adjective · rare

gormless

gormless · more gormless · most gormless

бестолковый

dämlich

Lacking intelligence, sense or understandingLacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.

/ˈɡɔːmləs/

» Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.

Том безвольний, безхребетний, безініціативний і некомпетентний мудак.

Meaning

1 senses

(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
dämlich
бестолко́выйbestolkóvyj
(British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality

Examples

1 sentences

Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.
Том безвольний, безхребетний, безініціативний і некомпетентний мудак. — deniko
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

lacking intelligence or understanding; foolish:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

lacking intelligence or understanding; foolish:

Origin

From dialectal English gaum (“heed, attention”) + -less (“without”), from Old Norse gaum,

From dialectal English gaum (“heed, attention”) + -less (“without”), from Old Norse gaum, from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaumō (“heed, attention”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.

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