Definition of Softheaded

1. Adjective. Foolish; totally unsound. "A screwball proposal without a prayer of working"

Exact synonyms: Crazy, Half-baked, Screwball
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Impractical
Derivative terms: Craziness, Screwball

Definition of Softheaded

1. a. Weak in intellect.

Definition of Softheaded

1. Adjective. (informal) Lacking sound judgment or resolve; stupid; weak-minded. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Softheaded

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Softheaded

soften up
softened
softened up
softener
softeners
softening
softening up
softeningly
softens
softens up
softer
softest
softgoods
softhanded
softhead
softheaded (current term)
softheadedly
softheadedness
softheads
softhearted
softheartedly
softheartedness
softie
softies
softing
softish
softkill
softlifting
softling
softlings

Literary usage of Softheaded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"... There were actually tears in the bold woman's eyes, as tho softheaded and soft-hearted girl twined hcr'arms ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1892)
"In her next letter she says: " I came so near succeeding, and if I had only known I need not fear growing softheaded and getting into Dr. K.'s way of ..."

3. The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt (1903)
"... is no less desirable that we should not be softheaded. I really do not know which quality is ..."

4. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... and if we then agree to capture the gang of whites aud their followers, nothing will be easier, for all white men are softheaded duffers. ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"But then, on the other hand, when this word passes between equals, commonly by a good- natured man is meant, either some easr, softheaded piece of ..."

6. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... and if we then agree to capture the gang of whites and their followers, nothing will be easier, for all white men are softheaded duffers. ..."

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