thick-skulled
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8.1
- adjective
- /θɪk skʌld/
- Offensive
Examples
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Within 5 years, those thick-skulled "Texas Boys" will be too busy killing each other over power to even establish a budget!
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Well, we're a very thick skulled species, and we can't tell too much about details of shape by looking at the outside of the brain.
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Revolt, you thick-skulled idiots!
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Why, you thick-skulled, harebrained, half-witted greenhorn.
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Some people are just too thick-skulled to understand the simplest instructions.
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Despite his thick-skulled nature, he eventually figured out the problem.
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She called him thick-skulled after he failed to grasp the joke.
Synonyms
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8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
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8.2
Not very smart and slow to understand
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6.8
Slow to understand what others explain
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3.5
Very stupid and not using common sense
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7.1
Not very intelligent and too naive about complex things
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7.4
Slow to understand what other people mean
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5.6
Not quick to understand or learn
7
3.3
Not smart or slow to understand
7
8.0
Very stupid and not thinking clearly
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5.3
Not very smart and slow to understand things
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6.7
Not quick to understand or think
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7.9
Slow to understand simple ideas or instructions
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9.9
Someone who is not smart and slow to understand
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9.3
Not very smart and acting in a foolish way
1
9.9
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
1
8.3
Not able to think clearly or make good decisions
1
9.9
A person who is not very smart or sensible
1
7.9
Being very foolish and showing poor judgment
1
9.9
Slow and crude in thinking and behavior
1
8.8
Not very smart or sensible
1
8.9
Slow to understand or learn things
1
9.1
Confused and unable to think clearly
1
8.9
Having confused, unclear thoughts that do not make sense
1
9.8
Very stupid and not able to think clearly
1
9.9
Showing little intelligence and only simple ideas
A rude word for a person who is slow to understand
A little slow to understand things
A person who is slow to understand and easily fooled
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
Very foolish and showing little sense
A person who is foolish and lacks common sense
Silly and confused in the way someone thinks
Showing very little intelligence or common sense
Being stubborn and not clever
Antonyms
How Intelligent
- Offensive
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4.4
- Offensive
4
6.7
- Offensive
9
8.1
- Offensive
∞
1.0
- Offensive
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3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thick-skulled is built from thick and skull, with skull meaning the 'head bone', and it gives the image of a head so thick that ideas cannot get in. So, to call someone thick-skulled is to say they are 'slow to understand'.