If you weren't so scatterbrained, you wouldn't always fall for the same trick.
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Scatterbrained
//ˈskætə(ɹ)ˌbɹeɪnd//
Synonyms for "scatterbrained" (125 found)
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Related words (62)
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Adjective(3 words)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
3 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- вятърничав adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- лекомислен adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Czech
4 entries- lehkomyslný adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- popletený adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- roztržitý adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- roztěkaný adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Esperanto
1 entries- ventanima adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Finnish
1 entries- hajamielinen adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
French
1 entries- écervelé adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
German
2 entries- nachlässig adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- vergesslich adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Japanese
1 entries- おっちょこちょい adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Macedonian
2 entries- вете́ринчав adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- леко́мислен adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Norman
1 entries- êcoquevilyi adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Persian
1 entries- کالیو adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Polish
1 entries- roztrzepany adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Russian
3 entries- легкомы́сленный adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- мозги́ набекре́нь adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- рассе́янный adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Swedish
3 entries- tanklös adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- tankspridd adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- virrig adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Turkish
3 entries- alık adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- bön adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
- ebleh adj (having the qualities of scatterbrain)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
He is scatterbrained.
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Tom is a bit scatterbrained.
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Mary is a bit scatterbrained.
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