dull wits
91intelligent — 1 Intellectual, *mental, cerebral, psychic 2 Intelligent, clever, alert, quick witted, bright, smart, knowing, brilliant are comparable when they mean mentally quick or keen. Intelligent implies greater than average power to use one s mind… …
92slow — adj 1 *stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb 2 Slow, dilatory, laggard, deliberate, leisurely can apply to persons, their movements, or their actions, and mean taking a longer time than is necessary, usual, or sometimes, desirable. Slow (see also… …
93demented — adj 1. insane, crazy, crazed, mad, lunatic, lunatical, deranged; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis. mentally ill; psychotic, schizophrenic, Sl. schizo; daft, Inf. daffy, unbalanced, touched, Inf. unglued, Inf. half baked, Brit. Sl.… …
94deranged — adj 1. disordered, disarranged, disorganized, disjointed, disarrayed; misarranged, out of place, misplaced, displaced, dislocated; disheveled, rumpled, ruffled, tousled; upset, topsy turvy, messy; cluttered, littered; jumbled, muddled, entangled …
95lunatic — n 1. madman, Sl. loony, maniac, bedlam ite, Inf. crackpot, Sl. kook, Sl. nut, Sl. screwball; psychotic, Sl. sickie, psychopath, schizophrenic, Sl. schizo; paranoiac, Psychiatry. manic depressive; Psychiatry. megalomaniac, pyromaniac, Psychol.… …
96moon-struck — adj 1. crazed, crazy, mad, maddened, lunatic, lunatical, insane, demented, deranged; dazed, moon stricken, possessed, infatuated; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis. mentally ill; daft, Inf. daffy, unbalanced, touched, Inf. unglued, Inf.… …
97petrify — v 1. ossify, fossilize, turn to stone, Archaic. lapidify, mineralize; calcify, vitrify, crystallize; indurate, harden, make hard, become hard, strengthen, stiffen, starch; solidify, densify, inspissate, Pharm. incrassate, thicken; steel, toughen …
98witted — wit•ted [[t]ˈwɪt ɪd[/t]] adj. having wit or wits (usu. used in combination): quick witted; dull witted[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400 wit′ted•ness, n …
99Blackmore, Sir Richard — (c. 1650, d. 1729) Poet, one of the Court Physicians to William III. and Anne, wrote several very long and well intentioned, but dull and tedious, poems, which, though praised by Addison and Johnson, are now utterly forgotten. They include… …
100wooden — /ˈwʊdn / (say woodn) adjective 1. consisting or made of wood. 2. stiff, ungainly, or awkward. 3. without spirit or animation: a wooden stare. 4. dull or stupid: wooden wits. 5. (of a sound) as if issuing from a hollow wooden object when struck. 6 …
