dotards
Feeble-minded old ones
Dotards is the plural of dotard, an old-fashioned and insulting term for someone in mental decline due to old age—a senile person.
The word implies feebleness of mind, not just body: The king had become a dotard, manipulated by his advisors.
It gained brief modern currency in 2017 when North Korea's state media called an American president a dotard.
Mentally impaired by age
- foolishLacking good sense
- feeble-mindedWeak in intellect
- dodderingInfirm from old age
- decrepitWorn by age
imbecile · simpleton · idiot · incompetent · buffoon · mockery · ridicule · contempt
Chronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
befuddlement · addled · muddled · rambling · incoherent · wandering
Old and outdated
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
- literaryOf written works
Process of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- decrepitudeWornness from age
- enfeeblementState of growing weak
infirmity · frailty · wasting · atrophy · fading · withering · weakness · feebleness
senile
Mentally impaired by age
- foolishLacking good sense
- feeble-mindedWeak in intellect
- dodderingInfirm from old age
decrepit · imbecile · simpleton · idiot · incompetent · buffoon · mockery · ridicule · contempt · disdain
dementia
Chronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
disorientation · befuddlement · addled · muddled · rambling · incoherent · wandering
antiquated
Old and outdated
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- decrepitudeWornness from age
enfeeblement · infirmity · frailty · wasting · atrophy · fading · withering · weakness · feebleness · debility
dotardssages
Profoundly learned people
wise men · elders · savants · oracles · philosophers
dotardsyouths
Persons not yet adult
youngsters · whippersnappers · striplings · spring chickens · sprouts