Cretin

Noun CEFR B1

ˈkɹɛtɪn

Definitions

A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
archaic
An idiot.
broadly, derogatory

Equivalents

Españolcretina cretino

Françaiscrétin

DeutschKretin

20 more languages

العربيةالمشوه

Bosanskikrelac kreten kretenčinaкрелац кретен кретенчина

Catalàcretí

Češtinakretén

Ελληνικάηλίθιος κρετίνος

Suomiääliö aivokääpiö älykääpiöhöynä kretiini

Hrvatskikrelac kreten kretenčinaкрелац кретен кретенчина

Italianocretino

ქართულიკრეტინი

Македонскикретен

Nederlandscretin

Polskikretyn kretynka

Portuguêscretino

Românăcretin cretină

Русскийкретин крети́нка

Српскиkrelac kreten kretenčinaкрелац кретен кретенчина

Svenskakretin

Türkçekreten

Українськакрети́н

Examples

“When I challenged the symbolism, tried to make ⟳ the professor consider ⟳ the book as a piece of realism, he regarded me as if I were an absolute cretin. He got very supercilious and condescending […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

cretinism cretinization cretinoid Cretinous cretinously Cretins

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