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WITLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does witless mean?
• WITLESS (adjective)
The adjective WITLESS has 2 senses:
1. (used as complement) to the utmost degree
2. (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
Familiarity information: WITLESS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used as complement) to the utmost degree
Synonyms:
shitless; witless
Context example:
the students were bored shitless
Similar:
intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
Synonyms:
nitwitted; senseless; soft-witted; witless
Similar:
stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)
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