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half-wit

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Naomi Watts plays Diana as a sweet-natured, wistful, half-wit.

You probably saved my life, for you can't tell what a half-wit will do, when in a tantrum and armed with a knife.

The site of the old half-wit's cell was now the heart of a standing forest of fire—the flames as thick and yellow as a cornfield.

For even if one calls him a half-wit, it still makes a difference that he keeps the right half of his wits.

The half-wit, cracking his knuckles now yet more loudly, and knocking his fists together, had wholly lost his amiable smile.

They saw the half-wit boy now advance upon Don Lane with a roar or bawl of rage, his arms swinging flail-like.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to half-wit, such as: blockhead, clod, cretin, dimwit, dingbat, and dolt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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