Donkey and Fool

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Donkey noun - A stupid person.

Usage example: called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans

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Fool is a synonym for donkey. In some cases you can use "Fool" instead a noun "Donkey".

Fool noun - A person who lacks good sense or judgment.

Usage example: only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared

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Donkey is a synonym for fool in dope topic. You can use "Donkey" instead a noun "Fool". informal substitute

old	old donkey	old fool
ordinary	ordinary donkey	ordinary fool
stubborn	stubborn donkey	stubborn fool
ignorant	ignorant donkey	ignorant fool
Other adjectives: stupid, poor, real, evil, blue, cold, young, famous, former, mad.

Aladdin The Series "Vocal Hero" Starts with after Aladdin has exposed Iago's scam of operating a mechanical donkey to fool the Sultan into "feeding" the donkey some treasures.

Source: Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
The joke being that if you have a donkey out of all things calling you a fool, then you are not doing very well spiritually.

Source: Talking Animal
Bottom is the fool who has the best summation of the entire play: he gets his head turned into a donkey.

Source: Theatre / A Midsummer Night's Dream

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