Headless

3 definitions found

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

  Headless \Head"less\, a. [AS. he['a]fodle['a]s.]
     1. Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or
        carcass.
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     2. Destitute of a chief or leader. --Sir W. Raleigh.


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     3. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash;
        obstinate; mindless. [Obs.]
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              Witless headiness in judging or headless hardiness
              in condemning.                        --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  headless
       adj 1: not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless
              horseman"; "brads are headless nails" [ant: {headed}]
       2: not using intelligence [syn: {brainless}]

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

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "headless":
     brainless, crownless, foolish, ignorant, inept, insensate,
     irrational, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, mindless,
     not bright, of little brain, pea-brained, pin-brained, reasonless,
     senseless, slackminded, slackwitted, topless, ungifted,
     unintellectual, unintelligent, unreasoning, untalented, unthinking,
     unwise, witless