muttonhead

Dim-witted fool

A muttonhead is a stupid person—someone with a head as useful for thinking as a sheep's.

The word is old-fashioned and mild, more likely found in period fiction than contemporary insult: Don't be such a muttonhead.

fool

blockhead

Stupid, foolish person

dolt · numbskull · nitwit · simpleton · dunderhead · knucklehead · thickhead · lunkhead · chowderhead · airhead

insult

idiot

Foolish, senseless person

clot · boob · goofball · lump · dullard · doofus · numpty · nit · fool · ass

stubbornness

bullheaded

Stubbornly refusing to yield

obstinate · stubborn · headstrong · willful · intransigent · obdurate · unyielding · inflexible · unbending · thick-skulled

archaism

old-fashioned

Belonging to earlier times

  • datedOld-fashioned or courted
  • quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
  • vintageQuality from past eras

Victorian · Dickensian · antiquated · outmoded · fusty · musty

Categories
Opposites
intelligence/mental capacity

muttonheadgenius

Person of rare brilliance

mastermind · brainiac · intellectual · whiz · brain

Family

muttonheaded, muttonheads

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G