half-witted
81simple-minded — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. foolish, ingenuous; simple, moronic, imbecilic. See folly, ignorance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unintelligent, childish, moronic; see dull 3 , naive , stupid 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or… …
82soft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. supple, pliant; faint, low; kind, lenient; easy. See softness, faintness, leniency, facility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Pliable] Syn. malleable, pliant, elastic; see flexible 1 . 2. [Soft to the… …
83weak-minded — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. moronic, idiotic, imbecilic, feebleminded; brainless, foolish, witless, empty headed, vacuous; vacillating, irresolute, fickle. See ignorance, doubt. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. foolish, moronic,… …
84feeble-minded — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. retarded, simple minded, foolish, senile; see dull 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Offensive. Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: backward, dull, simple, simple minded, slow, slow witted.… …
85idiotic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having the mind of an idiot] Syn. thick witted, dull, moronic; see stupid 1 . 2. [Characterized by bad judgment] Syn. fatuous, asinine, dumb*; see silly , stupid 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. moronic, stupid,… …
86weak-minded — a. Shallow, weak, soft, sappy, feeble minded, short witted, half witted, weak headed …
87defective — adj 1. faulty, imperfect, incomplete, lacking, wanting, deficient; inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, unsound, infirm, weak, poor, inefficient, sloppy; marred, flawed, impaired, bruised, blemished, broken, disfigured, injured, mutilated, warped,… …
88thickheaded — adj stupid, unintelligent, dull witted, duncish, obtuse, Inf. cretinous, half witted, dense, thick. See thick(def. 10) …
89foolish — adjective Syn: stupid, idiotic, mindless, unintelligent, thoughtless, imprudent, unwise, ill advised, rash, reckless, foolhardy; informal dumb, dim, dim witted, half witted, thick, hare brained; Brit.; informal barmy, daft; Scot …
90archaicism — noun the use of an archaic expression • Syn: ↑archaism • Derivationally related forms: ↑archaistic, ↑archaistic (for: ↑archaism), ↑archaize (for: ↑ …
