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View synonyms for soft-headed

soft-headed

[ sawft-hed-id, soft- ]

adjective

  1. foolish; stupid.


soft-headed

adjective

  1. informal.
    feeble-minded; stupid; simple


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsoft-ˈheadedness, noun

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Other Words From

  • softhead noun
  • soft-headed·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of soft-headed1

First recorded in 1660–70

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Example Sentences

There were actually tears in the bold woman's eyes, as the soft-headed and soft-hearted girl twined her arms about her neck.

Finally, some soft-headed mayors, still believing that the Assembly needed only enlightenment, extemporised a melodramatic scene.

Well, guess different next time; for he's out there waitin' for me—the soft-headed Dutchman!

And a group of soft-headed fools had concurred, so that one now had to tolerate periodic days of idleness.

He lay on the floor, said he, and yelled for fatted calf; but there was no soft-headed parent to supply it.

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