thickheaded

[thik-hed-id]

adjective

1. (of a person) dull-witted; stupid.

2. (of an animal) having a thick head.

Other Word Forms

• thickheadedly adverb
• thickheadedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of thickheaded¹

First recorded in 1700–10; thick + headed

Example Sentences

They have no plan or target in mind, until they’re approached by Popof, a good-natured, thickheaded elephant who asks, “What are you up to?”

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She frowns with an expression just like one I might make if she was being particularly thickheaded.

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“Japan is thickheaded about gender discrimination,” she told Reuters in an interview.

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As long as there are costume party revelers, thickheaded college students, button-pushing artists, free-associating designers and plain old unrepentant racists, there will be blackface.

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“No,” he said, as if talking to a particularly thickheaded dog.

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