Dictionary

harebrained en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From hare + brained.

Meanings

1. (of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.
   • “Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did. 2008, Sarah McCarty, Promises Reveal, Penguin, →ISBN:
2. (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained; stupid.
   • Her getting a parcel from a hare-brained wench at the coaches in St. John Street; her booty made at the fire, and again at Harwich, all give us excelle 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, The Author's Preface:

Forms

Synonyms

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

Translations (3)

sh pilećeg mozga (featherbrained or scatterbrained) · bg вятърничав (featherbrained or scatterbrained) · bg лекомислен (featherbrained or scatterbrained)