Usage of "half-witted"

Retarded in intellectual development.

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Simple.

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Sinònims

Examples for "simple"

The answer is simple: 300 million years ago, there was no Atlantic. 
 BBC 

She articulated a clear, simple purpose; to tell people about that reality. 
 The Irish Times 

Let the simple heart and hope among us Keep our family strong. 
 Radio NZ 

A simple solution has emerged as a result of the coronavirus crisis. 
 The Irish Times 

I pose this simple question: is our destiny with Europe or not? 
 The Guardian 

Marry some nice dim-witted Southern lady who would have raised me right? 
 Go Set a Watchman 

He takes a retiring associate and a dim-witted sales applicant with him. 
 The South African 

They are too dim-witted, unsympathetic and greedy to get away with anything. 
 Reuters 

He also had a flustered, dim-witted expression that made her heartsick. 
 The Fireman 

He raised a heavy hand and kept standing there like a dim-witted student. 
 To the end of the land 

But after a while, my approach began to feel dogmatic and simple-minded. 
 Wired 

The simple-minded workmen understood the ingenuous sublimity of this form of gratitude. 
 The Fortune of the Rougons 

The simple-minded King, on the other hand, heard the compliment with pride. 
 Roman life in the days of Cicero 

The effect of this act of the poor simple-minded man was electrical. 
 The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20,... 

And so the simple-minded major prattled on, Macleod paying but little heed. 
 Macleod of Dare 

Ús de half-witted en anglès

It was that half-witted lad then who had perished in the park. 
 The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale 

A half-witted boy of the school became enamored of the young master. 
 Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life 

A half-witted old Tartar; you will get nothing out of him, sir. 
 The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood 

Now, it is entirely weak and half-witted to appeal to the future. 
 Alarms and Discursions 

The man on the farm was a half-witted old fellow named Mook. 
 Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life 

He spoke in a wild, incoherent way, and seemed to be half-witted. 
 At Agincourt 

He wandered about the isthmus, half-witted, forgetting his name, nursing one idea. 
 The Abandoned Room 

They wanted no half-witted children of Evie's-tobe a care and drag. 
 Earth Abides 

In 1655, I was indicted at Hicks's-Hall by a half-witted young woman. 
 William Lilly's History of His Life and Times, from the Year 160... 

That time the reactionaries followed the leadership of Peter's half-witted son, Alexis. 
 The Story of Mankind 

You're always ready with some plausible excuse for that half-witted young scoundrel. 
 The Obstacle Race 

And besides, this girl looked like some sort of half-witted fifteen-year-old anarchist. 
 The girl with the dragon tattoo 

That scarecrow, Giles, half-witted as he is, tells too straightforward a story. 
 Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfare 

But his words were not the words of a half-witted boy. 
 The heretic's daughter: a novel 

The half-witted creature did not seem to see the point of this remark. 
 The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnic... 

It is the half-witted creature, who had followed and loved Komel so well. 
 The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Con... 

Half-witted a través del temps

Significats de half-witted en anglès