thickheaded

[ thik-hed-id ]
/ ˈθɪkˌhɛd ɪd /
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adjective

(of a person) dull-witted; stupid.
(of an animal) having a thick head.

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Origin of thickheaded

First recorded in 1700–10; thick + headed

OTHER WORDS FROM thickheaded

thick·head·ed·ly, adverbthick·head·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby thickheaded

thicken, thickener, thickening, thicket, thickhead, thickheaded, thickie, thickleaf, thickness, thickness piece, thicko
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Words related to thickheaded

dense, dull, dumb, idiotic, stupid, boneheaded

Example sentences from the Web for thickheaded

  • Nobody 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. Smedley

  • For a' that, I've had thickheaded friends who've been grateful to me noo and then.

    The Coast of Adventure|Harold Bindloss

  • Has not he thickheaded ignorant boors; lazy, enslaved farmers, weedy lands?

    Past and Present|Thomas Carlyle