doltish

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dolt

(dōlt)

A stupid person; a dunce.

[Middle English dulte, from past participle of dullen, to dull, from dul, dull; see dull.]

dolt′ish adj.

dolt′ish·ly adv.

dolt′ish·ness n.

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Adj.

doltish - heavy and dull and stupid

cloddish

stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

doltish

adjective

Lacking in intelligence:

blockheaded, dense, dumb, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted.

Informal: thick.

Slang: dimwitted, dopey.

Translations

doltish

adj → tölpelhaft, dumm

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doltish

[ˈdəʊltɪʃ] adj (person) → imbecille, stupido/a; (behaviour) → stupido/a

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He soon proved a heavy clog upon the little party, being doltish and taciturn, lazy in the extreme, and a huge feeder.

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"Thou art growing less doltish and more shrewd every day, Sancho," said Don Quixote.

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more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

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He looks simple, and even doltish; but when his interests are in question, he is certainly profoundly clever."

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Without that he is just a sober, doltish young man, confused about his own existence and purpose in life.

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Assuredly not, yet the doltish senators failed to understand that the issue of nuclear weapons non proliferation supersedes politics.