doltishness
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9.2
- noun
- /ˈdoʊltɪʃnəs/
- Offensive
:
estupidez
- Many in the group admired his honesty about his doltishness during the discussion.
Examples
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His doltishness was evident when he failed to grasp the basic concepts in class.
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No, that was my doltishness: too many cakes and the chance to see a warship, but at least it was only a day.
Fiction book (1996) -
Rob liked that kind of female courtesy which allows dolts to reveal their doltishness.
Fiction book (1991) -
She apologized for her doltishness when she misunderstood the simple instructions.
Synonyms
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2.5
Not being smart or having good judgment
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6.2
A state of not understanding things quickly
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7.7
Not able to understand things quickly
A quality of being slow to understand and making simple mistakes
A state when someone is slow to understand things
Being slow and silly in a way that looks confused
Low mental ability to think clearly or learn
A lack of cleverness or quick thinking
The state of being very foolish in a stubborn way
Antonyms
How Stupid
- Offensive
40
8.0
115
2.5
- Offensive
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9.2
61
2.7
29
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Doltishness starts with dolt, a simple word for a slow or foolish person, and adds -ish ('like') and -ness ('the state of'). So, Doltishness is the 'state of being like a dolt', which means being slow to understand or showing foolish actions.