Synonyms for simple-minded


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sim-puhl-mahyn-did, -mahyn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pəlˈmaɪn dɪd, -ˌmaɪn-

Top 10 synonyms for simple-minded Other synonyms for the word simple-minded

Définition of simple-minded

Origin :
  • 1744, from simple (adj.) + minded. Related: Simple-mindedly; simple-mindedness.
  • adj backward
Example sentences :
  • Instead, with simple-minded directness he seemed to be studying on the matter.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • He recalled them with simple-minded compunction at that distance of time.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • You are only a footpad, a simple-minded marquis of the bludgeon.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • As they went past, the doctor said to himself: "Blessed are the simple-minded!"
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
  • They have a simple-minded simplicity that anyone can understand.
  • Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
  • For we are simple-minded creatures, and prone to superstition.
  • Extract from : « By the Christmas Fire » by Samuel McChord Crothers
  • To this poor, simple-minded fellow, I felt it would be cruel to refuse it.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • He's a tyrant: and you, sir, are too simple-minded to cope with 'em.
  • Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
  • No one had even doubted for twenty years past, that Antipas was simple-minded.
  • Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
  • He was perhaps the most simple-minded, gentle creature I have ever known.
  • Extract from : « Diversions in Sicily » by H. Festing Jones
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