Scatterbrained — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking sense or discretion; ; - Glenway Westcott

guided by whim and fancy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈæɾɚbɹˌeɪnd/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈatəbɹˌeɪnd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈatəbɹˌeɪnd/

4 syllables Say it as /skˈæɾɚbɹˌeɪnd/.

Examples

his rattlebrained crackpot ideas
how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for
flighty young girls

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rattlepated rattlebrained flyaway scatty head-in-the-clouds flighty

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking sense or discretion; ; - Glenway Westcott “his rattlebrained crackpot ideas”
adjective	guided by whim and fancy “flighty young girls”

Word Forms

flightiness

noun

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schusselig

Mangel an Verstand oder Diskretion; ; -Glenway Westcott

🇫🇷French

écervelé

manquant de sens ou de discrétion; ; -Glenway Westcott

🇪🇸Spanish

atolondrado

carente de sentido o discreción; ; - Glenway Westcott

🇮🇹Italian

sbadato

privo di senso o discrezione; ; - Glenway Westcott

🇳🇱Dutch

verstrooid

gebrek aan gevoel of discretie; ; -Glenway Westcott

🇵🇹Portuguese

desmiolado

falta de bom senso ou discrição; ; -Glenway Westcott

🇷🇺Russian

легкомысленный

отсутствие здравого смысла или осмотрительности; ; - Гленуэй Уэсткотт

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ज़्यादा

समझ या विवेक की कमी; ; - ग्लेनवे वेस्टकॉट

🇮🇳Tamil

சிதறடிக்கப்பட்ட

உணர்வு அல்லது விவேகம் இல்லாதது; ; - க்ளென்வே வெஸ்ட்காட்

🇮🇳Telugu

చెల్లాచెదురుగా

భావం లేదా విచక్షణ లేకపోవడం; ; - గ్లెన్‌వే వెస్ట్‌కాట్

🇮🇳Gujarati

છૂટાછવાયા

અર્થ અથવા સમજદારીનો અભાવ; ; - ગ્લેનવે વેસ્ટકોટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚದುರಿದ

ಅರ್ಥ ಅಥವಾ ವಿವೇಚನೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ; ; - ಗ್ಲೆನ್‌ವೇ ವೆಸ್ಟ್‌ಕಾಟ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചിതറിക്കിടക്കുന്ന

വിവേകമോ വിവേകമോ ഇല്ല; ; - ഗ്ലെൻവേ വെസ്റ്റ്കോട്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਿੰਡੇ ਹੋਏ

ਸਮਝ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਵੇਕ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ; ; - ਗਲੇਨਵੇ ਵੈਸਟਕੋਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بکھرے ہوئے

احساس یا صوابدید کی کمی؛ ; - گلین وے ویسٹ کوٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

心不在焉的

缺乏理智或判断力； ; - 格伦威·韦斯科特

🇯🇵Japanese

散漫な

センスや思慮深さが欠けている。 ; - グレンウェイ・ウェストコット

🇰🇷Korean

정신이 산만한

감각이나 분별력이 부족합니다. ; - 글렌웨이 웨스트콧

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phân tán

thiếu ý thức hoặc sự thận trọng; ; - Glenway Westcott

🇹🇭Thai

ประมาท

ขาดความรู้สึกหรือดุลยพินิจ; ; - เกลนเวย์ เวสต์คอตต์

🇮🇩Indonesian

lengah

kurang akal atau kebijaksanaan; ; - Glenway Westcott

🇵🇭Filipino

kalat-kalat

kulang sa sense o discretion; ; - Glenway Westcott

🇲🇾Malay

berselerak

kurang akal atau budi bicara; ; - Glenway Westcott

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مبعثر

يفتقر إلى الحس أو التقدير؛ ; - جلينواي ويستكوت

🇮🇷Persian

پراکنده

فاقد حس یا صلاحدید؛ ; - گلنوی وستکات

🇹🇷Turkish

dağınık beyinli

sağduyu veya sağduyu eksikliği; ; -Glenway Westcott

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְפוּזָר

חסר שכל או שיקול דעת; ; גלנווי ווסטקוט

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