witless
adjective /ˈwɪt.ləs/ disapprovingDefinition
› stupid or showing no intelligence: The novel centres around a witless father who is continually being conned by his three children. → See also witStupid and sillyOf unsound mind scare/frighten sb witless › to frighten someone very much: I was scared witless the last time Tina drove me down to London.Frightening and scaring
(Definition of witless adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- chill sb to the bone/marrow idiom
- cow verb
- creep noun
- frighten sb into sth phrasal verb
- frighten verb
- ghoulish adjective
- make sb's blood run cold idiom
- make sb's hair stand on end idiom
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- make your flesh crawl/creep idiom
- overawe verb
- scare sb away/off phrasal verb
- scare sb into doing sth phrasal verb
- scare sb shitless idiom
- scare sb/sth away/off phrasal verb
- send chills down/up sb's spine idiom
- shiver noun
- strike fear/terror into sb idiom
- terrify verb
- terrorize verb
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