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thickwitted

thickwitted adjective: stupid, dim-witted.

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
    • And this was the smooth-faced, frightened, helpless boy, whom those two thickwitted, bullying officers were carrying to Waco!1996, Eugene Cunningham, Triggernometry: a gallery of gunfighters, page 41
    Synonyms:
    stupid

Synonyms of thickwitted

Forms of thickwitted

comparativemore thickwitted
superlativemost thickwitted
alternative formthick-witted

Origin of thickwitted

From thick + witted. Compare thickhead.

Questions about thickwitted

What does thickwitted mean?
Thickwitted means stupid, dim-witted.
What part of speech is thickwitted?
Thickwitted is an adjective.

Words near thickwitted in the dictionary

  1. thickskulled
  2. thickskulls
  3. thicksome
  4. thickwit
  5. thickwits
  6. thickwitted
  7. thicky
  8. thicyofen
  9. thiderward
  10. thidiazimin
  11. Thiebaud

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