cretin
noun
(no longer in technical use) a person with cretinism.
cretins
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pluralof cretin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Pragmatic, good-hearted Ava is the film’s moral center, the one disgusted enough to realize that she, her friends and Southport’s leadership are all cretins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
You start to believe that Daniel may be right, that the universe is organized to reward amoral, shallow cretins like him.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2013
Watching them come up with the campaigns, pitching their very souls to cretins, is the pleasure last season kept holding out to the viewers, then pulling back for yet more office drama and unsatisfying death.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
In my opinion, only cretins celebrate their failures.
From Inc ● Sep. 5, 2012
If she did end up covering her face, it would be like saying to the world You cretins and peasants are only permitted to see my eyes.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
