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Doltish vs Cretinous - What's the difference?

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Doltish is a related term of cretinous.


As adjectives the difference between doltish and cretinous

is that doltish is like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid while cretinous is characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.

doltish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
  • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltishness

    cretinous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.
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