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"word": "wool-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "woolly-headed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "woolly-minded"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a bag of hammers"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a box of rocks"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a doorknob"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as an ox"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a post"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as a sack of hammers"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumb as dirt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "dumber than a rock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "not the sharpest crayon in the box"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "not the sharpest knife in the drawer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "not the sharpest tool in the shed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as a brick"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as a plank"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as champ"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as mince"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as two short planks"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as a whale omelette"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "ass-brained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "fuckwitted"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "shit-for-brains"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
"word": "thick as pig shit"
}
]
}
],
"word": "dunderheaded"
}
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