gormless
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/ˈɡɔːmləs/
Definition of gormless
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
“Did I ever look so stupid: so gormless as Joseph calls it?”
“But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter.”
“There was a sort of gormless unstoppability about him that she found rather fascinating.”
“Hmm. Made an excuse, did he? Not as gormless as he looks in press photographs, then.”
““Don’t just stand there looking gormless. There’s plenty of work to do in the back.””
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Etymology
From dialectal English gaum (“heed, attention”) + -less (“without”), from Old Norse gaum, from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaumō (“heed, attention”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.
Words you can make from gormless
162 playable · top: MORSELS (9 pts)
Best play morsels 9 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
36 words- GERMS 8 pts
- GLOMS 8 pts
- GOLEM 8 pts
- GOMER 8 pts
- GORMS 8 pts
- SMOGS 8 pts
- SMORG 8 pts
- MERLS 7 pts
- MOLES 7 pts
- MOREL 7 pts
- MORES 7 pts
- MORSE 7 pts
- OMERS 7 pts
- GESSO 6 pts
- GLOSS 6 pts
- GOERS 6 pts
- GORES 6 pts
- GORSE 6 pts
- GROSS 6 pts
- LOGES 6 pts
- OGLER 6 pts
- OGLES 6 pts
- OGRES 6 pts
- SEGOS 6 pts
- SLOGS 6 pts
- LOESS 5 pts
- LORES 5 pts
- LOSER 5 pts
- LOSES 5 pts
- ORLES 5 pts
- ROLES 5 pts
- ROSES 5 pts
- SLOES 5 pts
- SOLES 5 pts
- SOREL 5 pts
- SORES 5 pts
4-letter words
57 words- GEMS 7 pts
- GERM 7 pts
- GLOM 7 pts
- GORM 7 pts
- MEGS 7 pts
- MOGS 7 pts
- SMOG 7 pts
- ELMS 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- MELS 6 pts
- MERL 6 pts
- MESS 6 pts
- MOLE 6 pts
- MOLS 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORS 6 pts
- MOSS 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- REMS 6 pts
- ROMS 6 pts
- SOME 6 pts
- SOMS 6 pts
- EGOS 5 pts
- ERGO 5 pts
- ERGS 5 pts
- GELS 5 pts
- GOER 5 pts
- GOES 5 pts
- GORE 5 pts
- LEGS 5 pts
- LOGE 5 pts
- LOGS 5 pts
- OGLE 5 pts
- OGRE 5 pts
- ORGS 5 pts
- REGS 5 pts
- SEGO 5 pts
- SEGS 5 pts
- SLOG 5 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- LESS 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- LOSS 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- OSES 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROLE 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- SELS 4 pts
- SERS 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- SOLS 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- GEM 6 pts
- MEG 6 pts
- MOG 6 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOS 5 pts
- OMS 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- SOM 5 pts
- EGO 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- GOS 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- LOG 4 pts
- ORG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- ESS 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
- SOS 3 pts
2-letter words
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