Witless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɪtləs/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɪtləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɪtləs/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɪtləs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

senseless soft-witted nitwitted

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

geistlos

(insbesondere von Personen), denen es an Sinn, Verständnis oder Urteilsvermögen mangelt

🇫🇷French

stupide

(en particulier des personnes) manquant de sens, de compréhension ou de jugement

🇪🇸Spanish

tonto

(especialmente de personas) que carecen de sentido, comprensión o juicio

🇮🇹Italian

stupido

(specialmente di persone) prive di senso, comprensione o giudizio

🇳🇱Dutch

verstandeloos

(van vooral personen) zonder verstand, begrip of oordeel

🇵🇹Portuguese

estúpido

(especialmente de pessoas) sem sentido, compreensão ou julgamento

🇷🇺Russian

безумный

(особенно людей), лишенных здравого смысла, понимания или суждения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बुद्धिहीन

(विशेष रूप से व्यक्तियों में) समझ या समझ या निर्णय की कमी

🇧🇩Bengali

বুদ্ধিহীন

(বিশেষত ব্যক্তিদের) জ্ঞান বা বোঝার বা বিচারের অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

அறிவற்ற

(குறிப்பாக நபர்களின்) உணர்வு அல்லது புரிதல் அல்லது தீர்ப்பு இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలివిలేని

(ముఖ్యంగా వ్యక్తుల) భావం లేదా అవగాహన లేదా తీర్పు లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

बुद्धीहीन

(विशेषत: व्यक्तींचा) अर्थ किंवा समज किंवा निर्णयाचा अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

બુદ્ધિહીન

(ખાસ કરીને વ્યક્તિઓનો) અર્થ અથવા સમજણ અથવા નિર્ણયનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬುದ್ಧಿಹೀನ

(ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳ) ಅರ್ಥ ಅಥವಾ ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆ ಅಥವಾ ತೀರ್ಪಿನ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബുദ്ധിയില്ലാത്ത

(പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് വ്യക്തികളുടെ) അർത്ഥമോ ധാരണയോ വിധിയോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਸਮਝ

(ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ) ਭਾਵਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਸਮਝ ਜਾਂ ਨਿਰਣੇ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے عقل

(خاص طور پر افراد کی) احساس یا سمجھ یا فیصلے کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无知的

（特别是指人）缺乏理智、理解或判断力

🇯🇵Japanese

知恵のない

（特に人の）感覚、理解、判断力が欠けている

🇰🇷Korean

재치 없는

(특히 사람의) 감각이나 이해나 판단력이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngu ngốc

(đặc biệt là những người) thiếu ý thức, hiểu biết hoặc phán đoán

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีปัญญา

(โดยเฉพาะบุคคล) ขาดความรู้สึกหรือความเข้าใจหรือวิจารณญาณ

🇮🇩Indonesian

dungu

(terutama orang-orang) yang kurang akal atau pemahaman atau penilaian

🇵🇭Filipino

walang kwenta

(ng lalo na ang mga tao) kulang sa kahulugan o pag-unawa o paghuhusga

🇲🇾Malay

bodoh

(terutama orang) kurang akal atau pemahaman atau pertimbangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أحمق

(خاصة الأشخاص) الذين يفتقرون إلى الإحساس أو الفهم أو الحكم

🇮🇷Persian

بی عقل

(به ویژه افراد) فاقد حس یا درک یا قضاوت

🇹🇷Turkish

akılsız

(özellikle kişiler için) sağduyu, anlayış veya muhakeme eksikliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

טִפּשִׁי

(של אנשים במיוחד) חסרי שכל או הבנה או שיקול דעת

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The primary meaning of 'witless' is '(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment'.

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