different between smartass vs dumbass

English

Alternative forms

• smart ass
• smart arse (UK, AU, NZ)

Pronunciation

Noun

smartass (plural smartasses)

1. (slang) One who is particularly insolent, who tends to make snide remarks or jokes.

   Lots of luck, smartass.

Synonyms

• smart aleck
• smart-aleck
• smart alec
• smart-alec

Translations

Adjective

smartass (not comparable)

1. (slang) Related to or characteristic of a smartass.

   I have had quite enough of your smartass remarks.

Translations

Verb

smartass (third-person singular simple present smartasses, present participle smartassing, simple past and past participle smartassed)

1. (slang) To talk like a smartass, with a lot of snide remarks.
   • 2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough: A Memoir

     I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.

English

Etymology

dumb +? ass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m.æs/

Noun

dumbass (plural dumbasses)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) A stupid or foolish person.

   The dumbass walked off with my car keys and left me hers.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fool

Translations

Adjective

dumbass (comparative more dumbass or dumberass, superlative most dumbass or dumbestass)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) Stupid, foolish.

   That dumbass driver ruined my car!

   • 2015, Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, All American Boys, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     I zipped my coat up to the neck, worried now that going to the march was more dumbass than I'd thought. It got closer—the only frigging thing in the road!—and I realized I was shaking. I couldn't move.

See also

• hard-ass