Blockheaded: alternatives and connections

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

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One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

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Like a dunce; duncish.

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Somewhat like a dunce.

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Dull; stupid.

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Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.