"slow-witted" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more slow-witted [comparative], most slow-witted [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} slow-witted (comparative more slow-witted, superlative most slow-witted)
  1. Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift. Derived forms: slow-wittedly, slow-wittedness Translations (lacking a keen or swift intellect): fəhmsiz (Azerbaijani), anlaqsız (Azerbaijani), idraksız (Azerbaijani), бавно загряващ (bavno zagrjavašt) (Bulgarian), traag van begrip (Dutch), sloom (Dutch), tornæmur [masculine] (Faroese), begriffsstutzig (German), treggáfaður (Icelandic), tregur (Icelandic), tardo [masculine] (Italian), tardus (Latin), niedomyślny (Polish), несмышлёный (nesmyšljónyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-slow-witted-en-adj-xC5Ho23- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Synonyms: slow on the uptake, dull-witted, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded, boofheaded, brainless, bubbleheaded, buffle-headed, bullet-headed, cerebrally challenged, childish, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, crackbrained, cretinous, dense, dented, dim-bulb, dim-headed, dim-witted, dim, doltish, dopey, dozy, drowsy, dull-headed, dull-minded, dull-witted, dull, dumber than a box of rocks, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatheaded, feeble-minded, flea-brained, foolish, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, half-brained, half-witted, hammer-headed, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, insipid, intellectually challenged, knuckleheaded, lamebrained, lowbrow, lumpish, lunkheaded, mentally challenged, mentally retarded [offensive], mindless, monosynaptic, moronic, muttonheaded, nitwitted, numbskulled, oafish, obtuse, peabrained, pratty, pudding-headed, puerile, purblind [literary], quarter-witted, retarded [offensive], rockheaded, sharp as a bowling ball, sheep-headed, simple, slow-witted, slow, smooth-brained, stolid, stupid, thick-skulled, thickheaded, thickwitted, thick, unapprehensive, unclever, unintelligent, unsmart, vacant, vacuous, witless, wooden-headed, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, dumb as a bag of hammers, dumb as a box of rocks, dumb as a doorknob, dumb as an ox, dumb as a post, dumb as a sack of hammers, dumb as dirt, dumber than a rock, not the sharpest crayon in the box, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, not the sharpest tool in the shed, thick as a brick, thick as a plank, thick as champ, thick as mince, thick as two short planks, thick as a whale omelette, ass-brained, fuckwitted, shit-for-brains, thick as pig shit

Alternative forms

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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "inane"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "mindless"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "moronic"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "muttonheaded"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "numbskulled"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "obtuse"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "peabrained"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "pratty"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "pudding-headed"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "puerile"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "sharp as a bowling ball"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "sheep-headed"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "vacant"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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          "word": "wooden-headed"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "dumb as a bag of hammers"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "dumb as a box of rocks"
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        {
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          "word": "dumb as a doorknob"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "dumb as an ox"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "dumb as a post"
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        {
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          "word": "dumb as a sack of hammers"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "dumb as dirt"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "dumber than a rock"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "not the sharpest crayon in the box"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "not the sharpest knife in the drawer"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "not the sharpest tool in the shed"
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        {
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          "word": "thick as a brick"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "thick as a plank"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "thick as champ"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "thick as mince"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "thick as two short planks"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "thick as a whale omelette"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:stupid",
          "word": "ass-brained"
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        {
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          "word": "fuckwitted"
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        {
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "fəhmsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "anlaqsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "idraksız"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "bavno zagrjavašt",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "бавно загряващ"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "traag van begrip"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "sloom"
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      "lang_code": "fo",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "tornæmur"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "begriffsstutzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "treggáfaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "tregur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "tardus"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "word": "niedomyślny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "nesmyšljónyj",
      "sense": "lacking a keen or swift intellect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "несмышлёный"
    }
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}

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