Numbskulled

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    stupid. informal

    "He opens his mouth to scold her, to let her know that itʼs precisely her numbskulled inability to understand thereʼs more to the world than plum-cake and cocoa thatʼs allowed this calamity to happen in the first place."

Example

More examples

"He opens his mouth to scold her, to let her know that itʼs precisely her numbskulled inability to understand thereʼs more to the world than plum-cake and cocoa thatʼs allowed this calamity to happen in the first place."

Etymology

From numb + skulled.

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