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Doltish vs Imbecilic - What's the difference?

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Doltish is a related term of imbecilic.


As adjectives the difference between doltish and imbecilic

is that doltish is like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid while imbecilic is like or as an imbecile; so senseless as to be laughable; absurd, foolish, stupid, idiotic.

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

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doltishness

    imbecilic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • like or as an imbecile; so senseless as to be laughable; absurd, foolish, stupid, idiotic.