débile — meaning in English

English meaning

• asinine adj Extremely foolish or lacking common sense.
• dumb adj Stupid or unintelligent; showing poor judgment.
• goofy adj Silly, quirky, or good-naturedly ridiculous.
• moron noun An insult for a stupid or foolish person.
• weak adj Lacking physical strength or power.

Senses

débile is used for these senses in English:

• asinine Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.
• dumb (informal, pejorative, especially of a person) Stupid.
• goofy silly, quirky
• moron (psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
• moron (philosophy) A hypothetical particle whose existence and configuration can make a moral judgment true.
• nut job (colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is crazy (insane).
• weak Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

dumb — full definition

1. adj Stupid or unintelligent; showing poor judgment.
2. adj (dated, now considered offensive as applied to people) Unable to speak.
3. adj Not equipped with intelligent or programmable features.
4. adv (informal) Very; extremely.

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