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1 torpes, los
= dull-witted, the -
2 tupoglav
dull witted, dull brained, thickheaded* * *• slow witted• rattle brained -
3 hidasjärkinen
• dull• dull-witted• slow of comprehension• slow• slow-witted• stupid -
4 greu de cap
dull-wittedslow-wittedthick-headedwooden-headeddifficult of understanding. -
5 o’tmas
dull, not sharp. o’tmas burchak obtuse angle. o’tmas mol slow moving or non selling item. fikri o’tmas dull witted -
6 stolidus
dull, obtuse, dull-witted, dumb. -
7 fahmsiz
dull witted, thick -
8 farosatsiz
dull witted, unintelligent -
9 hidasajatuksinen
• dull-witted• slow of thought -
10 dungu
dull-witted, mentally slow. 2 gullible. -
11 estúpido
adj.1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.m.stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.* * *► adjetivo1 stupid, silly► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 berk, idiot* * *1. (f. - estúpida)adj.2. (f. - estúpida)noun f.* * *estúpido, -a1.ADJ stupid2.SM / F idiot* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, sillyay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrongun gasto estúpido a stupid waste of moneyes estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to gomasculine, feminineidiot, foolel estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother* * *
estúpido
‹ argumento› stupid, silly;◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idiot, fool
estúpido,-a
I adjetivo stupid
II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
' estúpido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- estúpida
- animal
- apendejarse
- baboso
- caballo
- el
- embromar
- gafo
- huevón
- pendejo
English:
also
- believe
- bit
- bonehead
- bozo
- damn
- dopey
- equally
- foolish
- goof
- idiotic
- mindless
- obtuse
- pretty
- shame
- soft
- stupid
- that
- wonder
- inane
- jerk
* * *estúpido, -a♦ adjstupid;¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it♦ nm,fidiot;el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour* * *I adj stupidII m, estúpida f idiot* * *estúpido, -da adj: stupid♦ estúpidamente adjestúpido, -da nidiota: idiot, fool* * *estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot -
12 memo
adj.silly, stupid, brainless.m.1 memo, written note, memorandum.2 fool, dunce, simpleton, dweeb.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar stupid, dim► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 familiar dummy, moron* * *I memo, -a *1.ADJ silly, stupid2.SM / F idiotII* SM memo *, memorandum* * *I- ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)IIno seas memo — don't be so stupid o dumb
- ma masculino, femenino1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo* * *= goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.* * *I- ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)IIno seas memo — don't be so stupid o dumb
- ma masculino, femenino1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo* * *= goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.* * *no seas memo don't be so stupid o dumb¡no te quedes ahí mirando como si estuvieras mema! don't just stand there like an idiot!masculine, feminineB* * *
memo,-a insult
I adjetivo silly, stupid
II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
' memo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
- mema
- circular
- memorándum
English:
memo
- nitwit
- soft-headed
- goofy
* * *memo, -a Esp♦ adjstupid♦ nm,fidiot, fool* * *famI adj dumb famII m, mema f idiot* * *memo, -ma adj: silly, stupid* * *memo2 n idiot -
13 necio
adj.silly, ignorant, stupid, foolish.* * *► adjetivo1 stupid► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 imbecile, idiot* * *necio, -a1. ADJ1) (=tonto) foolish, stupid2) Méx (=terco) stubborn, pig-headed3) And (=displicente) peevish5) CAm [enfermedad] hard to shake off2.SM / F fool* * *- cia adjetivo1) ( tonto) stupid2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty* * *= moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* como un necio = stupidly.* * *- cia adjetivo1) ( tonto) stupid2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty* * *= moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* como un necio = stupidly.* * *B ( RPl) (susceptible) touchymasculine, feminineA (persona tonta) foolel necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido fools rush in where angels fear to treadB ( RPl) (persona susceptible) touchy person* * *
necio◊ - cia adjetivo
necio,-a
I adjetivo stupid, fatuous
II sustantivo masculino y femenino stupid fool: su hermano es un necio, his brother's an idiot
♦ Locuciones: a palabras necias, oídos sordos, turn a deaf ear to foolish comments
' necio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
animal
- burra
- burro
- necia
- subnormal
* * *necio, -a♦ adj1. [tonto] stupid, foolish2. Am [terco] stubborn, pigheaded♦ nm,f1. [tonto] idiot, fool2. Am [terco] stubborn o pigheaded person;es un necio he's really stubborn o pigheadedes un necio he's really touchy* * *I adj brainlessII m, necia f fool, idiot* * *1) : foolish, silly, dumbestúpido: fool, idiot -
14 obtuso
adj.1 obtuse, stupid, inept.2 obtuse, blunt.* * *► adjetivo1 obtuse* * *ADJ1) (=sin punta) blunt2) (Mat) obtuse3) [de mente, entendimiento] obtuse* * *- sa adjetivo obtuse* * *= obtuse, dull-witted.Ex. There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.* * *- sa adjetivo obtuse* * *= obtuse, dull-witted.Ex: There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.
Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.* * *obtuso -sa1 ‹ángulo› obtuse2 ‹persona/razonamiento› obtuse* * *
obtuso adjetivo
1 Mat obtuse
2 (persona) obtuse
' obtuso' also found in these entries:
English:
obtuse
* * *obtuso, -a♦ adj1. [sin punta] blunt2. [ángulo] obtuse3. [torpe] obtuse♦ nm,f[torpe]es un obtuso he's obtuse* * *adj tb figobtuse* * *obtuso, -sa adj: obtuse -
15 torpe
adj.1 clumsy (sin destreza, sin tacto).sus movimientos son torpes her movements are clumsytorpe con las manos ham-fisted (que rompe las cosas) (especially British), ham-handed; (United States) butter-fingered (que deja caer las cosas)es muy torpe conduciendo he's a terrible driver2 slow, dim-witted (sin inteligencia).3 importunate.f. & m.clumsy person, blunderer, butterfingers, blunderhead.* * *► adjetivo1 (poco hábil) clumsy2 (de movimiento) slow, awkward3 (poco inteligente) dim, thick* * *adj.1) awkward, clumsy2) dull* * *ADJ1) (=poco ágil) [persona] clumsy; [movimiento] ungainly¡qué torpe eres, ya me has vuelto a pisar! — you're so clumsy, you've trodden on my foot again!
2) (=necio) dim, slowsoy muy torpe para la informática — I'm very dim o slow when it comes to computers
es bastante torpe y nunca entiende las lecciones — he's a bit dim o slow, he never understands the lessons
3) (=sin tacto) clumsy¡qué torpe soy! me temo que la he ofendido — how clumsy o stupid of me! I'm afraid I've offended her
* * *a) ( en las acciones) clumsy; ( al andar) awkwardun animal lerdo y torpe — a slow, ungainly animal
b) ( de entendimiento) slow (colloq)c) ( sin tacto) <persona/comentario> clumsy* * *= clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], gauche, dull, heavy-handed, gawky, ham-handed, ham-fisted, clotted, awkward.Ex. Such solutions after repeated application cause the catalog to become a clumsy, inefficient tool, and serve only to compound future problems.Ex. But influence of the gauche Aldine greek of the 1490s, and then of the superb reinterpretations of Garamont (1540s) and Granjon (1560s), was irresistible.Ex. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.Ex. The often heavy-handed paternalism of Soviet children's literature is being challenged and children are being entrusted with real situations and real problems rather than the idealistic, rose-coloured version of reality previously thought suitable for them.Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.Ex. The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.Ex. They must ponder how not only to prevent such tragedies in future, but also to avoid worsening them through ham-fisted intervention.Ex. Although he occasionally lapses into a sort of clotted prose, his book is a valuable study of McLuhan's cultural and geographical context.Ex. Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.----* de una manera torpe = awkwardly, cumbrously.* ser torpe con las manos = be all thumbs.* ser torpe para + Infinitivo = be deficient in + Gerundio.* torpes, los = dull-witted, the.* * *a) ( en las acciones) clumsy; ( al andar) awkwardun animal lerdo y torpe — a slow, ungainly animal
b) ( de entendimiento) slow (colloq)c) ( sin tacto) <persona/comentario> clumsy* * *= clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], gauche, dull, heavy-handed, gawky, ham-handed, ham-fisted, clotted, awkward.Ex: Such solutions after repeated application cause the catalog to become a clumsy, inefficient tool, and serve only to compound future problems.
Ex: But influence of the gauche Aldine greek of the 1490s, and then of the superb reinterpretations of Garamont (1540s) and Granjon (1560s), was irresistible.Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.Ex: The often heavy-handed paternalism of Soviet children's literature is being challenged and children are being entrusted with real situations and real problems rather than the idealistic, rose-coloured version of reality previously thought suitable for them.Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.Ex: The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.Ex: They must ponder how not only to prevent such tragedies in future, but also to avoid worsening them through ham-fisted intervention.Ex: Although he occasionally lapses into a sort of clotted prose, his book is a valuable study of McLuhan's cultural and geographical context.Ex: Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.* de una manera torpe = awkwardly, cumbrously.* ser torpe con las manos = be all thumbs.* ser torpe para + Infinitivo = be deficient in + Gerundio.* torpes, los = dull-witted, the.* * *1 (en las acciones) clumsy; (al andar) awkwardla anciana andaba de manera torpe the old lady moved awkwardlyun animal lerdo y torpe a slow, ungainly animales torpe para las matemáticas he's very slow o dim at math(s)¡qué torpe soy! I'm so stupid o slow o dim!3 (sin tacto) ‹persona/comentario› clumsyse disculpó de manera torpe she excused herself clumsily* * *
torpe adjetivo
torpe adjetivo
1 (poco habilidoso) clumsy
2 (comentario, gesto) clumsy
3 (en el andar, etc) slow, awkward
4 (de entendimiento) soy un poco torpe para la física, I'm not very good at physics
pey (como insulto) dim, dense, thick
' torpe' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calamidad
- manta
- ganso
- inhábil
- lerdo
- sonado
English:
awkward
- bumbling
- clumsy
- dense
- gauche
- heavy-handed
- inept
- laboured
- oops!
- slow
- whoops
- bungling
- cumbersome
- dull
- heavy
- klutz
- labored
- lumber
* * *torpe adj1. [sin destreza] [persona] clumsy;[dedos, andares] clumsy, awkward;sus movimientos son torpes her movements are clumsy;escrito en torpes trazos infantiles written with clumsy childish handwriting;[que deja caer las cosas] butter-fingered;con los años estoy torpe ya I'm getting clumsy as I get older;es muy torpe en dibujo he's not very good at drawing;2. [sin tacto] [gestos, palabras, comportamiento] clumsy3. [sin inteligencia] slow, dim-witted* * *adj clumsy; ( tonto) dense, dim* * *torpe adj1) desmañado: clumsy, awkward2) : stupid, dull♦ torpemente adv* * *torpe adj2. (lento) slow -
16 मन्द _manda
मन्द a. [मन्द्-अच्]1 Slow, tardy, inactive, lazy, dull, loitering; (न) भिन्दन्ति मन्दां गतिमश्वमुख्यः Ku.1.11; तच्चरितं गोविन्दे मनसिजमन्दे सखी प्राह Gīt.6.-2 Cold, indifferent, apathetic.-3 Stupid, dull-witted, foolish, ignorant, weak-brained; प्रयोजनमनुद्दिश्य न मन्दो$पि प्रवर्तते Subhāṣ.; मन्दो$प्यमन्दतामेति संसर्गेण विपश्चितः M.2.8; मन्दः कवियशःप्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम् R.1.3; द्विषन्ति मन्दाश्चरितं महात्मनाम् Ku.5.75.-4 Low, deep, hollow (as sound).-5 Soft, faint, gentle; as in मन्दस्मितम्.-6 Small, little, slight; मन्दोदरी; see अ ind. 1 (d) also.-7 Weak, defective, feeble, as मन्दाग्नि.-8 Unlucky, unhappy.-9 Faded.-1 Wicked, vile.-11 Addicted to drinking.-12 Weak, slack (as a bow).-13 Sick, afflicted with disease.-14 Independent (स्वतन्त्र).-न्दः 1 The planet Saturn.-2 An epithet of Yama.-3 The dissolution of the world.-4 A kind of elephant; मन्दो$पि नाम न महानवगृह्य साध्यः Śi.5.49 (where मन्द means 'a fool' also).-5 The apsis of a planet's course.-न्दा A pot, vessel.-न्दम् ind.1 Slowly, gradually, by degree; यातं यच्च नितम्बयो- र्गुरुतया मन्दं विलासादिव Ś.2.2.-2 Gently, softly, not violently; मन्दं मन्दं नुदति पवनश्चानुकूलो यथा त्वाम् Me.9.-3 Faintly, feebly, weakly, lightly.-4 In a low tone, deeply.-Comp. -अक्ष a. weak-eyed. (-क्षम्) sense of shame, modesty, bashfulness; मन्दाक्षं ह्रीस्त्रपा व्रीडा लज्जा सा$पत्रपा$न्यतः Ak; मन्दाक्षमन्दाक्षरमुद्रमुक्त्वा N.3.61;14.47; 22.33.-अग्नि a. having a weak digestion. (-ग्निः) slowness of digestion.-अनिलः a gentle breeze.-असु a. having weak or faint breath.-आक्रान्ता N. of a metre; see App.I; सुवशा कालिदासस्य मन्दाक्रान्ता प्रवल्गति । सदश्व- दमकस्येव काम्बोजतुरगाङ्गना ॥ According to prof. Sukumāra Sen, Kālidāsa is the inventor of this metre.-आचार a. badly conducted.-आत्मन् a. dull-witted, silly, ignorant; मन्दात्मानुजिघृक्षया Malli.- आदर a.1 having little respect for, disregarding, caring little for.-2 neglectful.-आस्यम् shyness.-उच्चः the upper apsis of the course of a planet.-उत्साह a. discouraged, dispirited; मन्दोत्साहः कृतो$स्मि मृगयापवादिना माढव्येन Ś.2.-उदरी N. of the wife of Rāvaṇa, regarded as one of the five very chaste women; cf. अहल्या. She advised her husband to deliver Sītā to Rāma and thus save himself from certain ruin, but he did not heed her; मन्दोदरीकुटिलकोमलकेशपाशमन्दारदाममकरन्दरसं पिबन्तः P. R.1. 58.-उष्ण a. tepid, lukewarm. (-ष्णम्) gentle heat.-औत्सुक्य a. slackened in eagerness, cast down, disinclined; मन्दौत्सुक्यो$स्मि नगरगमनं प्रति Ś.1.-कर्ण a. slightly deaf; (Proverb:-- बधिरान्मन्दकर्णः श्रेयान् 'something is better than nothing').-कर्मन् a. inactive. -n. the process for determining the apsis of a planet's course.-कान्तिः the moon.-कारिन् a. acting slowly or foolishly.-गः Saturn.-गति, -गामिन् a. walking slowly, slow of pace.-चेतस् a.1 dull-witted, silly, foolish.-2 absent-minded.-3 fainting away, scarcely conscious.-छाय a. dim, faint, lustreless; Me.82 (v. l.).-जननी the mother of Saturn.-जरस् a. slowly growing old.-धार a. flowing in a slow stream.-धी, -प्रज्ञ, -बुद्धि, -मति, -मेधस् a. dull-witted, silly, foolish.-परिधिः m. (in astr.) the epicycle of the apsis.-पुण्य a. unfortunate, ill-fated.-फलम् equation of the apsis.-भागिन्, -भाग्य, -भाज् unfortunate, ill-fated, wretched, miserable.-भास् a. dim, of fading lustre; सेनानिवेशान् पृथिवीक्षितो$पि जग्मुर्विभातग्रहमन्दभासः R.7.2.-मन्दम् ind. slowly, leisurely.-रश्मि a. dim.-विचेष्टित a. slowly moving.-विभव a. poor, impoverished; नश्यति विपुलमतेरपि बुद्धिः पुरुषस्य मन्दविभवस्य Pt.5.5.-विभ्रंश a. slightly purgative.-विसर्पिन् a. creeping along slowly (as a louse); cf. Pt.1.252 (N. of a louse).-वीर्य a. weak.-वृष्टिः f. slight rain.-स्मितम्, -हासः, -हास्यम् a gentle laugh, a smile. -
17 tardo
late* * *tardo agg.1 ( lento) slow; tardy; ( pigro) sluggish; lazy: tardo nei movimenti, sluggish in movement; tardo nel rispondere, slow in answering; è tardo nel fare le cose, he is slow in doing things2 ( ottuso d'intelletto) dull, slow-witted4 ( di tempo) late: a ora tarda, at a late hour; a tarda notte, sera, late in the night, in the evening; morì in tarda età, he died very old; a causa della sua tarda età, owing to his old age // il tardo umanesimo, late humanism.* * *['tardo]1) latenel tardo pomeriggio — late in the afternoon, in the late afternoon
lavorare fino a -a notte — to work late o long o deep o far into the night
un'opera -a di Goethe — a late work by Goethe; (di epoca storica)
2) (tardivo) [ confessione] late, tardy, belated3) (lento nel comprendere) slow, tardy, backwardessere tardo d'ingegno — to have a dull wit, to be dull-witted
* * *tardo/'tardo/1 late; a -a ora at a late hour; nel tardo pomeriggio late in the afternoon, in the late afternoon; a notte -a late at night; lavorare fino a -a notte to work late o long o deep o far into the night; vivere fino a -a età to live to a ripe old age; un'opera -a di Goethe a late work by Goethe; (di epoca storica) tardo rinascimento late Renaissance2 (tardivo) [ confessione] late, tardy, belated3 (lento nel comprendere) slow, tardy, backward; essere tardo d'ingegno to have a dull wit, to be dull-witted. -
18 тупоумный
1) General subject: beef-witted, chumpish, dull, dull-witted, fat witted, fat-witted, lumpish, oscitant, stupid, thick-headed, dim-witted, doltish, feeble-minded3) Australian slang: not the full quid4) Makarov: fat -
19 гламав
stupid, foolish, silly, doltish, dull-witted, blunder-headed* * *гла̀мав,прил. stupid, foolish, silly, daffy, daft, doltish, dull-witted, blunder-headed.* * *daft; fatuous; heavy-headed* * *stupid, foolish, silly, doltish, dull-witted, blunder-headed -
20 сбутан
1. poky, shabby2. (за човек) sheepish, dull-witted* * *сбу̀тан,мин. страд. прич.1. poky, shabby;2. (за човек) sheepish, dull-witted.* * *poky ; shabby* * *1. (за човек) sheepish, dull-witted 2. poky, shabby
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