nitwitted en · ADJ
Meanings
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(informal) Being like a nitwit; being foolish or stupid.
Fifty thousand pounds our esteemed father-in-law was proposing to settle upon that half-baked, nitwitted little slypuss.
1942 February, Agatha Christie, chapter 12, in The Body in the Library; republished in Starring Miss Marple […], New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977, →ISBN, page 85:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more nitwitted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most nitwitted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
insipient · derpy · bedaft · dopey · sottish · wool-headed · gauvison · duncical · daft · dull-witted · dim-headed · dumb · stupid · barmy · silly · mookish · unwise · balmy · fuzzy-headed · dim-witted · softheaded · unsage · soft in the head · idle · slow-witted · fuzzy-minded · simple · asinine · dull-headed · loony · woolly-minded · woolly-headed · crackpot · idiotic · fatuous · thick · naive · dense · goofy · slight