doltish (Meaning)
doltish (s)
heavy and dull and stupid
doltish (a.)
Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.
Synonyms & Antonyms of doltish
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- sagacious
- nimble
- astute
- bright
- quick
- acute
- keen
- apt
- sagacious
- brainy
- thinking
- sharp
- quick
- intellectual
- thinking
- savvy
- smart
- clever
- brilliant
- astute
- resourceful
- bright
- keen
- fast
- intelligent
- ingenious
- wise
- perceptive
- apt
- nimble
- intellectual
- perceptive
- clever
- ingenious
- smart
- wise
- brainy
- savvy
- intelligent
- fast
- sharp
- brilliant
- resourceful
- acute
Synonyms:
- dim-witted
- lunkheaded
- witless
- chuckleheaded
- airheaded
- opaque
- irrational
- dopy
- empty-headed
- dopey
- mad
- half-witted
- silly
- slow-witted
- lamebrain
- bubbleheaded
- mindless
- obtuse
- pinheaded
- vacuous
- brainless
- softheaded
- idiotic
- lamebrained
- bonehead
- thick-witted
- moronic
- insane
- dim
- unintelligent
- boneheaded
- dull
- oafish
- weak-minded
- dunderheaded
- soft
- crazy
- knuckleheaded
- fatuous
- dense
- brain-dead
- unsmart
- dorky
- unreasonable
- thickheaded
- gormless
- idiotical
- senseless
Antonyms:
- sapient
- skilled
- sensible
- scholarly
- discerning
- informed
- keen
- literate
- scholarly
- sage
- cunning
- sound
- supersmart
- learned
- ultrasmart
- perspicacious
- quick-witted
- educated
- sage
- hyperintelligent
- erudite
- wily
- wily
- erudite
- highbrow
- knowledgeable
- skilled
- perspicacious
- sensible
- crafty
- cerebral
- insightful
- cerebral
- discerning
- sound
- shrewd
- literate
- highbrow
- ultrasmart
- insightful
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- sapient
- shrewd
- trained
- quick-witted
- crafty
- trained
- supersmart
- informed
- cunning
- hyperintelligent
- keen
- sharp-witted
- learned
- reasonable
- sharp-witted
- knowing
- educated
- reasonable
Synonyms:
- feebleminded
- cockeyed
- wacky
- illogical
- looney
- sappy
- dotty
- fallacious
- simpleminded
- harebrained
- birdbrained
- daffy
- half-baked
- asinine
- lowbrow
- absurd
- whacky
- daft
- fool
- tomfool
- untaught
- screwball
- cuckoo
- loony
- illiterate
- unintellectual
- crackpot
- imbecile
- zany
- unwise
- boobish
- lunatic
- uninformed
- cretinous
- imbecilic
- kooky
- unthinking
- dippy
- nonsensical
- nutty
- invalid
- preposterous
- uneducated
Antonyms:
doltish Sentence Examples
- His doltish behavior often led to ridicule from his peers.
- Despite receiving ample instruction, he remained doltish in his approach to problem-solving.
- The doltish expression on his face revealed his confusion about the topic.
- She found it difficult to engage in meaningful conversation with someone so doltish.
- His doltish remarks during the meeting derailed the discussion.
- Despite his doltish tendencies, he somehow managed to hold onto his job.
- The doltish decision to ignore the warnings resulted in disaster.
- It was frustrating trying to teach someone so doltish.
- His doltishness was apparent to everyone in the room.
- The doltish way he handled the situation only made matters worse.
FAQs About the word doltish
heavy and dull and stupidDoltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.
foolish, slow, thick,stupid, dumb, ignorant, simple, dim-witted, lunkheaded, witless
sagacious, nimble, astute, bright, quick, acute, keen, apt, sagacious, brainy
His doltish behavior often led to ridicule from his peers.
Despite receiving ample instruction, he remained doltish in his approach to problem-solving.
The doltish expression on his face revealed his confusion about the topic.
She found it difficult to engage in meaningful conversation with someone so doltish.
