The meaning of Imbecile

adjective

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

The allegations are patently absurd

noun

An absurd state of affairs.

Usage examples:

The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd

adjective

Extremely stupid or foolish.

Usage examples:

Lydia ignored his asinine remark

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

And then the stupid blockhead called jessie something i never want to hear repeated again.

noun

A stupid person

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

The mere mention of the words ‘far right’ calls forth an image of tattooed boneheads or the spectre…

adjective

Stupid; very foolish.

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A brainless bimbo

adjective

Stupid or thoughtless

Usage examples:

That was a brainless thing to do!

noun

A foolish or easily deceived person.

Usage examples:

I was left feeling a bit of a chump

noun

A foolish or stupid person

Usage examples:

What a chump he was to quit his job.

noun

A lump of earth or clay.

Usage examples:

Frost is essential for breaking up clods into manageable sizes

adjective

Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour.

Usage examples:

Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

I've been crazy busy

noun

A mad person.

Usage examples:

Keep that crazy away from me

noun

A stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).

noun

An offensive word for a person who is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant

abbreviation

(in genealogies) daughter.

Usage examples:

Henry m. georgina 1957, 1s 2d

contraction

Had.

Usage examples:

They'd already gone

noun

The fourth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Each half resembles a uppercase letter d, so the two parts of the cyclotron are known as dees.

adjective

Closely compacted in substance.

Usage examples:

As the storm cleared, a dense fog came down

adjective

Close together and difficult to go or see through; thick

Usage examples:

Dense fog, i had trouble getting through the dense crowd., there are some really dense people in ou…

prefix

Twice; two-; double.

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Dichromatic

prefix

Variant spelling of dis- shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v ; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.

prefix

Variant spelling of dia- shortened before a vowel (as in dielectric ).

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

abbreviation

Diminuendo.

noun

A stupid or silly person.

Usage examples:

This is what causes otherwise innocent young children to grow up into a population of stupid dimwits!

noun

A stupid person

Usage examples:

I've completely forgotten what i came in here for - i'm such a dimwit!, look where you're going, di…

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

It's foolish to complain about uninteresting times, especially when one of your favourite curses is…

adjective

(of a person) stupid; idiotic.

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A doltish character

adjective

Stupid

Usage examples:

He plays a doltish detective who misses clues that are staring him in the face., they spend every e…

noun

A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.

Usage examples:

My dad caught me smoking dope

verb

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

noun

A slow or stupid person.

Usage examples:

He was caricatured as a dupe and a dullard

noun

A stupid person

adjective

Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak.

Usage examples:

They stood dumb while the attacker poured out a stream of abuse

verb

Make dumb or unheard; silence.

Usage examples:

A splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue

noun

A model or replica of a human being.

Usage examples:

A waxwork dummy

verb

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.

Usage examples:

Blanco dummied past a static defence

noun

A person who is slow at learning; a stupid person.

Usage examples:

He was baffled by arithmetic and they called him a dunce at school

noun

A person who is slow to learn or stupid, especially at school

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

You're a fathead who doesn't understand a joke

noun

A stupid person

adjective

Silly and pointless.

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A fatuous comment

adjective

Foolish or done without thinking

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A fatuous remark

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

Usage examples:

I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

Usage examples:

He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

Usage examples:

That damn fool waiter

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Stupid

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A half-witted remark

noun

A foolish or stupid person.

Usage examples:

Worst of all were the halfwits in the background, guffawing at every pathetic gag

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

I feel like an idiot who swallowed every lie i was told

noun

A foolish person, esp. someone who has done something stupid

Usage examples:

I felt like an idiot., whose idiotic idea was it to go camping?

adjective

Very stupid.

Usage examples:

I was able to hum its idiotic theme tune

adjective

Stupid

noun

An ignorant or stupid person.

Usage examples:

Assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him

noun

A person who knows nothing

Usage examples:

I'm a complete ignoramus where computers are concerned.

adjective

Lacking sense or meaning; silly.

Usage examples:

Don't badger people with inane questions

adjective

Extremely silly or lacking real meaning or importance

Usage examples:

There are so many inane programs on television!

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

First, you had every right to break up with me because i was a complete jackass and a moron and you…

noun

A silly, stupid person

Usage examples:

Why is russ behaving like such a jackass?

adjective

Mentally ill; insane.

Usage examples:

He felt as if he were going mad

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was mad cool—we immediately hit it off

verb

Make (someone) mad.

Usage examples:

Had i but seen thy picture in this plight, it would have madded me

adjective

Acting or done without justification and with no concern for the consequences.

Usage examples:

A generation of mindless vandals

adjective

Not reasonable or understandable

Usage examples:

People waste a lot of time doing mindless things.

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

We can't let these thoughtless morons get away with mindless vandalism every weekend

noun

A stupid person

noun

A very stupid person

Usage examples:

Some moron smashed into the back of my car yesterday., [ as form of address ] you moron!

noun

A foolish or stupid person.

Usage examples:

And, as a reader recently suggested, it would allow movie watchers to gang up on the nincompoops wh…

noun

A foolish or stupid person

noun

A foolish and weak person.

Usage examples:

Except for a scant few, the characters in st. elmo's fire are all either weasels, deceptive clods o…

noun

A foolish person

noun

A stupid or foolish person.

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I give the nice lady painstakingly detailed directions, not that it's hard to explain, but i want t…

noun

A numskull informal

adjective

Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.

Usage examples:

That ridiculous tartan cap

adjective

(of a person) unconscious.

Usage examples:

The attack left a policeman beaten senseless

adjective

Lacking purpose or meaning

Usage examples:

A senseless prank, it was senseless to treat me like that., they beat him senseless.

adjective

Having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish.

Usage examples:

Another of his silly jokes

noun

Denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman.

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Silly mid-on

adjective

Showing a lack of thought or judgment; not serious and not showing much intelligence

Usage examples:

A silly grin, i watched another silly movie last night., it’s time to stop the silliness and get se…

noun

A foolish or gullible person.

Usage examples:

Stop grinning at me like a simpleton

noun

A person without the usual ability to use reason and understand

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

What do these thickheads think they're going to achieve by throwing eggs and breaking windows?

adjective

Unintelligent; stupid.

Usage examples:

What a thickheaded business decision!

adjective

Having or showing a low level of intelligence.

Usage examples:

A good-natured but unintelligent boy

adjective

(of a person or action) not wise or sensible; foolish.

Usage examples:

It is unwise to rely on hearsay evidence

adjective

Not showing good judgment or understanding of a situation

Usage examples:

We made several unwise investments and lost quite a bit of money.

adjective

Foolish; stupid.

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A witless retort

adjective

Stupid or showing no intelligence

Usage examples:

In the book, anna is forced to take care of her witless cousin., she was scared witless of robert, …