Edmund White

I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn't care later when I write about her.

American Novelist

Hunter S. Thompson

As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity.

American Journalist

Dav Pilkey

Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power.

American Author

Jo Brand

Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slightly clammy, beatifically smiley dullards with barely a personality between them.

British Comedian

Rob Lowe

Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard.

American Actor

Toyah Willcox

I can't live in a world of dullards. So I think on that level, I'm definitely punk.

English Musician

The word 'dullard' implies a negative view of a person's intelligence and should be used cautiously.

Negative Connotation

'Dullard' typically describes someone who noticeably lacks understanding or intelligence, more than just slow learning.

Notably Unintelligent

'Dullard' is informal and may appear rude in professional or academic contexts.

Informal Use

'Dullard' describes someone whose personality or conversation lacks excitement or interest.

Uninteresting Persona

Like intelligence, 'dullard' negatively portrays someone's personality, suggesting they are consistently boring.

'Dullard' can be hyperbolic, exaggerating someone's dullness; use it carefully to avoid misunderstanding.