numbskulled en · ADJ
Etymology
From numb + skulled.
Meanings
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(informal) stupid.
He opens his mouth to scold her, to let her know that itʼs precisely her numbskulled inability to understand thereʼs more to the world than plum-cake and cocoa thatʼs allowed this calamity to happen in the first place.
2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 820:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most numbskulled | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more numbskulled | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
dim-headed · mentally retarded · boofheaded · unintelligent · peabrained · thick as a plank · pudding-headed · simple · woolly-headed · brainless · fuckwitted · dumb as an ox · thick as a brick · dumber than a box of rocks · beetle-headed · dull · thickwitted · unapprehensive · half-witted · dented · inane · fuzzy-headed · buffle-headed · slow-witted · boneheaded · empty-headed · chowderheaded · stolid · beef-witted · daft · woolly-minded · vacuous · vacant · monosynaptic · doltish · bullet-headed · uninformed · thick as a whale omelette · dim-witted · smooth-brained · pratty · retarded · not the sharpest tool in the shed · dense · thickheaded · dopey · bee-brained · dumb · unclever · thick-skulled · dull-minded · thick as champ · addlepated · Boeotian · airheaded · crackbrained · dull-witted · blockheaded · bubbleheaded · sharp as a bowling ball · childish · lumpish · imbecilic · fuzzy-minded · fatheaded · feeble-minded · insipid · cretinous · ignorant · nitwitted · sheep-headed · flea-brained · lunkheaded · thick as pig shit · dumb as dirt · stupid · puerile · hammer-headed · muttonheaded · silly · slow · knuckleheaded · idiotic · dumb as a box of rocks · moronic · braindead · wool-headed · dumb as a sack of hammers · chuckleheaded · dim-bulb · shit-for-brains · not the sharpest crayon in the box · thick as two short planks · soft · ridiculous · goofy · dozy · birdbrained · cerebrally challenged · dumb as a bag of hammers · foolish · thick as mince · intellectually challenged · dumb as a doorknob · thick · dim · numbskulled · lamebrained · beefheaded · unsmart · rockheaded · mindless · ass-brained · half-brained · dumber than a rock · purblind · addlebrained · mentally challenged · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · obtuse · quarter-witted · oafish · wooden-headed · lowbrow · dunderheaded · slow on the uptake · dumb as a post · drowsy · witless · dull-headed