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Witless means lacking wit or understanding, or mentally unsound. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and usage of witless from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Find out the meaning and usage of the adjective witless, which can mean not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily or showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment. See synonyms, antonyms, and examples of witless and related words.
Meaning of witless in English. witless. adjective. disapproving us / ˈwɪt.ləs / uk / ˈwɪt.ləs / Add to word list. stupid or showing no intelligence: In the book, Anna is forced to take care of her witless cousin. See also. wit (INTELLIGENCE) scare/frighten someone witless. to frighten someone very much:
stupid or showing no intelligence: In the book, Anna is forced to take care of her witless cousin. See also. wit (INTELLIGENCE) scare/frighten someone witless. to frighten someone very much: She was scared witless of Robert, and I wondered why. See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
A witless person is a numskull. To be witless is not to lack the "funny" kind of "wit," but to lack the "brains" kind of "wit." If you're witless, you don't have your wits about you. I wouldn't call you stupid, exactly. After all, anyone who can calculate pi to the 20th decimal point without even using a pencil is anything but dumb.
Witless definition: lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.. See examples of WITLESS used in a sentence.
Witless means silly or stupid; not sensible. It is often used in the idiom be scared/bored witless to mean extremely frightened or bored. Learn more about the word origin, pronunciation and usage notes.
