imbecilic

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
Her statement is not 'imbecilic' - the basic science is very simple and something that the public doesn't grasp well.

View all »
Examples (49)

  • He's relatively imbecilic, by the way, so if you don't tell him your boyfriend is a robot, Gem will never guess, which may prove rather a bore for Silver. —  Tanith_Lee_-_The_Silver_Metal_Lover3
  • It persisted for some seconds, intolerable and imbecilic, and then a door slammed it away into the background. —  Death of a Peer - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 10: 1940
  • Names are changed to protect the imbecilic (not enough so is that your co-workers will not recognize you in a heartbeat). —  And another thing...
  • French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes blamed "imbecilic" fans for the new policy, and another top government official suggested that maybe France ought not to play friendly matches with North African countries at all. —  FP Passport
  • Her statement is not 'imbecilic' - the basic science is very simple and something that the public doesn't grasp well. —  RealClimate
More examples »
 

Tags

imbecilic hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 40 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a year.

Recently looked up

refers · Stark · helpmate · attenuator · planetoid

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

these grunts every eight hours · haul it off to our darkest dungeon · send for a doctor · forget what witticism you were originally going to insert here because you've just banged your knee on your desk · the rest will come naturally