cretin

Meaning

1. (archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
2. (broadly, derogatory) An idiot.

Synonyms

idiot

imbecile

moron

fool

half-wit

clot

changeling

retard

pinhead

stupid

twat

twit

berk

feeb

ass

🍑

scum bag

booby

dummy

jerk

mooncalf

nincompoop

nitwit

oaf

Translations

crétin

cretino

cretino

Kretin

imbecille

κρετίνος

cretino

Idiot

idiota

cretí

idiot

imbécile

ηλίθιος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɛtɪn/

Etymology

From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), likely from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Latin christiānus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.