Gormless
Gormless adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: a comedy show that invariably portrays the British aristocracy as a bunch of gormless twits
Knuckleheaded and gormless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knuckleheaded" instead an adjective "Gormless".
Knuckleheaded
Knuckleheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the editorial lampooned the knuckleheaded legislation, which was yet another attempt by the government to protect people from themselves
Gormless and knuckleheaded are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Gormless" instead an adjective "Knuckleheaded".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- thick and gormless
- thick and knuckleheaded
- dull and gormless
- dull and knuckleheaded
- stupid and gormless
- stupid and knuckleheaded
- obtuse and gormless
- obtuse and knuckleheaded
- slow and gormless
- slow and knuckleheaded
- dim and gormless
- dim and knuckleheaded
- foolish and gormless
- foolish and knuckleheaded
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