Then will we march to all thoſe Indian Mines, My witleſſe brother to the Chriſtians loſt: And ranſome them with fame and vſurie.
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Witless
Synonyms for "witless" (272 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Strong matches (81)
dumbempty headedempty-headedfatuitousfatuousfeatherbrainedfeatherheadedfeeble-mindedflakyflightyflutteryfondfoolfoolheadedfoolishfrivolousfuddledfutilegagagiddy
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giddy-brainedgiddy-headedgiddy-patedgiddy-wittedgoofygulledhallucinatedhare-brainedharebrainharebrainedheadlessidioticignorantill-advisedill-consideredill-contrivedill-devisedill-gaugedill-judgedimbecileimpercipientimpoliticimprudentin ignorance ofinadvisableinaneincognizantinconsiderateindiscreetineptinexpedientinfatuatedinjudiciousinsaneinsensateinsensibleinsensible toirrationalkookylackbrainedlean-mindedlean-wittedlocoloonylunaticmad
Related words (136)
maddenedmanicmaudlinmazedmentalmentally deficientmeshuggahmindlessmisadvisedmisguidedmoon struckmoon-struckmoronicmyopicnappingnitwittednon composnon compos mentisnonconceivingnot all there
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not brightnot rightnot with itnuttyoddof little brainof unsound mindoffout of itpea brainedpea-brainedpin-brainedpsychoqueerrattlebrainedrattleheadedrattlepatedreasonlessrecklesssappyscatterbrainedscramblebrainedscrewysenselesssentimentalshatterbrainedshitlessshortsightedsicksillysimpleslackmindedslackwittedsoftsoft wittedstark-madstark-staring madstrangestupidtetchedthoughtlesstouchedunadvisedunawareunaware ofunbalancedunconsciousunconscious ofunconsideredundiscerningunforeseeingungiftedunhearingunhingeduninsightfulunintellectualunintelligentunknowingunmindfulunmindful ofunperceivingunprehensiveunrealizingunreasonableunreasoningunreflectingunreflectiveunsaneunseeingunsensibleunsettledunsoundunsuspectinguntalentedunthinkingunthoughtfulunwiseunwittingunwittywackywanderingweakweak-mindedwet
Adjective(28 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- глупав adj (Without wit or understanding)
- тъп adj (Without wit or understanding)
Catalan
1 entries- desentenimentat adj (Without wit or understanding)
Finnish
2 entries- järjetön adj (Without wit or understanding)
- älytön adj (Without wit or understanding)
French
1 entries- stupide adj (Without wit or understanding)
Georgian
3 entries- სულელური adj (Without wit or understanding)
- უგუნური adj (Without wit or understanding)
- უჭკუო adj (Without wit or understanding)
German
4 entries- blöde adj (Without wit or understanding)
- dumm adj (Without wit or understanding)
- geistfrei adj (Without wit or understanding)
- hirnlos adj (Without wit or understanding)
Persian
1 entries- بیخرد adj (Without wit or understanding)
Russian
1 entries- безмозглый adj (Without wit or understanding)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
To be his whore, is witles; Out upon't;
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Rage warps my clearest cry To witless agony.
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