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PRONUNCIATION OF THICKHEADED

thickheaded  [θɪkˈhɛdɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THICKHEADED

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

WHAT DOES THICKHEADED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thickheaded in the English dictionary

The definition of thickheaded in the dictionary is stupid.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THICKHEADED


baldheaded
ˌbɔːldˈhɛdɪd
bareheaded
ˌbɛəˈhɛdɪd
big-headed
ˌbɪɡˈhɛdɪd
boneheaded
ˈbəʊnˌhɛdɪd
bullet-headed
ˈbʊlɪtˌhɛdɪd
dunderheaded
ˈdʌndəˌhɛdɪd
glassyheaded
ˌɡlɑːsɪˈhɛdɪd
headed
ˈhɛdɪd
muddleheaded
ˌmʌdəlˈhɛdɪd
multiheaded
ˈmʌltɪˌhɛdɪd
muttonheaded
ˈmʌtnˌhɛdɪd
pinheaded
ˈpɪnˌhɛdɪd
roundheaded
ˌraʊndˈhɛdɪd
sapheaded
ˌsæpˈhɛdɪd
shockheaded
ˈʃɒkˌhɛdɪd
sleepy-headed
ˌsliːpɪˈhɛdɪd
swell-headed
ˌswɛlˈhɛdɪd
towheaded
ˌtəʊˈhɛdɪd
unheaded
ʌnˈhɛdɪd
white-headed
ˈwaɪtˌhɛdɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THICKHEADED

thick-witted
thick-wittedly
thick-wittedness
thicken
thickener
thickening
thicket
thicketed
thickety
thickhead
thickheadedness
thickie
thickies
thickish
thickleaf
thickleaves
thickly
thickness
thicko
thickset

WORDS THAT END LIKE THICKHEADED

beaded
blockheaded
breaded
bull-headed
clear-headed
cool-headed
empty-headed
hard-headed
hot-headed
knuckleheaded
leaded
level-headed
light-headed
loaded
long-headed
pig-headed
red-headed
soft-headed
unleaded
woodenheaded
wrong-headed

Synonyms and antonyms of thickheaded in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THICKHEADED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «thickheaded» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of thickheaded

Translation of «thickheaded» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THICKHEADED

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

Translator English - Chinese

thickheaded
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

thickheaded
570 millions of speakers

English

thickheaded
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thickheaded
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

thickheaded
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

thickheaded
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cabeça dura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরু নেতৃত্বে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

borné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketebalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thickheaded
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thickheaded
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리가 둔한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kandel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đần độn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thickheaded
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वजनदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kalın kafalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thickheaded
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thickheaded
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

thickheaded
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thickheaded
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thickheaded
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thickheaded
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thickheaded
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thickheaded
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thickheaded

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THICKHEADED»

The term «thickheaded» is normally little used and occupies the 132.569 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THICKHEADED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thickheaded

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THICKHEADED»

Discover the use of thickheaded in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thickheaded and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Paraphrase on Luke 11-24
So of the 'dull-witted people' here (crasso populo) and in the paraphrase on 13:6, and later of Herod, crassus rex 'thickheaded king' (on 23:11), the soldiers at the crucifixion, crassum hominum genus 'a thickheaded class of people' (on 23:36), ...
Desiderius Erasmus, 2003
2
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
3
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... blockheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dull, fatheaded, ham- merheaded, thickheaded beef-witted adj syn STUPID 1, beefheaded, beetleheaded, blear- eyed, blear-eyed, blockheaded, fatheaded, hammer- headed, thickheaded, thick- witted ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
4
Library of Congress Subject Headings
BT Microelectronics industry Thick films [TK7871.15.F5 (Electronics)] UF Films, Thick BT Coatings Microelectronics Surfaces (Technology) RT Thin films NT Thick-filtri circuits Thick-headed 11165 USE Thickheaded 11165 Thick-knees ( Birds) ...
Library of Congress, 2006
5
The Isle of Blood
The box and the boy and the stuck lid and the unseen thing moving inside the box and the old man scolding, Thickheaded boy! You can't open it because you' re asleep! And the thickheaded boy starting awake, sweating under warm covers in ...
Rick Yancey, 2012
6
The Clinical Exchange: Techniques Derived from Self and ...
That you're with me. I'm reminded how I felt a year ago. I want to put the spotlight on you. Not only me! 4/22/83 Wed. 832221 P2 832222 A: 832223 P2 832224 A: I' m tired. I didn't sleep well. Like drugged. I felt thickheaded when I awoke. Slow.
Joseph D. Lichtenberg, Frank M. Lachmann, James L. Fosshage, 2013
7
The Buchanans: Storm
Maybe you'll find the answer interesting. You might even discover what the rest of us already know, but you're too thickheaded to admit, even to yourself. You love Amanda! Pure and simple! But you're going to lose her if you don't get your ...
Carlene Keim, 2011
8
The World War I Reader
Our company commander, he always used to say to us, 'There's got to be discipline, you thickheaded louts, or else you'd be crawling about like monkeys on trees, but the army'll make men of you, you thickheaded boobies.' And isn't it true?
Michael S. Neiberg, 2007
9
The Monstrumologist: Curse of the Wendigo
Oh, I'm beginning to think you are thickheaded, William Henry. Of course he decided to live, or you wouldn't be here, would you? It wasn't the perfect ending. The perfect ending would have been him deciding the opposite, because it's the best ...
Rick Yancey, 2010
10
Uncut Bundle
The smelled like rotting but he'd survived worse onelong nightin Belarus,when he 'd downed endless shots of homemadevodka in afaceoffwith a thickheaded guerillaleader. He held hisbreath, tossed his head backand drankthe swillin one  ...
Susan Stephens, Sandra Marton, 2006

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THICKHEADED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thickheaded is used in the context of the following news items.
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SNYDER: With 10 championships, UConn's Geno Auriemma is in a …
Only the incredibly dim-witted and thickheaded wouldn't consider Dorrance and Leipold — and Auriemma — among the coaching profession's best and ... «Washington Times, Apr 15»
2
A sparkling start to American Ballet Theatre's DC engagement
Reyes so completely embodied the gawky, tenderhearted tomboy that you wanted to shake the thickheaded cowboys for ignoring her. Barker led the Opera ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
3
It Is Still 'Corrupticut'
Although most politicians are honest, a surprising number of them are thickheaded and greedy enough to still regard public office not as a public trust but as a ... «Hartford Courant, Feb 15»
4
Urban Outfitters' Kent State sweatshirt is heinous and disrespectful
rban Outfitters — an overpriced retailer that appeals only to the thickheaded hipsters of America — made an awful blunder earlier this week. The store advertised ... «The Independent Florida Alligator, Sep 14»
5
Movie Review: 'Assassin's Bullet,' With Christian Slater
For the thickheaded thriller “Assassin's Bullet” the Bulgarian actress Elika Portnoy dreamed up a story with three roles for herself and fails to convince in any of ... «New York Times, Aug 12»
6
Eastbound & Down
On Archer, the arrogant, thickheaded superspy voiced by H. Jon Benjamin puts the moves on any curvy woman he encounters. His mom, voiced by Jessica ... «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 12»
7
Rock Band 2 Cheats & Codes
This is a somewhat thickheaded hands-off solution to making money, but you can win songs by exploiting the "spoken word" songs and your volume settings. «IGN, Jul 09»
8
Common sense vs. the NBA rulebook
Here's the problem with that stupid, idiotic, foolish, moronic, brainless, unintelligent, foolhardy, imprudent, thoughtless, obtuse and thickheaded rule: It's currently ... «ESPN, May 07»

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