligent, dimwitted (informal), asinine, imbecilic, braindead (informal), mentally defective, dumb-ass (slang), doltish, dead from the neck up (informal), halfwitted, Boeotian, muttonheaded (slang) It was wanton, moronic vandalism.

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moronic

adjective

So senseless as to be laughable:

absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.

Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy.

Slang: balmy, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky.

Translations

deficiente stupido

moronic

[məˈrɒnɪk] ADJ → imbécil

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moronic

[mɔːˈrɒnɪk] adj (= stupid) → idiot(e)

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moronic

adj (Med) → geistesschwach, debil (spec); (inf) → idiotisch (inf)

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moronic

[mɒˈrɒnɪk] adj → cretino/a, idiota, deficiente

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