Synonyms for half-witted
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : haf-wit-id, hahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈwɪt ɪd, ˈhɑf- |
Définition of half-witted
- adj stupid
- 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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- quick witted
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- six of one and half a dozen of the other
- the other half
- thick-witted
- twittery
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- wittiness
- witting
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