numbskulled
numbskulled adjective: stupid.
Adjective
numbskulled (comparative more numbskulled, superlative most numbskulled)
- stupid.
- He opens his mouth to scold her, to let her know that itʼs precisely her numbskulled inability to understand thereʼs more to the world than plum-cake and cocoa thatʼs allowed this calamity to happen in the first place.2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 820
- Synonyms:
- addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded
Synonyms of numbskulled
- 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
Forms of numbskulled
| comparative | more numbskulled |
|---|---|
| superlative | most numbskulled |
Origin of numbskulled
From numb + skulled.
Words formed from numbskulled
Questions about numbskulled
- What does numbskulled mean?
- Numbskulled means stupid.
- What part of speech is numbskulled?
- Numbskulled is an adjective.
Words near numbskulled in the dictionary
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