moronic

mo·ro·nic
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UK/mɔːˈɹɒnɪk/US/mɔɹˈɑnɪk/

adjective

Having a mental age of between seven and twelve years.

“moronic behavior”

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retarded
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Meanings

adjectivemoronic (comparative more moronic, superlative most moronic)

comparative more moronic · superlative most moronic

  1. datedmedicineHaving a mental age of between seven and twelve years.
  2. informalBehaving in the manner of a moron; idiotic; stupid.

    moronic behavior

    2 more examples

    After school, everybody wanted to see Michael and me do the moronic stunts that Pottymouth and Stoopid did on their TV show—especially the one where the cartoon Stoopid dunked a basketball without letting go of the ball.

    2017, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, Pottymouth and Stoopid, pages 180-181

    Excessive contrarianism against the liberal establishment has also resulted in slopulism spiralling off into the most moronic of conspiracy theories.

    2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a mental age of between eight and twelve years

Similar
retarded
Also see
cretinousdumbretardedstupid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From moron + -ic.

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Translations

Ancient Greek βεβρός
  • βεβρός (bebrós)behaving in the manner of a moron
Dutch achterlijk, debiel
  • achterlijkbehaving in the manner of a moron
  • debielbehaving in the manner of a moron
  • imbecielbehaving in the manner of a moron
  • zwakzinnigbehaving in the manner of a moron
  • idiootbehaving in the manner of a moron
German geistig zurückgeblieben, schwachsinnig
  • geistig zurückgebliebenhaving a mental age
  • schwachsinnigbehaving in the manner of a moron
  • debilbehaving in the manner of a moron
  • bescheuertbehaving in the manner of a moron
  • idiotischbehaving in the manner of a moron
Spanish morón
  • morónbehaving in the manner of a moron
Swedish efterbliven, debil
  • efterblivenhaving a mental age
  • debilhaving a mental age
  • sinnesslöhaving a mental age

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with moronic

electronicchronicsonicharmonicmonophonicionicironicultrasonictonicmasonicsymphonicsupersoniciconicdemoniccolonicmnemonicbionicplatonicmonotonichydroponichadronicplanktonicphoniccarbonic
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Anagrams

omicrononcomir
Cite this entry
APA

moronic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moronic

MLA

“moronic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moronic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moronic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moronic.

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