Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
Antonyms for witless
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : wit-lis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪt lɪs |
Definition of witless
Origin :- Old English witleas; see wit (n.) + -less. Phrase scared witless attested from 1975. Related: Witlessly; witlessness.
- adj foolish
- And all this witless piffle because of a quite natural misunderstanding of mine.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Capering creatures, who behaved witlessly, yet were far from witless.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- The wife of the “odious person” was witless and fatuously conceited.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- There was a witless vanity about my friend that sat on him almost like a virtue.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- But do not give your witless vanity a foolish airing before my chaplain.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- She began to be witless again, to wring her hands, to whimper and whine.
- Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- Would he take a wander-thought to his bed, and have witless children?
- Extract from : « The Arrow-Maker » by Mary Austin
- The man Lazarus is witless, he writes, of the relative value of all things.
- Extract from : « Introduction to Robert Browning » by Hiram Corson
- Impatience came to his voice; in truth, I must have been staring at him witless.
- Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings
- I was hardly so witless as not to realize the truth of his admonition.
- Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings
Synonyms for witless
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019