dumb clucks
Not very bright
Dumb clucks are foolish or stupid people.
The phrase treats someone as a witless chicken—cluck being an informal word for a hen.
It's mildly insulting but often affectionate or self-deprecating: We were just a bunch of dumb clucks who didn't know any better.
Stupid or obstinate people
- dimwitsFoolish, unintelligent people
- doltsSlow-witted people
- duncesSlow-witted people
- nitwitsFoolish, silly people
numbskulls · boneheads · bozos · chuckleheads · dipsticks · doofuses · dunderheads · halfwits
Scornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
belittlement · disparagement · dismissiveness · condescension · patronizing · disdain · sarcasm · taunting
Ease of being deceived
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- simplemindednessLack of mental depth
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
stupidity · denseness · witlessness · doltishness · thick-headedness · slow-wittedness · obtuseness · vacuousness
blockheads
Stupid or obstinate people
nitwits · numbskulls · boneheads · bozos · chuckleheads · dipsticks · doofuses · dunderheads · halfwits · knuckleheads
mockery
Scornful ridicule or travesty
sneering · belittlement · disparagement · dismissiveness · condescension · patronizing · disdain · sarcasm · taunting · jeering
gullibility
Ease of being deceived
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- simplemindednessLack of mental depth
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
obliviousness · stupidity · denseness · witlessness · doltishness · thick-headedness · slow-wittedness · obtuseness · vacuousness · dim-wittedness
dumb clucksgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
brainiacs · intellectuals · whiz kids · masterminds · smart cookies
dumb cluckscream of the crop
The very best
top dogs · movers and shakers · big shots · hotshots · leading lights
dumb cluckswise guys
Irreverent mockers
sophisticates · smooth operators · sharp cookies · operators
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