Dictionary

chowderheaded en · ADJ

Etymology

From chowder + headed.

Meanings

1. Stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.
   • We resumed business; and while plying our spoons in the bowl, thinks I to myself, I wonder now if this here has any effect on the head? What’s that stultifying saying about chowder-headed people? 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
   • Taliferro had launched a glossy magazine called Da Niggarati, subtitled: For Dem Who Know Who Dey Be...If it was expensive and could be afforded by the average chowderheaded Negro, then it went into the magazine. 2003, Norman Kelley, A Phat Death: Or, the Last Days of Noir Soul:

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Synonyms

fuzzy-headed · idle · fuzzy-headed · quarter-witted · dense · buffle-headed · knuckleheaded · crackbrained · fuckwitted · woolly-minded · braindead · wool-headed · silly · childish · thick as a brick · thick as two short planks · dumb as a bag of hammers · vacuous · wooden-headed · mentally retarded · chuckleheaded · unsage · thick-skulled · sharp as a bowling ball · retarded · chowderheaded · moronic · pratty · uninformed · bee-brained · barmy · ignorant · wool-headed · dull · woolly-headed · soft in the head · fuzzy-minded · unwise · dull-headed · dunderheaded · nitwitted · blockheaded · loony · dim-headed · dim-witted · unintelligent · dim · shit-for-brains · bubbleheaded · thick as mince · puerile · stupid · insipient · sheep-headed · beetle-headed · dumb as dirt · silly · softheaded · ridiculous · dim-headed · dumb as a doorknob · dumb · dumber than a box of rocks · dim-bulb · intellectually challenged · unapprehensive · addlepated · asinine · thick as champ · dumb as a box of rocks · inane · hammer-headed · ass-brained · insipid · stupid · thick as a whale omelette · dumb · dim-witted · boneheaded · simple · dopey · slow-witted · dopey · half-brained · fatheaded · balmy · imbecilic · empty-headed · lowbrow · beef-witted · daft · fuzzy-minded · woolly-headed · crackpot · thick as pig shit · fatuous · slow · half-witted · oafish · flea-brained · unsmart · obtuse · peabrained · idiotic · not the sharpest crayon in the box · not the sharpest tool in the shed · dumb as an ox · purblind · dull-witted · cerebrally challenged · doltish · birdbrained · foolish · lamebrained · thick as a plank · rockheaded · mindless · stolid · cretinous · dull-witted · beefheaded · dull-minded · pudding-headed · dumb as a post · idiotic · vacant · derpy · addlebrained · airheaded · boofheaded · dull-headed · drowsy · naive · monosynaptic · smooth-brained · goofy · dented · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · simple · thickwitted · mookish · slow-witted · thickheaded · daft · witless · thick · mentally challenged · muttonheaded · woolly-minded · unclever · sottish · duncical · Boeotian · slow on the uptake · thick · numbskulled · goofy · lunkheaded · dumber than a rock · brainless · bedaft · slight · gauvison · dozy · bullet-headed · dense · feeble-minded · dumb as a sack of hammers · soft · lumpish