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Blockish vs Doltish - What's the difference?

blockish | doltish |

As adjectives the difference between blockish and doltish

is that blockish is like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block while doltish is like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.

blockish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
  • Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
  • Rude; clumsy; rough.

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    doltish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
    • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * doltishness