Meanings
comparative more shallow-witted · superlative most shallow-witted
- 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 [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of LondonSynonyms: feather-brained
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of feather-brained.
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shallow-witted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallow-witted
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