dolt

Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

But the finest wigs and tattoos can only take the audience so far in viewing Lee, a man dripping with sleaze, as a short-fused dolt who is honestly and obviously in love with his wife.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022

There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021

In the NFL, there is a fine line between being considered a genius and a dolt.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020

I rode home, calling myself a dolt but rejoicing nonetheless.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

But naturally the actors are not portraying them in the guise of the movie’s endearing dolts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

The wives’ decision to journey to Lourdes is met with great resistance by their husbands, all of whom are portrayed as clueless dolts.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Well, these dolts are almost certainly going to get their wish: it’s hard to imagine that the SEC continues with just eight conference games once Texas and Oklahoma enter the fold.

From Fox News ● Aug. 12, 2021

Eager and lonely, he is all too aware that he’s reliant on the other three dolts to succeed and meet the award’s requirements of “teamwork, foraging and orienteering.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2020

Never before had I seen my family as such half-wits, such hayseeds, such dolts.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly