half-witted en · ADJ
Etymology
From half- + witted.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having low intelligence.
"These girls were a little queer, to be sure, almost half-witted, but that came from their having seen fairies," he added, with an indignant look at the squire.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 264:
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mentally challenged · bubbleheaded · thickheaded · brainless · dull · pratty · slow on the uptake · dim-witted · silly · thick as pig shit · mindless · thick · thickwitted · shit-for-brains · lowbrow · soft · beefheaded · lamebrained · dunderheaded · thick-skulled · ass-brained · fatheaded · wool-headed · idiotic · wooden-headed · slow-witted · dumb as an ox · thick as a plank · dumb as a doorknob · dumber than a box of rocks · purblind · flea-brained · dim-headed · moronic · braindead · thick as two short planks · monosynaptic · unapprehensive · empty-headed · muttonheaded · bee-brained · sharp as a bowling ball · dim-bulb · crackbrained · daft · half-witted · not the sharpest crayon in the box · witless · unintelligent · beef-witted · thick as champ · buffle-headed · dull-minded · not the sharpest tool in the shed · dim-witted · woolly-minded · doltish · feeble-minded · chuckleheaded · unsmart · childish · dumber than a rock · dumb · rockheaded · peabrained · lumpish · stupid · airheaded · ridiculous · boofheaded · fuckwitted · mentally retarded · cretinous · Boeotian · retarded · hammer-headed · ignorant · dozy · puerile · unclever · dumb as a bag of hammers · inane · fuzzy-headed · drowsy · lunkheaded · smooth-brained · slow-witted · dense · beetle-headed · cerebrally challenged · dumb as a post · simple · boneheaded · stolid · dumb as a box of rocks · sheep-headed · numbskulled · dull-headed · thick as mince · goofy · vacuous · thick as a brick · dented · thick as a whale omelette · slow · foolish · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · vacant · insipid · dull-witted · bullet-headed · dim · half-brained · birdbrained · intellectually challenged · addlebrained · quarter-witted · oafish · dumb as a sack of hammers · uninformed · addlepated · imbecilic · nitwitted · knuckleheaded · fuzzy-minded · dumb as dirt · dopey · woolly-headed · blockheaded · pudding-headed · chowderheaded · obtuse
Translations (14)
nl achterlijk (having a low intelligence) · nl dom (having a low intelligence) · it deficiente (having a low intelligence) · it mentecatto (having a low intelligence) · bg слабоумен (having a low intelligence) · tr yarım akıllı (having a low intelligence) · axm աղուաշ (having a low intelligence) · sco haivert (having a low intelligence) · gv meecheeallagh (having a low intelligence) · hu féleszű (having a low intelligence) · hy աղվաշ (having a low intelligence) · bg малоумен (having a low intelligence) · tl langkas (having a low intelligence) · tr akılsız (having a low intelligence)