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单词 birdbrained
释义

birdbrain

noun

bird·​brain ˈbərd-ˌbrān How to pronounce birdbrain (audio)
1
: a stupid person
2
: scatterbrain
birdbrained
ˈbərd-ˌbrānd How to pronounce birdbrain (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • cuckoo
  • ditz
  • featherbrain
  • featherhead
  • flibbertigibbet
  • nitwit
  • rattlebrain
  • scatterbrain
  • softhead
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Example Sentences

Her brother's a real birdbrain. those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along
Recent Examples on the Web Some cowardly birdbrain dropping Ku Klux Klan fliers in a quiet, suburban neighborhood may not be earth-shattering news. Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2018 Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs. National Geographic, 15 May 2016 Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs. National Geographic, 15 May 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

birdbrained

adjective

1
as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity a birdbrained neighbor who is forever giving me tacky tchotchkes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • goofy
  • silly
  • giddy
  • futile
  • scatterbrained
  • ditzy
  • featherbrained
  • harebrained
  • flighty
  • puerile
  • playful
  • frivolous
  • light-minded
  • foolish
  • yeasty
  • daffy
  • ditsy
  • dizzy
  • thoughtless
  • frothy
  • inane
  • witless
  • happy
  • fatuous
  • flippant
  • crazy
  • shallow
  • light-headed
  • daft
  • superficial
  • nonsensical
  • lighthearted
  • giggly
  • fluttery
  • fruity
  • exuberant
  • sappy
  • light

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • serious
  • earnest
  • sober
  • serious-minded
  • thoughtful
  • melancholy
  • somber
  • grave
  • unfrivolous
  • sombre
  • sedate
  • severe
  • solemn
  • heavy
  • staid
  • dignified
  • no-nonsense
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2
as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stupid
  • dumb
  • slow
  • simple
  • pinheaded
  • brainless
  • dopey
  • doltish
  • boneheaded
  • airheaded
  • foolish
  • bonehead
  • thick
  • idiotic
  • ignorant
  • oafish
  • lamebrain
  • unsmart
  • dunderheaded
  • unintelligent
  • witless
  • dense
  • gormless
  • dull
  • mindless
  • lunkheaded
  • thickheaded
  • bubbleheaded
  • softheaded
  • vacuous
  • silly
  • lamebrained
  • knuckleheaded
  • obtuse
  • fatuous
  • slow-witted
  • dopy
  • dim-witted
  • dorky
  • half-witted
  • irrational
  • chuckleheaded
  • thick-witted
  • mad
  • soft
  • cretinous
  • opaque
  • dim
  • brain-dead
  • insane
  • weak-minded
  • empty-headed
  • unreasonable
  • senseless
  • crazy
  • moronic
  • idiotical
  • imbecile
  • daffy
  • lunatic
  • absurd
  • fool
  • imbecilic
  • looney
  • cuckoo
  • uninformed
  • dippy
  • simpleminded
  • feebleminded
  • screwball
  • harebrained
  • cockeyed
  • uneducated
  • lowbrow
  • illiterate
  • unintellectual
  • zany
  • loony
  • preposterous
  • unthinking
  • daft
  • asinine
  • kooky
  • crackpot
  • illogical
  • nutty
  • untaught
  • dotty
  • wacky
  • sappy
  • unwise
  • boobish
  • invalid
  • fallacious
  • kookie
  • nonsensical
  • half-baked
  • whacky
  • tomfool
  • featherheaded
  • balmy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • intelligent
  • clever
  • brainy
  • smart
  • brilliant
  • apt
  • quick
  • sharp
  • ingenious
  • bright
  • keen
  • nimble
  • resourceful
  • hyperintelligent
  • acute
  • ultrasmart
  • supersmart
  • wise
  • intellectual
  • fast
  • astute
  • perceptive
  • thinking
  • cerebral
  • sagacious
  • savvy
  • scholarly
  • quick-witted
  • erudite
  • insightful
  • sage
  • sharp-witted
  • perspicacious
  • keen
  • skilled
  • knowing
  • discerning
  • crafty
  • knowledgeable
  • learned
  • cunning
  • literate
  • sapient
  • trained
  • shrewd
  • wily
  • educated
  • informed
  • highbrow
  • judicious
  • sound
  • percipient
  • sensible
  • prudent
  • sane
  • foxy
  • rational
  • logical
  • reasonable
  • valid
  • schooled
  • well-read
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