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/ˈɡɔːmləs/ · adjective
(chiefly UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish..
Did I ever look so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it?
But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter.
There was a sort of gormless unstoppability about him that she found rather fascinating.
Hmm. Made an excuse, did he? Not as gormless as he looks in press photographs, then.
“Don’t just stand there looking gormless. There’s plenty of work to do in the back.”
Use gormless when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gormless means (chiefly UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish..
Common synonyms include dull, slow, stupid, ignorant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Did I ever look so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it?
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