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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THICK-WITTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thick-Witted is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THICK-WITTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thick-witted in the English dictionary

The definition of thick-witted in the dictionary is stupid, dull, foolish, or slow to learn.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THICK-WITTED

thick
thick client
thick ear
thick skin
thick-knee
thick-knit
thick-lipped
thick-skinned
thick-skulled
thick-wittedly
thick-wittedness
thicken
thickener
thickening
thicket
thicketed
thickety
thickhead
thickheaded
thickheadedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE THICK-WITTED

acquitted
admitted
benefitted
committed
dim-witted
emitted
fitted
hand-knitted
knitted
omitted
outfitted
permitted
pitted
recommitted
refitted
remitted
retrofitted
spotted
submitted
transmitted
uncommitted

Synonyms and antonyms of thick-witted in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thick-witted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THICK-WITTED

Find out the translation of thick-witted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thick-witted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thick-witted» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厚机智
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de espesor ingenioso
570 millions of speakers

English

thick-witted
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोटी अक़्ल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سميكة البديهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

толщиной сообразительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grossa de raciocínio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাথামোটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obtus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tebal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dicken schlagfertig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厚い利く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리가 둔한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nglelebke
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngu ngốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடித்த-சுட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जाड विणलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kalın kafalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spessore di comprendonio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dowcipny grubości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

товщиною кмітливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gros la minte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παχύ - έχων πνεύμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dikkoppig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tjock tänkt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tykk - tenkende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thick-witted

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THICK-WITTED»

The term «thick-witted» is used very little and occupies the 190.954 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THICK-WITTED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thick-witted

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THICK-WITTED»

Discover the use of thick-witted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thick-witted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Do-It-Yourself BIBLE PROPHECY KIT!
Hollower, thick-witted, snubbier, top pureness. Hollower, thick-witted, superb, bonniest super. Opportune thick-wittedness bellower hubris. Stun whip-like, boorish, corpulent bedwetters. Whip-like blow out hurts penitent crossbreed. Obstruct ...
J. Smith
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
... thick-witted, dolt, blockhead, forgetful; two bagana-harp strings (KBT) (Cmd-'i'U •□ OH 1 if V his body became dark) OH hl^X gerund (gramm.) OTfV'h bo/ on n at state or condition of being thick-witted, etc. flfLU bazzih here, in this way, in this ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... half-witted, impassible, indistinct, insensible, lackluster, lusterless, monotonous , numskulled, pedestrian, spiritless 1 1 blear-witted, desensitize, downhearted, insensitive, overclouded, thickheaded, thick-witted, unsharpened 12 disheartened ...
‎1995
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Creating Characters: A Writer's Reference to the Personality ...
... dull- witted, dumb, empty-headed, feeble-minded, foolish, half-witted, imbecilic, lowbrow, lumpish, mindless, moronic, nonintellectual, obtuse, shallow, simple, simple-minded, slow, stolid, stupid, thick, thick-headed, thick-witted, undiscerning , ...
Howard Lauther, 2004
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The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity
The answer given in the Gospels is that Peter and the other Apostles were thick- witted . . . To be quite so thick-witted, however, is incredible; and the solution, on the level of history, rather than pro-Pauline propaganda, is that Jesus never did ...
Jeffrey J. Bütz, 2005
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The Lady of the Aroostook
If you are merely thick-witted, much can be forgiven to your infirmity; but if you've a mind to joke, let me tell you you choose your time badly.” “I'm not joking. I don't know what you're talking about. I may be thick-witted, as you say; or you may be ...
William Dean Howells, 2006
7
The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
... nonsensical, obtuse, opaque, pointless, puerile, punch-drunk, rash, semiconscious, senseless, short-sighted, simple, simple-minded, slow, slow- witted, sluggish, stolid, stunned, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, thick- witted, trivial , unintelligent, ...
Wordsworth, William, 1993
8
Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... maundering stuporous smart bewildered mindless subliterate smooth-tongued blithering misinformed subnormal subtle bovine mixed-up thick succinct confounded moronic thickheaded terse confused muddled thick-witted thinking cretinous ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2003
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Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
... 'man thick-skulled |91k'skAld, Q9 '--, |-'stress shift, British only: |thick-skulled ' idiot thick-witted |61k'w1t.1d, Q9 '61klw1t.1d, l-'-- stress shift, British only: lthick- witted 'fool thief Gi:|f -ves -vz Thies tjez, ...
Peter Roach, Jane Setter, John Esling, 2011
10
The Wizard, the Warlord, and the Hidden Woman
“No sword? You're going into that maelstrom...unarmed?” Muriel shook her head. “Jason, I'm sorry, but that's just plain thick-witted.” “That's your fault for calling me a hero. You have to do 'thick witted' things every now and then to keep the title.
Michael Angel, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THICK-WITTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thick-witted is used in the context of the following news items.
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'7 Days In Hell': Kit Harington And Andy Samberg In A Wild Sports …
Harington is Charles Poole, a thick-witted British player who thinks if he says the word “indubitably” enough, people might think he's intelligent. Together, the pair ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
Waterloo, we were defeated, they won the war
Still, this is all in keeping with a general popular ignorance – and I include myself in that thick-witted mob – in regard of this titanic figure in modern European ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jun 15»
3
Steve Hilton: the Tory guru out of step with political realities
Distant, unaccountable power, thick-witted rules and slovenly bureaucrats — all were to fall. Ordinary people would regain control over their lives. The machine ... «Financial Times, May 15»
4
An Orson Welles primer: What to watch, listen to
"Mr. Arkadin": This 1955 thriller — nominally, about a thick-witted American hired by a mysterious billionaire to find out about the rich man's past — shows Welles ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 15»
5
MANGA REVIEW: Akira Toriyama's "Jaco"
Jaco is simultaneously brilliant and thick-witted, but he lacks Goku's gee whiz charm. “Jaco” is an enjoyable, lightweight tale, but it feels like business as usual ... «Indie Wire, Feb 15»
6
Letter: Traffic calming attempts 'thick-witted'
Making Marcel Street narrower and allowing cars to park on either side, putting parking meters in the downtown core on Elm Street and now removing the ... «NorthernLife.ca, Oct 14»
7
The Turing Test Has Finally Been Passed, and I'm Not Impressed
... with Eugene being a brilliant work of computer science–and more to do with some of the human judges in this particular competition being a bit thick-witted? «Technologizer, Jun 14»
8
Michael McKean marks 30 years of This Is Spinal Tap
When mock rock-doc This Is Spinal Tap landed in theatres 30 years ago on March 2, the comedy about a band of thick-witted British metal heads didn't appear ... «Toronto Star, Mar 14»
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Seamus Heaney 1939-2013
As the breasts of the maiden were groped by a thick-witted boor. I tried then as hard as I could to make her hear truth, How wrong she was to be linked to that ... «Index On Censorship, Aug 13»
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Appreciation: Elmore Leonard Earned His Spurs By Writing Westerns
... Scott) and copper mine heiress Doretta Mims (Maureen O'Sullivan) are held captive by a sly stagecoach bandit (Richard Boone) and his thick-witted cohorts. «Cowboys and Indians, Aug 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Thick-Witted [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/thick-witted>. May 2024 ».
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