ALL meanings of imbecile
im·be·cile
I i - noun imbecile stupid person 1
- noun imbecile Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt: Don't stand there like an imbecile. Open the door!. 1
- noun imbecile Psychology. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) a person of the second order in a former and discarded classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50. 1
- adjective imbecile Informal. stupid; silly; absurd. 1
- adjective imbecile Usually Offensive. showing mental feebleness or incapacity. 1
- adjective imbecile Archaic. weak or feeble. 1
- countable noun imbecile If you call someone an imbecile, you are showing that you think they are stupid or have done something stupid. 0
- adjective imbecile Imbecile means stupid. 0
- countable noun imbecile In the past, people who had something wrong with their brains that made them seem less intelligent, or different from other people, were sometimes called imbeciles. 0
- noun imbecile a person of very low intelligence (IQ of 25 to 50), usually capable only of guarding himself or herself against danger and of performing simple mechanical tasks under supervision 0
- noun imbecile an extremely stupid person; dolt 0
- adjective imbecile of or like an imbecile; mentally deficient; feeble-minded 0
- adjective imbecile stupid or senseless 0
- noun imbecile a retarded person mentally equal to a child between three and eight years old 0
- noun imbecile a very foolish or stupid person 0
- adjective imbecile very foolish or stupid 0