WOODENHEADED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

woodenheaded

adjective

Definition of woodenheaded

as in dense

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On paper, director Tom McCarthy‘s latest film, A Statement might appear to be a dense polemic, hardly the stuff of exciting moviemaking.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
This show brings back the lighter stand-alone episode structure of the original's early seasons, with a less dense art style.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of dense

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This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Iñárritu seems to think this visual alone is funny, but that would require getting past the persistently dull and witless writing.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of dull

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That certainty pushed them to do things unwise probably doesn’t go far enough to describe.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Moreno may also need to make those calls, and saddling his successor with a long-term manager seems unwise and unlikely, even by Moreno’s standards.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unwise

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With just six 30-minute episodes per season (by design), some of these idiotic run-on stories inevitably hit the cutting room floor.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
To Tommy, Anna and Molly are twittering encumbrances, idiotic in their insistence on good works and the good of man, their endless remorseful hedgings about the Communist Party.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of idiotic

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Trump’s super intelligence rebrand can ultimately be read in a couple ways, though arguably neither are particularly nuanced or incisive — just further indicative of the daily deluge of stupid.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Once upon a time, the idea that the world was growing stupider was mostly confined to the realm of dyspeptic reactionary polemic.

— James Marriott, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of stupid

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