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doltish

/ˈdəʊltɪʃ/adjective

उच्चारण डोल्टिश

मूर्ख, मंदबुद्धि

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adjective
  1. 1

    old-fashioned

    stupid

    मूर्ख, मंदबुद्धि

    • a doltish remark
    • Everyone laughed at the doltish answer he gave in the quiz.
    • He gave a doltish grin when he realised his mistake.
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    • Nobody liked the doltish behaviour of the new clerk.
    • The teacher called his careless mistake doltish.

    Synonyms stupid foolish dull-witted dim obtuse

    Opposite clever intelligent bright sharp

◇Word family
dolt noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

stupid foolish dull-witted dim obtuse

Antonyms

clever intelligent bright sharp

AaSpelling

dolt·ish

?Which word?

Keep the stupid words together: doltish, obtuse (slow to understand), dull-witted, dense (informal, stupid), vacuous (showing no intelligence), asinine (very stupid, like a donkey).

मूर्खता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: doltish, obtuse (समझने में धीमा), dull-witted, dense (अनौपचारिक, मूर्ख), vacuous (बुद्धि न दिखाने वाला), asinine (गधे जैसा बहुत मूर्ख)।

Keep the opposite words: astute, shrewd, sagacious (wise), perspicacious.

विपरीत शब्द याद रखिए: astute, shrewd, sagacious (बुद्धिमान), perspicacious।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

A stupid person is a dolt, dunce, oaf or blockhead.

मूर्ख व्यक्ति dolt, dunce, oaf या blockhead।