dim-witted
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˈdɪmˈwɪtɪd/
- Offensive
- My dim-witted cousin often misunderstands simple instructions.
- just dim-witted
- think her dim-witted
Examples
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You must be a dim-witted high school student or a college professor.
Blog text (14) -
Now his natural reticence reasserted itself, leaving him feeling tongue-tied and dim-witted.
Fiction book (2000) -
My son wants to be like my dim-witted brother.
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You were just as dim-witted the first time you were here.
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Where is that dim-witted animal?
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Sometimes I wonder if she is a little dim-witted.
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What had happened to the easy-going, dim-witted city of his youth?
Fiction book (2002) -
And this is my dim-witted assistant Higgens.
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Poor sweet dim-witted Max.
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Honey Bee Novak was a typical vapid, dizzy blonde in The Roller Girls, while Dottie Dworski was a dim-witted, gum-chewing secretary in Private Eye.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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3.2
Not able to understand or learn things quickly
106
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
47
4.4
Not quick to learn or understand things
45
2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
24
6.5
Slow to understand and not quick to learn
18
7.1
Not very intelligent and too naive about complex things
17
7.4
Slow to understand what other people mean
10
6.8
Not showing good sense or judgment
9
8.1
Not quick to understand or learn new things
7
3.3
Not smart or slow to understand
6
5.3
Not very smart and slow to understand things
4
6.7
Not quick to understand or think
4
7.9
Slow to understand simple ideas or instructions
2
7.5
Showing very little sense or intelligence
1
9.1
Not very quick to understand things
1
9.9
Someone who is not smart and slow to understand
1
9.3
Not very smart and acting in a foolish way
1
9.9
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
1
8.4
Very silly and not showing good sense
1
9.9
A person who is not very quick to understand things
1
9.3
A person who is not smart and is slow to understand things
1
8.4
Not very smart and likely to make poor choices
1
8.9
Very foolish or not showing any reaction
1
9.9
Showing little intelligence and only simple ideas
1
9.9
A rude name for a person who is slow to understand
A person who is slow to understand and easily fooled
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
Slow to understand or act because they are tired
Pleasant and friendly but not very smart
Antonyms
How Smart
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dim-witted comes from dim, meaning 'not bright' like a weak light, and wit, meaning 'mind' or 'understanding', the same part you see in witty. So someone who is dim-witted has a 'not bright' mind and is slow to understand things.