Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Stupid; thick-skulled; thick-headed.

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Examples

  • Gypsy Joe wondered how such a thick-brained super had reached that rank.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • She pushed her men to the margins, these effeminate incompetents or thick-brained dupes, either way easy prey for the mysterious women who glide through the smoky bars and dank streets like piranhas in a muddy river.

    In This Way I Was Saved Brian DeLeeuw 2009

  • Gypsy Joe wondered how such a thick-brained super had reached that rank.

    Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998

  • He was too thick-brained to think for a moment that I should ever trouble to prepare two diaries, one for myself and one for capture if detected, so I still held the treasured original, which I instantly hid away safely.

    Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • "Fool yourself, you thick-brained Frisian," broke in Martha angrily,

    Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Among other things, he asked him, "Is it not true the Germans are somewhat thick-brained?" to which the fawning professor replied with a smile.

    Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835

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