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WOODEN-HEADED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wooden-headed mean?
• WOODEN-HEADED (adjective)
The adjective WOODEN-HEADED has 1 sense:
1. (used informally) stupid
Familiarity information: WOODEN-HEADED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used informally) stupid
Synonyms:
blockheaded; boneheaded; duncical; duncish; fatheaded; loggerheaded; thick; thick-skulled; thickheaded; wooden-headed
Similar:
stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)
Context examples
“That's your seven hundred thousand pounds, is it? You're the man for bargains, ain't you? You're him that never bungled nothing, you wooden-headed lubber!”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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