lunkheaded
lunkheaded adjective: obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
Adjective
lunkheaded (not comparable)
- obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
- That was a lunkheaded trick,’ Denham told him.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 83
- […] Andrew W. K.’s absurdly high-energy party metal (“Party Til You Puke”) comes across as either self-aware performance art or simply the most lunkheaded anthems to debauchery ever recorded.2008 January 18, The New York Times, “Rock & Pop Listings”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded
Synonyms of lunkheaded
- addlebrained
- addlepated
- airheaded
- bee-brained
- beef-witted
- soft
- beefheaded
- beetle-headed
- birdbrained
- blockheaded
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- Boeotian
- boneheaded
- boofheaded
- braindead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- buffle-headed
- bullet-headed
- cerebrally challenged
- childish
- chowderheaded
- chuckleheaded
- crackbrained
- cretinous
- daft
- dense
- dented
- dim-bulb
- dim-headed
- dim-witted
- dim
- doltish
- dopey
- dozy
- drowsy
- dull-headed
- dull-minded
- dull-witted
- dull
- dumber than a box of rocks
Origin of lunkheaded
From lunk + headed.
Questions about lunkheaded
- What does lunkheaded mean?
- Lunkheaded means obtuse; foolish; idiotic.
- What part of speech is lunkheaded?
- Lunkheaded is an adjective.
Words near lunkheaded in the dictionary
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