dunderheaded

  • 21asinine — adj 1. stupid, Inf. dumb, Inf. dopey, Inf. moronic, empty headed, unintelligent, imbecilic, ox like; dull, inexpressive, expressionless; addlepated, ad dleheaded, addlebrained, muddled, muddleheaded; dull witted, Sl. dimwitted, slow witted, half… …

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  • 22dafl — adj 1. crazy, crazed, Sl. bughouse, Sl. kooky, Inf. potty, Sl. nuts, Inf. nutty, Inf. daffy; insane, mad, demented, lunatic, deranged; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis; unbalanced, touched, Inf. half baked, unhinged; not all there, not… …

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  • 23idiotic — adj 1. asinine, anserine, foolish, idiotical; silly, absurd, inane, fatuous; senseless, nonsensical, crackbrained, Scot. doiled, Sl. cockeyed, Scot, and North Eng. glaikit; ridiculous, laughable, risible, derisible, ludicrous, Sl. for the birds;… …

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  • 24obtuse — adj 1. blunt, rounded, smooth, unpointed, unedged. 2. phlegmatic, sluggish, slow, torpid; dormant, stagnant, inactive, inert, passive; hebetudinous, lethargic, languid, listless; torporific, droopy, spiritless, leaden, heavy, vapid. 3.… …

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  • 25stupid — adj 1. dull witted, Inf. dumb, unintelligent, fatuitous, insensate, Brit. Inf. gormless; empty headed, brainless, mindless, Rare. insulse; dull, Sl. lamebrained, slow, Inf. dopey, Inf. dill, oxlike; unthinking, unreasoning, incogitant; dim witted …

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  • 26dunderhead — /ˈdʌndəhɛd/ (say dunduhhed) noun a dunce; blockhead. Also, dunderpate /ˈdʌndəpeɪt/ (say dunduhpayt). {compare Dutch dunder(kop) numbskull, from dunder thunder + kop head} –dunderheaded, adjective …

  • 27dunderhead — ► NOUN informal ▪ a stupid person. DERIVATIVES dunderheaded adjective. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete Scots dunder, dunner «resounding noise» …

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  • 28dunderhead — [dun′dər hed΄] n. [< Du donder, thunder, assoc. by rhyme with BLUNDER (see BLUNDERBUSS) + HEAD] a stupid person; dunce dunderheaded adj …

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  • 29dunderhead — n. a stupid person. Derivatives: dunderheaded adj. Etymology: 17th c.: perh. rel. to dial. dunner resounding noise …

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  • 30dunderheadedness — noun see dunderheaded * * * dunˈderheadedness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑dunderhead …

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