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shallow-witted

shallow-witted adjective: synonym of feather-brained.

Adjective

shallow-witted (comparative more shallow-witted, superlative most shallow-witted)

  1. Synonym of feather-brained.
    • There were moments when Mr. Bronsky's consequential little airs of authority made Joolby realise what a satisfaction it would be to pick up the nearest heavy object and bring it wholeheartedly down on this shallow-witted comrade's lamentable cranium.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
    Synonyms:
    feather-brained

Synonyms of shallow-witted

Forms of shallow-witted

comparativemore shallow-witted
superlativemost shallow-witted

Words formed from shallow-witted

Questions about shallow-witted

What does shallow-witted mean?
Shallow-witted means synonym of feather-brained.
What part of speech is shallow-witted?
Shallow-witted is an adjective.

Words near shallow-witted in the dictionary

  1. shallow-frying
  2. shallow-hearted
  3. shallow-heartedness
  4. shallow-pate
  5. shallow-waisted
  6. shallow-witted
  7. shallow-wittedness
  8. Shallowater
  9. shallowed
  10. shallower
  11. shallowest

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