doltish
[ dohl-tish ]
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adjective
dull or stupid; slow-witted; thickheaded: Most of what has been posted on this thread is embarrassingly simple-minded, doltish stuff.
Origin of doltish
1Other words from doltish
- dolt·ish·ly, adverb
- dolt·ish·ness, noun
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How to use doltish in a sentence
They enjoyed the situation, as the commercial traveller could see from their doltish looks.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson NexoShe almost touched him, but though his spirit recoiled, the doltish flesh would not be moved.
Idolatry | Julian HawthorneI looked at his furtive eyes and brutal, doltish face, but he kept them blank as a wall.
To Have and To Hold | Mary JohnstonI verily believe, said the elder, that you would willingly be among those doltish screamers on the shore yonder.
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth | Eva March TappanI felt very doltish and unready as I followed him to the drawing-room.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. Gough
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