Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory)A person who is deficient in intelligence.

    Trottel, Schwachkopf, Halbidiot

    болва́нbolván, полуду́рокpoludúrok, тупи́цаtupíca

    a stupid incompetent person

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is a dimwit.

  2. Look at that dimwit egg-sucker over there.

  3. He is a massive dimwit, inherently apathetic and incapable of rational thought.

  4. He's a dimwit.

    ruОн болван. — marafon

    deEr ist ein Schwachkopf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. How come you ate the cucumber, you dimwit? You knew that I wanted to make a cucumber mask!

    Дурень, навіщо ти з'їв огірок? Ти ж знав, що я хотіла зробити собі маску з огірків! — Internecivus

    deWieso hast du die Gurke gegessen, du Doofmann? Du wusstest doch, dass ich mir eine Gurkenmaske machen wollte! — MUIRIEL

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Translations

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By meaning 1
person who is deficient in intelligence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who is deficient in intelligence:

Origin

Compound of dim + wit.

Compound of dim + wit.

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Forms

plural: dimwits
Singulardimwit
Pluraldimwits

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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