Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheep-headed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
sheep---head-ed
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

silly; simple-minded; stupid

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: having the head of a sheep.

Inflected Forms

more sheep-headed (comparative) most sheep-headed (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

sheepshead

Synonyms

addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted soft beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian boneheaded

Questions

What does sheep-headed mean?
silly; simple-minded; stupid

How to pronounce sheep-headed

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