thickheaded
[ thik-hed-id ]
adjective
(of a person) dull-witted; stupid.
(of an animal) having a thick head.
Origin of thickheaded
1Other words from thickheaded
- thick·head·ed·ly, adverb
- thick·head·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby thickheaded
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How to use thickheaded in a sentence
Has not he thickheaded ignorant boors; lazy, enslaved farmers, weedy lands?
Past and Present | Thomas CarlyleFor a' that, I've had thickheaded friends who've been grateful to me noo and then.
The Coast of Adventure | Harold BindlossThe dear taxpayers might object, and those thickheaded, clogged rockets on the Board can't see your data on the Stranger.
The Ultimate Weapon | John Wood CampbellNobody but such a thickheaded ass as I am would have gone on all this time without seeing how the game stood.
Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. SmedleyThe blow would have crushed the skull of any white man, but it seemed hardly to stun the thickheaded savage.
Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator | J. W. Duffield
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