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- 1. foolish; stupid: "a witless retort" Similar
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WITLESS definition: 1. stupid or showing no intelligence: 2. to frighten someone very much: 3. stupid or showing no…. Learn more.
A witless person is a numskull. To be witless is not to lack the "funny" kind of "wit," but to lack the "brains" kind of "wit." If you're witless, you don't have your wits about you. I wouldn't call you stupid, exactly.
Synonyms for WITLESS: stupid, dumb, slow, simple, ignorant, thick, dull, foolish; Antonyms of WITLESS: brilliant, intelligent, clever, smart, quick, bright, apt, sharp
1. : lacking wit or understanding : foolish. 2. : mentally unsound. … drive one witless with anxiety. William Styron. witlessly adverb. witlessness noun. Synonyms. airheaded. birdbrained. boneheaded. brain-dead. brainless. bubbleheaded. chuckleheaded. dense. dim-witted. doltish. dopey. dopy. dorky [slang] dull. dumb. dunderheaded. empty-headed.
If you describe something or someone as witless, you mean that they are very foolish or stupid. [disapproval] ...a witless, nasty piece of journalism. Synonyms: foolish, crazy [informal], stupid, silly More Synonyms of witless. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Witless definition: lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.. See examples of WITLESS used in a sentence.
adjective. Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense: brainless, fatuous, foolish, insensate, mindless, senseless, silly, unintelligent, weak-minded. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment. Wiktionary. Synonyms: soft-witted. senseless. nitwitted. mad. insane. inane. simple. unaware. stupid. dumb. dull. crazy. asinine. unintelligent. silly. Origin of Witless. From wit +"Ž -less. From Wiktionary. Witless Sentence Examples.
WITLESS meaning: 1 : very foolish or stupid; 2 : very much very badly used for emphasis.
witless. adjective. These are words and phrases related to witless. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of witless. SILLY. Synonyms. foolish. dumb. stupid. simpleminded. brainless. featherbrained. harebrained. rattlebrained. muddlebrained. empty-headed. muddleheaded. silly. lacking judgment. foolhardy.
