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imbecilic

[ im-buh-sil-ik ]

/ ˌɪm bəˈsɪl ɪk /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of an imbecile.

contemptibly stupid, silly, or inappropriate: an imbecilic suggestion.

Origin of imbecilic

First recorded in 1915–20; imbecile + -ic

SYNONYMS FOR imbecilic

2 idiotic, stupid, asinine.

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Words nearby imbecilic

imaret, imari ware, imax, imbalance, imbecile, imbecilic, imbecility, imbed, imbedding, imbibe, imbibition

Example sentences from the Web for imbecilic

Again and again soldiers are referred to as animals, as cretins turned lunatic by such "senseless, imbecilic violence."

A Great Antiwar Novel |William Giraldi |June 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The intricate and imbecilic steps of the day he performed in flawless sequence.

Gigolo |Edna Ferber
If stimulated by association with girls, he makes crude and imbecilic plans for conquest.

The Criminal Imbecile |Henry Herbert Goddard
He, Hunter, was the one who deserved execution for ever entrusting anything so important as the message to an imbecilic animal.

--And Devious the Line of Duty |Tom Godwin

Moral strife, as well as legal penalties, would bear all the stigmata of unmitigated, imbecilic cruelty.

The Philosophy of Spinoza |Baruch de Spinoza
It needs no argument to show that all the rest of his conduct in leaving things as he did was imbecilic.

The Criminal Imbecile |Henry Herbert Goddard