Meanings
- colloquialderogatorynot comparablevulgarExtremely stupid.
That shit-for-brains neighbor of mine is shooting off amateur fireworks again.
1 more example
Who are you crying about, the predatory prick or the shit-for-brains tramp? Because neither one deserves your tears.
2005, In Her Shoes (film)Synonyms: addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed
- colloquialderogatoryvulgarAn extremely stupid person.
He's another one of those shit-for-brains.
2 more examples
That new assistant of yours is a real shit-for-brains.
Call your press conferences. Organize boycotts. Sue the shit out of me. You're gonna do for free what I would have paid you for, shit-for-brains.
2013, Stephen Humphrey Bogart, The Remake: As Time Goes By, Untreed Reads, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExtremely stupid.
Origin
Canadian, from the 1950s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch hersenloos
- hersenloosvery stupid
Finnish paskapäinen
- paskapäinenvery stupid
French bête, stupide
- bêtevery stupid
- stupidevery stupid
- idiotvery stupid
German saublöd, blöd dumm
- saublödvery stupid
- blöd dummvery stupid
Italian senza cervelli, stupido
- senza cervellivery stupid
- stupidovery stupid
Polish zjebany, zjeb
- zjebanyvery stupid
- zjebvery stupid person
Portuguese sem cérebro
- sem cérebrovery stupid
Scottish Gaelic gun eanchainn, faoin
- gun eanchainnvery stupid
- faoinvery stupid
- baothvery stupid
Spanish descerebrado, subnormal
- descerebradovery stupid
- subnormalvery stupid
- tontovery stupid
Cite this entry
shit-for-brains. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shit-for-brains
“shit-for-brains.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shit-for-brains. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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