Synonyms for half-witted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : haf-wit-id, hahf-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈwɪt ɪd, ˈhɑf-


Définition of half-witted

  • adj stupid
Example sentences :
  • You is on'y a half-witted chance-child,' says he, 'but I loves you like a brother.'
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • You be only half-witted, anyway, and I sha'n't be too hard on you.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • It was that half-witted lad then who had perished in the park.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Now, it is entirely weak and half-witted to appeal to the future.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • An alehouse-keeper in the neighbourhood of Elstow had a son who was half-witted.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Only then did it strike Phil Ralston that the lad was dumb, as well as half-witted.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • And Mart was always enraged at the sight of his half-witted son.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • So unresponsive and dumb was he that they called him half-witted.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Savarin and Other Stories » by Edward William Thomson
  • It is a half-witted creature, who serves me when I would attract the people.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • She is only half-witted, you know, and didn't do her teachers much credit.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various

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