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thick-witted
[ thik-wit-id ]
/ ˈθɪkˈwɪt ɪd /
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adjective
lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
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Origin of thick-witted
First recorded in 1625–35
OTHER WORDS FROM thick-witted
thick-wit·ted·ly, adverbthick-wit·ted·ness, nounWords nearby thick-witted
thickset,
thick skin,
thick-skinned,
thick-skulled,
thick-tailed ray,
thick-witted,
thief,
thief ant,
thief in the night, like a,
thief, thieves,
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Words related to thick-witted
blockheaded,
brainless,
dazed,
deficient,
dense,
dim,
doltish,
dopey,
dull,
dumb,
dummy,
foolish,
futile,
gullible,
half-baked,
half-witted,
hebetudinous,
idiotic,
ill-advised,
imbecilic How to use thick-witted in a sentence
But the people from Valley Stream had such a thick New York accent that was all around me.
His chin rested on the thick plastic collar buckled around his neck.
At the highest navigable point of the Congo River, thick jungle creates an impenetrable wall of green around a large island.
Small rooms off its graffiti-covered foyer provide shelter from the thick rain that can unexpectedly, and vengefully, hit.
The Barclays Center where the Duke and Duchess will be seated would have stood in thick of where the pivotal action transpired.
We stumbled along, close up, for the thick-piled clouds still hung their light-obscuring banners over the sky.
The eyebrows were low and thick, the upper lip was sensitive, quivering sometimes as she talked, but the lower was firm and full.
Cystin crystals are colorless, highly refractive, rather thick, hexagonal plates with well-defined edges.
He was a pretty bright sort, that same Goodell, quick-witted, nimble of tongue above the average Englishman.
Meanwhile Mr. Crow had been thinking rapidly—for he was a quick-witted old scamp.
British Dictionary definitions for thick-witted
adjective
stupid, dull, foolish, or slow to learn
Derived forms of thick-witted
thick-wittedly, adverbthick-wittedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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