gormless

Definitions

Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

Equivalents

Examples

“Did I ever look⟳ so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it?”

“But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own⟳ silly little lives that they failed to notice⟳ anything unusual about their daughter.”

“There was a sort⟳ of gormless unstoppability about him that she found rather fascinating.”

“Hmm. Made an excuse⟳, did he? Not as gormless as he looks in press⟳ photographs, then.”

““Don’t just stand⟳ there looking gormless. There’s plenty of work⟳ to do in the back.””

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