IMBECILE


Meaning of IMBECILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmbɪsi:l, AM -s(ə)l ]

( imbeciles)

1.

If you call someone an imbecile , you are showing that you think they are stupid or have done something stupid.

I don’t want to deal with these imbeciles any longer.

= idiot

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

2.

Imbecile means stupid.

It was an imbecile thing to do.

ADJ : ADJ n

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