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Meanings of retard in English
Synonyms
Examples for "idiot"
Examples for "idiot"
1
The hilarious energy in this idiot attitude gave Turnbull another sick turn.
2
Using the search feature to locate businesses is idiot-simple and surprisingly fast.
3
The idiot fell upon the grass with a sort of gobbling cry.
4
The little idiot is posing as the object of an unhappy affection.
5
And what a blithering idiot they have in me to deal with.
1
Godoy reigned in Spain under the name of the imbecile Charles IV.
2
At the end of it is the imbecile death of the nation.
3
It is only the imbecile who does not succeed in doing so.
4
The imbecile baron then got out; his shoulder was out of joint.
5
The mother almost became an imbecile after the birth of the monster.
1
I'm using my right to free speech to call you a moron.
2
Others called me a moron and accused me of betraying my gender.
3
If a moron can't learn maybe we shouldn't start anything with him.
4
It's not our fault if the moron misinterpreted reference to Jurmain's citizenship.
5
The moron acolytes are actually welcoming them, and doing as they're told.
1
I'd never thought of the changeling story as a story of belonging.
2
Nor need you fear that it will mark any abnormality or changeling.
3
Vivian may not be a changeling, but she is definitely a challenge.
4
That's what turned Temple Bar into the boisterous changeling it is today.
5
I'd say he was a changeling, if I hadn't had him checked.
1
Good, then, that the cretin should lead him to his own goal.
2
I was once called a cretin on live radio, writes Shane Hegarty.
3
Some cretin psychoanalyst would attempt to comprehend the singularity of his worldview.
4
Even the cretin acted in good faith according to his parts.
5
At seventeen months the child presented the typical appearance of a sporadic cretin.
1
Johannes Aspair II devoted himself to his work and his half-wit brother.
2
Beside being a half-wit he had something the matter with his legs.
3
The sailor looked at the half-elf as if he were a half-wit.
4
I been putting this Bull Hunter down for a half-wit, pretty near.
5
But Timothy is but a half-wit; and he has a wife and children.
Usage of retard in English
1
However, it remains unclear whether circadian enhancement can retard aging in mammals.
2
Nothing can retard the growth of America in material wealth and glory.
3
On the other hand, there are conditions which retard the natural arrest.
4
On you it devolves to retard the day of the last dozen.
5
The plants have been kept too cool in order to retard them.
6
If we don't change the metrics, we're going to retard our journey.
7
It has always worried me that drugs retard the development of ideas.
8
The Irish character contributes something to retard the improvements of that country.
9
Other accidental circumstances have combined to retard the progress of the colony.
10
Fireproof roofings and projecting party walls also retard the spreading of conflagrations.
11
They may hasten or retard my movements a little, but not much.
12
Low temperatures, certain preservatives, and drying destroy microorganisms or retard their growth.
13
Can we hope for anything more than thus to retard the leakage?
14
However, it is uncertain whether increased TGF-beta1 expression would retard atherosclerosis.
15
The first effect of the whip is to retard the sled.
16
The possession of one may even hinder and retard the acquisition of another.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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