I do a lot of writing. In my writing, I have to be critical of others' thoughts, ideas, and writing. This requires that I have a plethora of words at my fingertips that express disdain and contempt for others' thoughts, ideas, and writing without being a complete jerk.
<RANDOM THOUGHT>We're allowed to be "jerks", but not "complete jerks"? Fine by me.</RANDOM THOUGHT>
So, here is one of my favorite words to use: ignorant.
It's a strong sounding word, with the hard consonant "g" sound. Here is the entry at Thesaurus.com telling me other words that mean the same thing as "ignorant" (except that we know the words don't REALLY mean the same thing, (See my post on Semantics):
Main Entry: ignorant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unaware, unknowing
Synonyms: apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless
Notes: stupid refers to lack of ability while ignorant refers to lack of knowledge
Antonyms: aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise
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