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numskull

numskull noun: a dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.

Noun

numskull (plural numskulls)

  1. (derogatory) A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
  2. (derogatory) A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally.
    • That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.

numskull meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

numskull in Tamil

மந்தபுத்தி உள்ளவன், மட்டி

numskull in Urdu

ابلہ, احمق, گاؤدی, کوڑھ مغز

numskull in Bengali

বোকা লোক

numskull in Kannada

ಹೆಡ್ಡ, ಮೂರ್ಖ, ದಡ್ಡ, ಪೆದ್ದ, ಮುಠ್ಠಾಳ, ಪೆಗ್ಗ

Synonyms of numskull

Forms of numskull

pluralnumskulls
alternative formnumbskull

Origin of numskull

From numb (“deadened”) + skull.

Words formed from numskull

Questions about numskull

What does numskull mean?
Numskull means a dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
What is numskull in Tamil?
Numskull in Tamil is மந்தபுத்தி உள்ளவன், மட்டி. See Numskull meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is numskull?
Numskull is a noun.
What is the plural of numskull?
The plural of numskull is numskulls.

Words near numskull in the dictionary

  1. numptie
  2. numpties
  3. numpty
  4. numptyish
  5. nums
  6. numskull
  7. numskulled
  8. numskulledness
  9. numskullery
  10. numskulls
  11. NUMTOT

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Adapted from Wiktionary: numskull (page history and authors); numskull (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numskull (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numskull (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numskull (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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