Imbecility — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot

a stupid mistake

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmbɪsˈɪlᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmbɪsˈɪlɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmbɪsˈɪlɪti/

5 syllables Say it as /ɪmbɪsˈɪlᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

betise stupidity foolishness folly

Word Forms

imbecile

adjective

having a mental age of three to seven years

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schwachsinn

Die Behinderung ist schwerwiegender als bei einem Idioten, aber nicht so schwerwiegend wie bei einem Idioten

🇫🇷French

imbécillité

un retard plus grave qu'un crétin mais pas aussi grave qu'un idiot

🇪🇸Spanish

imbecilidad

Retraso más severo que el de un imbécil pero no tan severo como el de un idiota.

🇮🇹Italian

imbecillità

ritardo mentale più grave di quello di un idiota ma non così grave di quello di un idiota

🇳🇱Dutch

imbeciliteit

een achterstand die ernstiger is dan die van een idioot, maar niet zo ernstig als die van een idioot

🇵🇹Portuguese

imbecilidade

retardo mais grave que um idiota, mas não tão grave quanto um idiota

🇷🇺Russian

идиотизм

отсталость более серьезная, чем у идиота, но не такая серьезная, как у идиота

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मूर्खता

मंदबुद्धि मूर्ख से भी अधिक गंभीर है लेकिन मूर्ख जितनी गंभीर नहीं

🇧🇩Bengali

অক্ষমতা

প্রতিবন্ধকতা একজন মূর্খের চেয়ে বেশি গুরুতর কিন্তু বোকাদের মতো গুরুতর নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

இயலாமை

பின்னடைவு ஒரு முட்டாள் விட கடுமையான ஆனால் ஒரு முட்டாள் போல் கடுமையான இல்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

అసమర్థత

మూర్ఖుడి కంటే రిటార్డేషన్ చాలా తీవ్రంగా ఉంటుంది కానీ ఇడియట్‌లా తీవ్రంగా ఉండదు

🇮🇳Marathi

अशक्तपणा

मंदता मुर्खापेक्षा जास्त गंभीर पण मूर्खासारखी तीव्र नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસમર્થતા

મંદતા મૂર્ખ કરતાં વધુ ગંભીર પરંતુ મૂર્ખ જેટલી ગંભીર નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಶಕ್ತತೆ

ಮಂದಗತಿಯು ಮೂರ್ಖನಿಗಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ ಆದರೆ ಈಡಿಯಟ್‌ನಂತೆ ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിഷ്കളങ്കത

മന്ദബുദ്ധി ഒരു മൂഢനേക്കാൾ കഠിനമാണ്, പക്ഷേ ഒരു വിഡ്ഢിയെപ്പോലെ കഠിനമല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਯੋਗਤਾ

ਮੰਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਮੂਰਖ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਪਰ ਇੱਕ ਮੂਰਖ ਜਿੰਨਾ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਨਹੀਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

عاجزی

پسماندگی ایک بیوقوف سے زیادہ شدید لیکن ایک بیوقوف کی طرح شدید نہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

愚蠢

智力迟钝比白痴更严重，但不像白痴那么严重

🇯🇵Japanese

無能

知恵遅れはバカよりは重いが、バカほどではない

🇰🇷Korean

저능

바보보다 더 심하지만 바보만큼 심하지는 않은 지체

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ngu xuẩn

chậm phát triển nặng hơn thằng ngốc nhưng không nặng bằng thằng ngốc

🇹🇭Thai

ความโง่เขลา

การปัญญาอ่อนนั้นรุนแรงยิ่งกว่าคนปัญญาอ่อน แต่ไม่รุนแรงเท่ากับคนโง่เขลา

🇮🇩Indonesian

kebebalan

keterbelakangan lebih parah daripada orang bodoh tetapi tidak separah orang idiot

🇵🇭Filipino

katangahan

mas malala ang retardation kaysa sa isang tanga ngunit hindi kasing matindi ng isang tanga

🇲🇾Malay

kebodohan

kerencatan lebih teruk daripada orang bodoh tetapi tidak seteruk orang bodoh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بلاهة

التخلف أشد من المعتوه ولكن ليس بحدة الأحمق

🇮🇷Persian

بی حیایی

عقب ماندگی شدیدتر از یک احمق اما نه به شدت یک احمق

🇹🇷Turkish

aptallık

Geri zekalılık bir aptaldan daha şiddetli ama bir aptal kadar şiddetli değil

🇮🇱Hebrew

אימבצילות

פיגור חמור יותר ממטומטם אבל לא חמור כמו אידיוט

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