thickheaded
AmericanOther Word Forms
- thickheadedly adverb
- thickheadedness noun
Etymology
Origin of thickheaded
Example Sentences
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The fumes from the cauldron were making him thickheaded and ill, but he shook himself.
From Literature
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?”
From New York Times
She frowns with an expression just like one I might make if she was being particularly thickheaded.
From Literature
“Japan is thickheaded about gender discrimination,” she told Reuters in an interview.
From Reuters
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.
From Washington Post
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