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单词 thickheaded
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Definition of thickheaded in English:

thickheaded

adjectiveˌθɪkˈhɛdɪdˌθɪkˈhɛdəd
informal
  • Unintelligent; stupid.

    what a thickheaded business decision!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Members of our race are ignorant, stubborn, and thickheaded.
    • I've seen the way he looked at you - or are you too thickheaded to notice it?
    • Melissa suddenly cursed herself for being so thickheaded.
    • Apparently, the thickheaded moron beside me was incapable of keeping his mouth shut.
    • I tried getting through to you but you're too thickheaded!
    • Mike closes his eyes, feeling incredibly thickheaded.
    Synonyms
    unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, mindless, foolish, dull-witted, dull, slow-witted, witless, slow, dunce-like, simple-minded, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, half-witted, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, imbecile, obtuse, doltish
    stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, mindless, foolish, dull-witted, dull, slow-witted, witless, doltish, slow, dunce-like, simple-minded, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, half-witted, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic

Derivatives

  • thickheadedness

  • nounˌθɪkˈhɛdɪdnəs
    informal
    • It was drizzling more heavily now and Croft turned up his coat collar, cursing the watchman's thickheadedness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cushing's running commentary is sympathetic to Castro's revolution, but even he notes that ‘almost every designer has anecdotes of creative work thwarted by political inappropriateness or bureaucratic thickheadedness.’
      • Ph.Ds, high IQs, and intellectual honors are not antidotes to thickheadedness.
      • He is openly contemptuous of democracy, falling back on arguments about the invincible thickheadedness of many people.

Rhymes

bareheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, hard-headed, hot-headed, light-headed, pig-headed, pinheaded, unleaded, unwedded, wooden-headed, wrong-headed
 
 

Definition of thickheaded in US English:

thickheaded

adjectiveˌθɪkˈhɛdədˌTHikˈhedəd
informal
  • Unintelligent; stupid.

    what a thickheaded business decision!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I tried getting through to you but you're too thickheaded!
    • I've seen the way he looked at you - or are you too thickheaded to notice it?
    • Apparently, the thickheaded moron beside me was incapable of keeping his mouth shut.
    • Mike closes his eyes, feeling incredibly thickheaded.
    • Members of our race are ignorant, stubborn, and thickheaded.
    • Melissa suddenly cursed herself for being so thickheaded.
    Synonyms
    unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, mindless, foolish, dull-witted, dull, slow-witted, witless, slow, dunce-like, simple-minded, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, half-witted, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, imbecile, obtuse, doltish
    stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, mindless, foolish, dull-witted, dull, slow-witted, witless, doltish, slow, dunce-like, simple-minded, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, half-witted, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic
 
 
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