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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, thick-knee, thickleaf, thick milk, thickness

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Example sentences from the Web for thickheaded

Has not he thickheaded ignorant boors; lazy, enslaved farmers, weedy lands?
Past and Present|Thomas Carlyle
For a' that, I've had thickheaded friends who've been grateful to me noo and then.
The Coast of Adventure|Harold Bindloss
The 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 Campbell
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

The 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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