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dogmatic

[dog·mat·ic] inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

Featured on April 3, 2025.
supercilious
[su·per·cil·i·ous] behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
Featured on April 2, 2025.
nebbish
[neb·bish] a person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive.
Featured on April 1, 2025. 
pedantic
[pe·dan·ticof or like a pedant; precise, exact
Featured on March 31, 2025. 
mendacious

[men·da·cious] not telling the truth; lying.

Featured on March 27, 2025
mooncalf
[MOON-kaff]  a person who lacks good sense or judgment
Featured on March 26, 2025.
jackanapes
[jack·a·napesan impudent or conceited fellow
Featured on March 25, 2025.
saturnine

[sat·ur·nine] (of a person or their manner) slow and gloomy.

Featured on March 24, 2025. 
poltroon
[pol·troon] an utter coward.
Featured on March 20, 2025. 
jobation
 a long, tedious rebuke or scolding
Featured on March 19, 2025
puzzlewit
A stupid person
Featured on March 18, 2025
sardonic
[saar·daa·nuhkdisdainfully or skeptically humorous; derisively mocking.
Featured on March 13, 2025
obtuse

[ob·tuse] annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

Featured on March 12, 2025
callow
[callow] (of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
Featured on March 6, 2025
odious
[odious] extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
mugwump
[mug·wump] a person who remains aloof or independent, especially from party politics.
waspish

[wasp·ish] readily expressing anger or irritation.

Featured on March 3, 2025
philistine

a person who is narrow-minded, hostile to or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, and aesthetic refinement, often characterized by a materialistic worldview

Featured on February 26, 2024
saturnine

[sat·ur·nine] (of a person or their manner) slow and gloomy.

Featured on February 25, 2024
bovine
(of a person) slow-moving and dull-witted.
Featured on February 24, 2024
puzzlewit
A stupid person
Featured on February 20, 2024
querulous

[quer·u·lous] complaining in a petulant or whining manner.

Featured on February 19, 2025.
palter

[pal·ter] equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech.

Featured on February 18, 2025.
vexatious

[vex·a·tious] causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.

Featured on February 13, 2025.
invidious

[in·vid·i·ous] (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others.

Featured on February 12, 2025.