Word Meanings - BLUNT-WITTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Dull; stupid. Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! Shak.

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• WITTS
  Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight.
• BLUNTISH
  Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
• WITTED
  Having a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
• IGNOBLENESS
  State or quality of being ignoble.
• WITTY
  1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. "The deep-revolving witty Buckingham." Shak. 2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem,
• WITTINESS
  The quality of being witty.
• BLUNTLY
  In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.
• WITTOLLY
  Like a wittol; cuckoldly. Shak.
• STUPIDITY
  1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness. 2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with fear. Chapman.
• BLUNTNESS
  1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland. 2. A bruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." Boyle.
• IGNOBLE
  Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous. (more info) 1. Of low birth or family; not noble;
• STUPID
  1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons. O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As to forsake the living God! Milton. With wild surprise, A moment stupid,
• WITTINGLY
  Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
• BLUNT
  1. A fencer's foil. 2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle. 3. Money. Beaconsfield.
• WITTICASTER
  A witling. Milton.
• DEMEANOR
  1. Management; treatment; conduct. God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton. 2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as
• WITTILY
  In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with it; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas. Who his own harm so wittily contrives. Dryden.
• WITTOL
  The wheatear. 2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. Shak.
• WITTICISM
  A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. Milton. He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse. Addison.
• WITTIFIED
  Possessed of wit; witty. R. North.
• DISWITTED
  Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
• TWITTERING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. 2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the
• SODDEN-WITTED
  Heavy; dull. Shak.
• UNWITTING
  Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv.
• TWITTER
  One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
• HALF-WITTED
  Weak in intellect; silly.
• TWITTLE-TWATTLE
  Tattle; gabble. L'Estrange.
• FAT-WITTED
  Dull; stupid. Shak.
• SLOW-WITTED
  Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
• BEEF-WITTED
  Stupid; dull. Shak.
• QUICK-WITTED
  Having ready wit Shak.