Meanings
comparative more dim-witted · superlative most dim-witted · alternative dimwitted
- derogatoryidiomaticBeing a dimwit; stupid; foolish; simple.
"Don't fool yourself," I said. "I could have slugged this pair of amateur gorillas any hour of the day or night. I've not done it because you've got nothing against them other than their being a pair of dim-witted nuisances."
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 138Synonyms: dim-headed, dull-witted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBeing a dimwit; stupid; foolish; simple.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivelacking mental capacity and subtlety
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech tupý, hloupý
- tupýnot at all clever
- hloupýnot at all clever
Māori pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha
- pōrewarewanot at all clever
- pōrewharewhanot at all clever
Spanish cortito
- cortitonot at all clever
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