Feeble-minded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Feeble-minded \Fee"ble-mind"ed\, a.
     Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy;
     irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. "comfort the
     feeble-minded." --1 Thess. v. 14. -- {Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness},
     n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  feebleminded
       adj 1: retarded in intellectual development [syn: {backward}]
       2: mentally deficient [syn: {half-witted}, {slow-witted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "feeble-minded":
     boneheaded, deficient, dim-witted, dull-witted, dumb, empty-headed,
     exceptional, idiotic, imbecilic, mentally defective, moronic,
     retarded, simple, slow-witted, stupid, subnormal, thick, vacant,
     weak-minded, witless