dotard
Feeble old person
A dotard is a person in mental decline due to old age—someone whose faculties have weakened, who has become foolish or senile.
The word is old-fashioned and literary, carrying a tone of contempt: The king had become a dotard, easily manipulated by his advisors.
It briefly surged in modern usage after appearing in international political rhetoric.
Informal term for old man
- codgerCrusty elderly man
- cootLobed-foot marsh bird
- fogeyPerson stuck in past
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
relic · curmudgeon · has-been · dullard · imbecile · simpleton · buffoon · nincompoop
Failing to retain information
- confusedUnable to understand
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- incoherentLacking logical connection
muddled · befuddled · disoriented · doddering · feebleminded · absentminded · foggy · gaga
geezer
Informal term for old man
fossil · relic · curmudgeon · has-been · dullard · imbecile · simpleton · buffoon · nincompoop · nitwit
forgetful
Failing to retain information
- confusedUnable to understand
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
incoherent · muddled · befuddled · disoriented · doddering · feebleminded · absentminded · foggy · gaga · senility
infirm
Weak in body
weakened · tottering · shuffling · trembling · withered · shaky · fading · deteriorating · declining · incapacitated
mockery
Scornful ridicule or travesty
derision · belittle · disparage · sneer · taunt · jeer · dismiss · patronize · condescension · ageism
dotardyouth
State of being immature
youngster · child · infant · young person · stripling
dotarddynamo
Motion-to-electricity converter
live wire · ball of fire · go-getter · young blood · firebrand