imbecile 音标拼音: ['ɪmbəsəl] ['ɪmbəsɑɪl]
a . 低能的,愚钝的,虚弱的
n . 低能者,痴呆,愚蠢者
低能的,愚钝的,虚弱的低能者,痴呆,愚蠢者
imbecile adj 1 :
having a mental age of three to seven years [
synonym :
{
imbecile }, {
imbecilic }, {
idiotic }]
n 1 :
a person of subnormal intelligence [
synonym : {
idiot },
{
imbecile }, {
cretin }, {
moron }, {
changeling }, {
half -
wit },
{
retard }]
Imbecile \
Im "
be *
cile \,
n .
1 .
One destitute of strength ;
esp .,
one of feeble mind ; --
sometimes used as a pejorative term .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Psychology )
A person with a degree of mental retardation between that of an idiot and a moron ;
in a former classification of mentally retarded person ,
it applied to a person with an adult mental age of from four to eith years ,
and an I .
Q .
of from 26 to 50 .
[
PJC ]
Imbecile \
Im "
be *
cile \,
v .
t .
To weaken ;
to make imbecile ;
as ,
to imbecile men '
s courage .
[
Obs .] --
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
Imbecile \
Im "
be *
cile \,
a . [
L .
imbecillis ,
and imbecillus ;
of unknown origin :
cf .
F .
imb ['
e ]
cile .]
Destitute of strength ,
whether of body or mind ;
feeble ;
impotent ;
esp .,
mentally wea ;
feeble -
minded ;
as ,
hospitals for the imbecile and insane .
Syn :
Weak ;
feeble ;
feeble -
minded ;
idiotic .
[
1913 Webster ]
160 Moby Thesaurus words for "
imbecile ":
ament ,
amputee ,
anemic ,
apish ,
arrested ,
asinine ,
ass ,
asthenic ,
babbling ,
backward ,
batty ,
befooled ,
beguiled ,
besotted ,
blithering ,
bloodless ,
born fool ,
brainless ,
buffoonish ,
burbling ,
chicken ,
clot ,
cockeyed ,
congenital idiot ,
cowardly ,
crackbrained ,
cracked ,
crazy ,
credulous ,
cretin ,
cretinistic ,
cretinous ,
cripple ,
daffy ,
daft ,
dazed ,
debilitated ,
defective ,
deformity ,
dim -
witted ,
dithering ,
dizzy ,
donkey ,
doting ,
driveling ,
drooling ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
dull ,
dumb ,
effete ,
etiolated ,
faint ,
faintish ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feeble ,
feebleminded ,
flabby ,
flaccid ,
flaky ,
floppy ,
fond ,
fool ,
foolheaded ,
foolish ,
fuddled ,
futile ,
gaga ,
golem ,
gone ,
goofy ,
gulled ,
gutless ,
half -
baked ,
half -
wit ,
half -
witted ,
handicapped person ,
idiot ,
idiotic ,
imbecilic ,
impotent ,
inane ,
incapable ,
inept ,
infatuated ,
insane ,
jackass ,
jerk ,
juggins ,
kooky ,
languid ,
languorous ,
limber ,
limp ,
listless ,
loony ,
lustless ,
mad ,
marrowless ,
maudlin ,
maundering ,
mentally defective ,
mentally deficient ,
mentally handicapped ,
mentally retarded ,
mongoloid ,
mongoloid idiot ,
moron ,
moronic ,
natural ,
natural idiot ,
natural -
born fool ,
nerveless ,
nincompoop ,
ninny ,
not all there ,
nutty ,
paralytic ,
paraplegic ,
pithless ,
pooped ,
powerless ,
quadriplegic ,
retarded ,
rubbery ,
sapless ,
sappy ,
screwy ,
senseless ,
sentimental ,
silly ,
simp ,
simple ,
simpleminded ,
simpleton ,
simpletonian ,
sinewless ,
slack ,
slobbering ,
slow ,
slow -
witted ,
soft ,
spineless ,
strengthless ,
stupid ,
subnormal ,
the crippled ,
the handicapped ,
thoughtless ,
tomfool ,
unhardened ,
unnerved ,
unstrung ,
wacky ,
weak ,
weakly ,
wet ,
witless ,
zany
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IMBECILE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of IMBECILE is a foolish or stupid person How to use imbecile in a sentence Usage of Imbecile: Usage Guide
Imbecile - Wikipedia Imbecile For the common or slang use of imbecile, see Idiot The term imbecile was once used by psychiatrists to denote a category of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability, as well as a type of criminal [1][2] The word arises from the Latin word imbecillus, meaning weak, or weak-minded [3]