thick-skulled

[ thik-skuhld ]

/ ˈθɪkˈskʌld /

stupid; dull.

Origin of thick-skulled

First recorded in 1645–55

Why, you thick-skulled rascal, I tell you the farce is done, and I will be mad no longer.

Love for Love |William Congreve
A Titan had thrown mountains of irony upon the heads of a thick-skulled generation of vipers.

Vondel's Lucifer |Joost van den Vondel
After a while, the Thick-Skulled stooped, grinning, and laid his knife against the thongs.

The Vinland Champions |Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
You—who like all thick-skulled reformers, can never perceive what goes on under your own nose!

Temporal Power |Marie Corelli

Or you, you great, thick-skulled oaf of Geneva, or the Sorbonnist with the bald head and the eyes that look and see nothing?

The White Plumes of Navarre |Samuel Rutherford Crockett