muttonheads
Thick-skulled simpletons
Muttonheads is the plural of muttonhead—a stupid person.
The insult compares someone's intelligence to that of a sheep.
The word is old-fashioned and mild, more likely to appear in period fiction than modern speech: Those muttonheads couldn't find their way out of a paper bag.
Idiots or deceives
- dimwitsFoolish, unintelligent people
- doltsSlow-witted people
- duncesSlow-witted people
- blockheadsStupid or obstinate people
boneheads · numbskulls · knuckleheads · morons · nincompoops · simpletons · dunderheads · lunkheads
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
inflexible · unyielding · hardheaded · stubborn · willful · intransigent · unbending · immovable
Animals gathered together
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- woolly-headedMentally vague, unfocused
- herdGrazing animals together
- ovineOf or like sheep
Belonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- VictorianOf a prim era
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
bygone · vintage · nineteenth-century · literary · Dickensian
fools
Idiots or deceives
blockheads · boneheads · numbskulls · knuckleheads · morons · nincompoops · simpletons · dunderheads · lunkheads · nitwits
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
pigheaded · inflexible · unyielding · hardheaded · stubborn · willful · intransigent · unbending · immovable · dogged
flock
Animals gathered together
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- woolly-headedMentally vague, unfocused
- herdGrazing animals together
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- VictorianOf a prim era
quaint · bygone · vintage · nineteenth-century · literary · Dickensian
muttonheadsgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
intellectuals · scholars · brainiacs · masterminds · sages
muttonheadssages
Profoundly learned people
wise men · oracles · philosophers · cognoscenti · sophisticates