thickheaded

[ thik-hed-id ]

adjective

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

Other Words From

• thickheaded·ly adverb
• thickheaded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of thickheaded¹

First recorded in 1700–10; thick + headed

Example Sentences

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

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

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The dear taxpayers might object, and those thickheaded, clogged rockets on the Board can't see your data on the Stranger.

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Nobody but such a thickheaded ass as I am would have gone on all this time without seeing how the game stood.

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The blow would have crushed the skull of any white man, but it seemed hardly to stun the thickheaded savage.

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