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soft-headed

[ sawft-hed-id, soft- ]

/ ˈsɔftˈhɛd ɪd, ˈsɒft- /

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adjective

foolish; stupid.

Origin of soft-headed

First recorded in 1660–70

OTHER WORDS FROM soft-headed

soft·head, noun soft-head·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby soft-headed

soft-coated wheaten terrier, soft-core, soft-cover, soft-finned, soft-focus lens, soft-headed, soft-hearted, soft-land, soft-pedal, soft-rock geology, soft-sell

Example sentences from the Web for soft-headed

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

Wide Courses |James Brendan Connolly
And a group of soft-headed fools had concurred, so that one now had to tolerate periodic days of idleness.

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

The Rough Road |William John Locke
If he isn't quite so bright, they call him soft-headed; if he won't be coaxed nor turned, they call him pig-headed.

The William Henry Letters |Abby Morton Diaz

The Nilghai said something uncomplimentary about soft-headed fools who throw away their careers for other fools.

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for soft-headed

soft-headed

adjective

informal feeble-minded; stupid; simple

Derived forms of soft-headed

soft-headedness, noun