- silly or stupid; not sensible synonym foolishWord OriginOld English witlēas ‘crazy, dazed’ (see wit, -less).
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Idioms
See witless in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe scared/bored witless
- (informal) to be extremely frightened or boredTopics Feelingsc2
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