doltish
1
9.3
- adjective
- /ˈdoʊltɪʃ/
- Offensive
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- Prutkov's very existence—a doltish, maudlin bureaucrat in a state overflowing with them—was itself an admonition to the regime.
Examples
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We don't need ill-informed professionals or doltish government panels calling the shots for individuals when it comes to their own health.
Blog text (31) -
"You are up early," the man said to him, and his face transformed again, taking on a decidedly doltish look.
Fiction book (1990) -
The connection was so damn obvious that even that doltish police chief would have to see the pattern.
Fiction book (1991) -
Doltish children are running our country.
Blog text (9) -
The bald guy affected a doltish expression.
Fiction book (2001) -
The assailant was fifteen, large, and doltish.
Fiction book (1996) -
In Toledo, the doltish farmers milled, dumb to the profound mystery before them.
Fiction book (1996) -
What is utterly doltish is to blithely shrug and say, "I won't lift a finger or negotiate or feel any urgency, because I am sure the market (or God or the oligarchs) will find a way."
Blog text (25) -
In my one truly doltish move, I approached author Nancy Springer, believing she was Nancy Paulsen, head of Putnam Young Readers and the person who signed off on bringing Winston Breen to the masses.
Blog text (33) -
He made a doltish mistake by forgetting his keys again.
Synonyms
505
1.3
Not showing good sense and making unwise choices
138
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
28
6.5
Slow to understand and not quick to learn
19
6.7
Not very smart and likely to act in a silly way
14
7.4
Slow to understand what other people mean
9
6.8
Not showing good sense or judgment
6
5.6
Not quick to understand or learn
6
5.3
Not very smart and slow to understand things
4
7.9
Slow to understand simple ideas or instructions
3
6.7
Not quick to understand or think
1
9.9
Someone who is not smart and slow to understand
1
8.1
Not quick to understand or learn new things
1
7.2
Silly and slow to understand things
1
7.9
Being very foolish and showing poor judgment
1
9.9
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
A person who is slow to understand and easily fooled
Acting awkward and not very clever or polite
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
Slow to understand or act because they are tired
Not smart and slow to understand
Slow to understand or learn things
Very stupid and not able to think clearly
Antonyms
How Stupid
- Offensive
115
4.4
- Offensive
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1.0
- Offensive
1
9.3
- Offensive
3
6.7
976
1.0
40
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word doltish comes from the simple noun dolt, meaning 'a stupid or slow person'. The ending -ish means 'like', so doltish means 'like a dolt', or slow-witted and foolish.