💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Idiotize"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| stupidifyverb | (transitive, intransitive, informal) To make stupider or promote stupidity. |
| dumb | (informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid. |
| dumbifyverb | (colloquial, transitive) To make stupid; to dumb down. |
| make a fool ofverb | (transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish. |
| duncifyverb | (transitive) To make stupid in intellect. |
| foolifyverb | (obsolete, transitive) to fool, to make a fool of |
| bedumbverb | (transitive) To make or render dumb, or mute. |
| dozzlenoun | (chiefly North-country English dialectal) the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off. |
| stultifyverb | (transitive) To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting. |
| idiot-proofverb | (informal, humorous) Incapable of being misused even by the most stupid or careless of users. |
| make a fool out ofverb | (transitive) Alternative form of make a fool of. [(transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.] |
| dumbenverb | (transitive, rare) To make dumb. |
| dozenoun | A light, short sleep or nap. |
| dumb downverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending. |
| stupornoun | A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness. |
| dull | Boring; not exciting or interesting. |
| infantilizeverb | (transitive) To treat (a person) like a child. |
| beclownverb | (transitive) To make a fool of. |
| drowsenoun | An act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy. |
| stupifyverb | Alternative form of stupefy. [(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.] |
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