moron (B2)
noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːrɒn/
Definition
A person who behaves in a very stupid or foolish way.
Examples
I felt like a complete moron when I realized I had been holding my phone the whole time I was searching for it.
Only a total moron would leave their keys inside a locked car on a freezing winter night.
Stop acting like a moron and listen to the instructions before you break something else.
How to Use moron
- act like a moron (collocation)
- behaving in a stupid manner — "He tends to act like a moron whenever he is around his friends."
- a total moron (collocation)
- an emphatic way to describe someone very stupid — "She realized her ex-boyfriend was a total moron after he forgot their anniversary for the third time."
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