imbecile 音标拼音: ['ɪmbəsəl] ['ɪmbəsɑɪl]
a . 低能的,愚钝的,虚弱的
n . 低能者,痴呆,愚蠢者
低能的,愚钝的,虚弱的低能者,痴呆,愚蠢者
imbecile adj 1 :
having a mental age of three to seven years [
synonym :
{
imbecile }, {
imbecilic }, {
idiotic }]
n 1 :
a person of subnormal intelligence [
synonym : {
idiot },
{
imbecile }, {
cretin }, {
moron }, {
changeling }, {
half -
wit },
{
retard }]
Imbecile \
Im "
be *
cile \,
n .
1 .
One destitute of strength ;
esp .,
one of feeble mind ; --
sometimes used as a pejorative term .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Psychology )
A person with a degree of mental retardation between that of an idiot and a moron ;
in a former classification of mentally retarded person ,
it applied to a person with an adult mental age of from four to eith years ,
and an I .
Q .
of from 26 to 50 .
[
PJC ]
Imbecile \
Im "
be *
cile \,
v .
t .
To weaken ;
to make imbecile ;
as ,
to imbecile men '
s courage .
[
Obs .] --
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
Imbecile \
Im "
be *
cile \,
a . [
L .
imbecillis ,
and imbecillus ;
of unknown origin :
cf .
F .
imb ['
e ]
cile .]
Destitute of strength ,
whether of body or mind ;
feeble ;
impotent ;
esp .,
mentally wea ;
feeble -
minded ;
as ,
hospitals for the imbecile and insane .
Syn :
Weak ;
feeble ;
feeble -
minded ;
idiotic .
[
1913 Webster ]
160 Moby Thesaurus words for "
imbecile ":
ament ,
amputee ,
anemic ,
apish ,
arrested ,
asinine ,
ass ,
asthenic ,
babbling ,
backward ,
batty ,
befooled ,
beguiled ,
besotted ,
blithering ,
bloodless ,
born fool ,
brainless ,
buffoonish ,
burbling ,
chicken ,
clot ,
cockeyed ,
congenital idiot ,
cowardly ,
crackbrained ,
cracked ,
crazy ,
credulous ,
cretin ,
cretinistic ,
cretinous ,
cripple ,
daffy ,
daft ,
dazed ,
debilitated ,
defective ,
deformity ,
dim -
witted ,
dithering ,
dizzy ,
donkey ,
doting ,
driveling ,
drooling ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
dull ,
dumb ,
effete ,
etiolated ,
faint ,
faintish ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feeble ,
feebleminded ,
flabby ,
flaccid ,
flaky ,
floppy ,
fond ,
fool ,
foolheaded ,
foolish ,
fuddled ,
futile ,
gaga ,
golem ,
gone ,
goofy ,
gulled ,
gutless ,
half -
baked ,
half -
wit ,
half -
witted ,
handicapped person ,
idiot ,
idiotic ,
imbecilic ,
impotent ,
inane ,
incapable ,
inept ,
infatuated ,
insane ,
jackass ,
jerk ,
juggins ,
kooky ,
languid ,
languorous ,
limber ,
limp ,
listless ,
loony ,
lustless ,
mad ,
marrowless ,
maudlin ,
maundering ,
mentally defective ,
mentally deficient ,
mentally handicapped ,
mentally retarded ,
mongoloid ,
mongoloid idiot ,
moron ,
moronic ,
natural ,
natural idiot ,
natural -
born fool ,
nerveless ,
nincompoop ,
ninny ,
not all there ,
nutty ,
paralytic ,
paraplegic ,
pithless ,
pooped ,
powerless ,
quadriplegic ,
retarded ,
rubbery ,
sapless ,
sappy ,
screwy ,
senseless ,
sentimental ,
silly ,
simp ,
simple ,
simpleminded ,
simpleton ,
simpletonian ,
sinewless ,
slack ,
slobbering ,
slow ,
slow -
witted ,
soft ,
spineless ,
strengthless ,
stupid ,
subnormal ,
the crippled ,
the handicapped ,
thoughtless ,
tomfool ,
unhardened ,
unnerved ,
unstrung ,
wacky ,
weak ,
weakly ,
wet ,
witless ,
zany
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IMBECILE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of IMBECILE is a foolish or stupid person How to use imbecile in a sentence Usage of Imbecile: Usage Guide
Imbecile - Wikipedia However, the term imbecile quickly passed into vernacular usage as a derogatory term It fell out of professional use in the 20th century in favor of mental retardation
IMBECILE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Informal , a dunce; blockhead; dolt Don't stand there like an imbecile Open the door!
Imbecile - definition of imbecile by The Free Dictionary Define imbecile imbecile synonyms, imbecile pronunciation, imbecile translation, English dictionary definition of imbecile n 1 A person who is considered foolish or stupid 2 A person with moderate to severe intellectual disability having a mental age of from three to seven
IMBECILE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary ˈɪm·bə·səl, -ˌsɪl Add to word list a stupid person (Definition of imbecile from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
IMBECILE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you call someone an imbecile, you are showing that you think they are stupid or have done something stupid
Imbecile - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com An imbecile is an extremely stupid person The noun imbecile is used informally as an insult to mean "fool" Its origins are in the Latin word imbecille, "weak or feeble," and it was an official medical term for people with a specific (and low) I Q in the 19th and early 20th centuries
imbecile adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of imbecile adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
imbecile, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word imbecile, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
IMBECILE Synonyms: 192 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for IMBECILE: idiot, moron, stupid, fool, dummy, prat, loser, numbskull; Antonyms of IMBECILE: genius, brain, intellect, intellectual, thinker, sage, wizard, whiz