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thick-witted

thick-witted is the alternative form of thickwitted.

Meaning of thickwitted

Adjective

thickwitted (comparative more thickwitted, superlative most thickwitted)

  1. Stupid, dim-witted.
    • His son she viewed as one of the thickwitted giants meant to be food for the heroism of good knights of romance.1865, Macmillan's Magazine, volume 12, page 99
    Synonyms:
    stupid

Forms of thick-witted

comparativemore thick-witted
superlativemost thick-witted

Questions about thick-witted

What is thick-witted the alternative form of?
Thick-witted is the alternative form of thickwitted.

Words near thick-witted in the dictionary

  1. thick-tailed bushbabies
  2. thick-tailed bushbaby
  3. thick-toed gecko
  4. thick-un
  5. thick-uns
  6. thick-witted
  7. thickalicious
  8. thickbill
  9. thickbills
  10. thickbrained
  11. thicke

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