Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

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misanthrope

[ mis-uh n-throhp ] a hater of humankind.

Featured on January 21, 2020.

balderdash

[ bawl-der-dash ] senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense.

Featured on January 16, 2020.

flummox

[ fluhm-uh ks ] to bewilder; confound; confuse.

Featured on January 15, 2020.

churlish

[chur-lish] like a churl; boorish; rude:

Featured on January 14, 2020.

noddy

[ nod-ee ] a fool or simpleton; noodle.

Featured on January 13, 2019

buffoon

[buh-foon] a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown.

Featured on January 9th, 2019

pettifogger

[ pet-ee-fog, -fawg ] to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.

Featured on January 8th, 2019

caterwaul

[ kat-er-wawl ] to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.

Featured on January 7th, 2019

obsequious

[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs ] servilely compliant or deferential.

Featured on January 6th, 2020.

blatherskite

[BLAA-thur-skite] A person who blathers on and spouts nonsense

Featured on December 31st, 2019

philistine

[ fil-uh-steen ] a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.

Featured on December 30, 2019

coxcomb

[ koks-kohm ] a conceited, foolish dandy; pretentious fop.

Featured on December 19th, 2019

codswallop

[kodz-wol-uh p] nonsense; rubbish.

Featured on December 18, 2019

popinjay

[pop-in-jey] a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.

Featured on December 12th, 2019

obsequious

[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs ] servilely compliant or deferential.

Featured on December 11th, 2019

bilge

[ bilj ] nonsense; rubbish.

Featured on December 10th, 2019

besmirch

[ bih-smurch ] to detract from the honor or luster of.

Featured on December 09, 2019

blooter

Blooter - A blabber, a bumbling idiot, a fool.

Featured on December 05, 2019

miscreant

[ mis-kree-uh nt ] depraved, villainous, or base.

Featured on December 04, 2019

supercilious

[ soo-per-sil-ee-uhs ] haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Featured on December 03, 2019

obtuse

[ uhb-toos ] not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.

Featured on December 02, 2019

pedantic

[ puh-dan-tik ] overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

Featured on November 25, 2019

jackanapes

[jak-uh-neyps] an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.

Featured on November 21, 2019

pawky

[ paw-kee ] Cunning. Sly.

Featured on November 20th, 2019

sniffish

[ snif-ish ] haughtily disdainful; contemptuous.

Featured on November 19th, 2019