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51feeble — adj 1. weak, frail, fragile, delicate, slight, puny, Pathol. asthenic, anemic; weakly, sickly, not strong, unhealthy, Scot. shilpit, ailing; infirm, unsteady, Inf. dotty, shaky, trembling, tottering, doddering; impotent, powerless, impuissant,… …
52lunatic — n 1. madman, Sl. loony, maniac, bedlam ite, Inf. crackpot, Sl. kook, Sl. nut, Sl. screwball; psychotic, Sl. sickie, psychopath, schizophrenic, Sl. schizo; paranoiac, Psychiatry. manic depressive; Psychiatry. megalomaniac, pyromaniac, Psychol.… …
53weak — adj 1. frail, fragile, breakable, delicate; unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial; flimsy, jerry built, gimcrack, rickety, ramshackle, dilapidated, falling apart or down, tumble down, decayed, rotten. 2. feeble, puny, nonmuscular, nonathletic,… …
54artless — a. 1. Ignorant, unlearned, untaught, unskilful, rude. [Usually followed by of.] 2. Inartificial, simple, natural, plain, unadorned, without marks of art. 3. Unaffected, plain, honest, frank, fair, open, candid, naive, guileless, simple, sincere,… …
55dim-witted — adjective lacking mental capacity and subtlety • Syn: ↑simple, ↑simple minded • Similar to: ↑retarded • Derivationally related forms: ↑simplicity (for: ↑si …
56Nikolai Leskov — Portrait of Leskov by Valentin Serov, 1894 Born February 16, 1831(1831 02 16) Oryol, Russia Died March 5, 1 …
57retarded — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. delayed; mentally deficient or handicapped, braindamaged, moronic; backward, slow. See slowness, insanity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of people ] Syn. backward, slow, developmentally disabled; …
58slow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. time consuming; dull witted, dense (sl.); tardy, sluggish; slack, leisurely; tedious, boring. See slowness, ignorance, lateness, weariness.Ant., fast, quick witted, bright. v. slacken, moderate,… …
59doltish — adj blockheaded, boneheaded, blockish, thick, thick headed, thick skulled, dense; obtuse, stolid, lumpish, blunt, dull; Inf. dopey, Inf. dumb, dull witted, dim witted, slow, slow witted, half witted; stupid, unintelligent, simple, simple minded,… …
60mindless — adj 1. senseless, nonsensical, insensate, brainless, witless, empty headed, Brit. Inf. gormless, Rare. insulse; unintelligent, dull, dull witted, dim witted, slow, slow witted, half witted, weak minded, weak headed, feeble minded, retarded,… …
