English-Thai Dictionary

witless

ADJ โง่  ไร้ สติปัญญา  ขาด ไหวพริบ  foolish unintelligent stupid intelligent witty smart ngo

 

witlessly

ADV อย่างไร้ สติปัญญา  yang-rai-sa-ti-pan-ya

 

witlessness

N ความ ขาด สติปัญญา  ความ โง่  stupidity kwam-kad-sa-ti-pan-ya

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WITLESS

a.[wit and less. ] 1. Destitute of wit or understanding; inconsiderate; wanting thought; as a witless swain; witless youth.
2. Indiscrete; not under the guidance of judgment; as witless bravery.

 

WITLESSLY

adv. Without the exercise of judgment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WITLESS

WITLESS Wit "less, a.

 

Defn: Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment. "Witless bravery. " Shak. A witty mother! witless else her son. Shak. Witless pity breedeth fruitless love. Fairfax. -- Wit "less *ly, adv. -- Wit "less *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

witless

wit less |ˈwitlis ˈwɪtlɪs | ▶adjective foolish; stupid: a witless retort. • [ as complement ] to such an extent that one cannot think clearly or rationally: I was scared witless. DERIVATIVES wit less ly adverb, wit less ness noun ORIGIN Old English witlēas ‘crazy, dazed ’ (see wit 1, -less ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

witless

wit |less |ˈwɪtlɪs | ▶adjective foolish; stupid: a witless retort. • [ as complement ] to such an extent that one cannot think clearly or rationally: I was scared witless. DERIVATIVES witlessly adverb, witlessness noun ORIGIN Old English witlēas ‘crazy, dazed ’ (see wit 1, -less ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

witless

witless adjective another one of his witless ideas: foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic, brainless, mindless; fatuous, inane, half-baked, empty-headed, slow-witted; informal thick, birdbrained, pea-brained, dopey, doltish, dim, dimwitted, halfwitted, dippy, dumb-ass, lamebrained, wooden-headed, daft.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

witless

witless adjective 1 a witless youth: foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic, brainless, mindless, imbecilic, imbecile; fatuous, inane, immature, childish, puerile, half-baked, empty-headed, half-witted, slow-witted, weak-minded, doltish; informal crazy, dotty, scatty, loopy, brain-dead, cretinous, thick, thickheaded, birdbrained, pea-brained, pinheaded, dopey, dim, dim-witted, dippy, blockheaded, boneheaded, lamebrained, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden-headed, muttonheaded, damfool; Brit. informal daft, divvy; Scottish & N. English informal glaikit; N. Amer. informal dumb-ass, chowderheaded; S. African informal dof; W. Indian informal dotish. 2 I was bored witless: out of one's mind, to death, to tears, silly, stupid, sick.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

witless

w í t less 形容詞 1 知恵 [機知, 分別 ]のない ; 愚かな .2 気が狂った ▸ scare A witless A 〈人 〉をすごくおびえさせる .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞