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Synonyms for imbecilic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-buh-sil-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪm bəˈsɪl ɪk

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Définition of imbecilic

Origin :
  • 1875, from imbecile + -ic.
  • adj foolish
Example sentences :
  • The intricate and imbecilic steps of the day he performed in flawless sequence.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • He, Hunter, was the one who deserved execution for ever entrusting anything so important as the message to an imbecilic animal.
  • Extract from : « --And Devious the Line of Duty » by Tom Godwin
  • Moral strife, as well as legal penalties, would bear all the stigmata of unmitigated, imbecilic cruelty.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Spinoza » by Baruch de Spinoza
  • If stimulated by association with girls, he makes crude and imbecilic plans for conquest.
  • Extract from : « The Criminal Imbecile » by Henry Herbert Goddard
  • It needs no argument to show that all the rest of his conduct in leaving things as he did was imbecilic.
  • Extract from : « The Criminal Imbecile » by Henry Herbert Goddard
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